Load terminal cover
AssigneeSquare D Company
InventorsRonald J. Etscheidt, Douglas P. VanWaart
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Abstract
A terminal cover for use on molded case circuit breakers. The terminal cover limits access to circuit breaker electrical terminals and uninsulated portions of electrical conductors entering the terminals. The terminal cover also provides selective access to the terminal binding screws.
Claims19
A terminal cover for a molded case circuit breaker having a load end enclosing at least one electrical terminal and a line end enclosing at least one electrical terminal, each of the circuit breaker's load and line ends having an end wall defining at least one aperture for accessing the respective electrical terminals, and a top surface defining at least one aperture for accessing a terminal binding screw associated with each of the electrical terminals and a bottom surface being generally parallel to the top surface, said terminal cover comprising:
- a terminal cover end wall, being generally flat and dimensioned to cover said circuit breaker end wall, a top flange and a bottom flange being generally perpendicular to and spaced apart by said end wall, said top and bottom flanges each defining at least one means for attaching said terminal cover to said molded case circuit breaker.
A load terminal cover for a molded case circuit breaker having load terminals and apertures for accessing load terminal binding screws, said load terminal cover comprising:
- an end wall dimensioned to cover an end wall of said molded case circuit breaker, a top flange and a bottom flange being approximately perpendicular to and spaced apart by said end wall, said top flange and bottom flange each defining at least one attachment means for attaching said load terminal cover to said molded case circuit breaker, said top flange further defining binding screw access covers for selectively permitting or restricting unintentional access to said load terminal binding screws.
A terminal cover for a molded case circuit breaker having a load end enclosing at least one electrical terminal and a line end enclosing at least one electrical terminal, each of the circuit breaker's load and line ends having an end wall defining at least one aperture for accessing the respective electrical terminals, and a top surface defining at least one aperture for accessing a terminal binding screw associated with each of the electrical terminals and a bottom surface being generally parallel to the top surface, said terminal cover comprising:
- a terminal cover end wall, being generally flat, dimensioned to cover said circuit breaker end wall and defining at least one conductor knockout for receiving an electrical conductor, a top flange and a bottom flange being generally perpendicular to and spaced apart by said end wall, said top and bottom flanges each defining at least one means for positively engaging the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the molded case circuit breaker for attaching said terminal cover to said molded case circuit breaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.