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US 5,861,591 AGranted
Circuit breaker operator which actuates toggle and push button switches and has a misalignment indicator
AssigneeGseg LLC
InventorsJohn A. Wegener, Joe K. Hall, Richard C. Emerson
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Abstract
A circuit operator with a push to test arrangement includes a housing. A first switch is mounted in the housing and has a toggle lever pivotably connected thereto so as to place the toggle switch in its on or off state. A second switch is also mounted in the housing and is connected to a push button for initiating tests. A single switch actuator allows a user to actuate the first switch and/or the second switch from an exterior of the housing.
Claims20
A circuit operator, comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a first switch mounted in said housing and having a toggle lever pivotably connected so as to place said toggle switch in its on or off state;
- (c) a second switch mounted in said housing and having means for initiating tests;
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- (d) single means for both actuating said first switch and actuating said second switch from an exterior of said housing.
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A circuit operator with a misalignment indicator, comprising:
- (a) a housing having an openable cover;
- (b) a switch mounted in said housing and having a toggle lever pivotably connected so as to place said toggle switch in its on or off state;
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- (c) a switch actuator including means for toggling said toggle lever from an exterior of said housing and providing an exterior indication of misalignment of said switch actuator in relation to said toggle, when said openable cover is in a closed position.
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A circuit breaker operator comprising:
- a housing body having an interior volume and a door mounted on the housing body for movement of the door between a closed position where the door encloses the housing interior volume and an opened position where the door provides access to the housing interior volume, and at least one hole passing through one of the housing body and the door, the hole has a center axis;
- a shaft passing through the one hole and being received therein for rotational movement and axial reciprocating movement relative to the one hole, the shaft having axially opposite exterior and interior ends;
- a plate mounted in the housing interior volume for transverse movement of the plate relative to the one hole center axis and for axial movement of the plate relative to the one hole center axis, the plate being operatively connected to the shaft interior end to cause the plate to move transversely relative to the one hole center axis in response to rotation of the shaft in the one hole, and to cause the plate to move axially relative to the one hole center axis in response to axial movement of the shaft in the one hole;
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- the plate has a first foot and a second foot that are spaced transversely from each other adapting the first foot and second foot to accommodate a switch toggle lever therebetween, and the plate has a contact surface to engage a switch push button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.