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US 5,172,087 AGranted
Handle connector for multi-pole circuit breaker
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRoger N. Castonguay, David Arnold
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Abstract
A multi-pole circuit breaker is formed from a modular array of single-pole circuit breakers. The individual circuit breaker operating handles are ganged together by means of a handle connector placed over the individual circuit breaker operating handles. The handle connector has a U-shaped central part flanked by a pair of C-shaped parts disposed on the outside portions thereof to facilitate switching the individual operating handles in unison.
Claims12
A multi-pole circuit breaker assembly comprising in combination:
- a plurality of circuit breakers having a corresponding plurality of operating handles upstanding therefrom;
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- a handle connector comprising a unitary structure formed into a U-shaped central part and a pair of end parts on opposite sides of said central part, said central part being arranged over said operating handles on central ones of said circuit breakers, said end parts being arranged over said operating handles on end ones of said circuit breakers said end parts being shaped to deter motion of any of said operating handles when a material force is applied solely to said end parts.
A multi-pole circuit breaker operating handle connector comprising:
- a unitary piece formed into a central U-shaped part;
- a pair of wing-shaped end parts on opposite sides of said central part;
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- a pair of opposing end tabs on opposing ends of said end parts, said end tabs including means for attachment to a multi-pole circuit breaker operating handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.