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US 4,713,498 AGranted
Switch gear
AssigneeSquare D Starkstrom GmbH
InventorsBernd Ludwig, Dirk Stiehl
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AssigneeSquare D Starkstrom GmbH
InventorsBernd Ludwig, Dirk Stiehl
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A switch gear which includes a housing have first and second sides and a third side therebetween, at least one main contact bridge in the housing displaceable between two ON-OFF switch position, a spindle rotatable by a handle and carrying a body having a cam slot receiving a cam follower of a contact bridge holder, the contact bridge holder carrying contacts for effecting the two switch positions with associated pairs of fixed contact rails carried by the housing, the fixed contact rails being connectable by connector screws to electrical hook-up leads at the respective first and second housing sides, first and second separate housing compartments adjacent the first and second housing sides and carried associated ones of the connector screws, the first and second contact rails being connected through the respective first and second separate housing compartments for connection to the electrical hook-up leads by the connector screws, and the first and second separate housing compartments being selectively mounted to the respective first and second housing sides at two positions mutually positioned by 180.degree. whereby the connector screws can be accessed from two opposing/opposite directions.
A switch gear comprising a housing including opposite first and second sides and a third side therebetween, at least one main contact bridge in said housing, means for supporting said main contact bridge for displacement between two switch positions, actuating means accessible at said third side for displacing said one main contact bridge between said two switch positions, two fixed contact rails carried by said housing and cooperating with said one main contact bridge for effecting therewith one closed and one open switch position, first and second of said two fixed contact rails being connectable by connector screws to electrical hook-up leads at said respective first and second housing sides, first and second separate housing compartments adjacent said respective first and second housing sides and housing associated ones of said connector screws, means for connecting said first and second fixed contact rails through said respective first and second separate housing compartments for connecting to said electrical hook-up leads by said connector screws, and means for selectively mounting said first and second separate housing compartments to the respective first and second housing sides at two positions mutually displaced by 180.degree. whereby said connector screws can be accessed from two different opposing directions.
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