Overload relay reset assembly
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorJerome C. Wolski
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Abstract
A reset assembly for an overload relay adapted to function in conjunction with a contactor for controlling an electric load such as a three-phase motor. The overload reset assembly is characterized by a reset rod and an extension rod detachably mounted on the reset rod which rods comprise detachable interlocking means for assembly and disassembly whereby the extension rod extends from the reset rod to the access door of a metal enclosure containing the overload relay.
Claims11
An electric control device comprising an enclosure including a rear wall, a front opening, and an access door for the front opening and having an aperture therein;
- a circuit interrupter mounted in the enclosure on the rear wall and spaced from the access door, the interrupter comprising relatively movable contacts, means for activating the contacts between open and closed positions and comprising a latch member movable between unlatched and latched positions corresponding respectively to the open and closed positions of the contacts, reset means for moving the latch member to the latched position and comprising a reset rod having an end portion spaced from the access door, an extension rod between said end portion and the access door, and the extension rod comprising one end detachably mounted on the reset rod and having another end located at the door aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.