Anti-rebound latch for current limiting switches

A switching device including a stationary contact, a movable contact, a movable contact arm carrying said movable contact at one end thereof, a carrier to which said arm is mounted, means mounting said carrier for movement between first and second positions wherein said contacts are normally closed and opened, respectively, means mounting said arm on said carrier for relative movement with respect thereto between third and fourth positions while said carrier is in said first position, said contacts being engaged when said carrier is in said first position and said arm is in said third position, biasing means urging said arm toward said third position, latch means to prevent rebound of said arm toward said third position after predetermined movement thereof toward said fourth position as a result of electrodynamic blowoff forces, said latch means including a latch member biased toward normal latching position to engage a latching surface on said arm at its other end to hold said arm in said fourth position, means on said carrier engageable with said latch member to disengage the latter from said latching surface as said carrier moves from said second position toward said first position.