Multipole electromechanical switching device

An electromechanical switching device, comprising:

• first, second and third poles each comprising a movable contact assembly for completing and interrupting current paths through the device;
• and
• a moving contact carrier having three pole windows in which respective movable contact assemblies are received;
• wherein one of the pole windows is offset with respect to the other two pole windows for closing a movable contact assembly received in the one pole window later than the other movable contact assemblies received in the other two pole windows, wherein each movable contact assembly comprises a moving contact, and wherein the moving contacts for all poles are the same as one another and do not require modification.

An electromechanical switching device, comprising:

• first, second and third poles comprising first, second, and third movable contact assemblies, respectively, for completing and interrupting current paths through the device;
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• a moving contact carrier having three pole windows comprising a first, outer pole window, a second, center pole window, and a third, outer pole window, the movable contact assemblies of the first, second and third poles being received in the first, second, and third pole windows, respectively;
• wherein the center pole window is offset with respect to the outer two pole windows for closing the second movable contact assembly at a later than the first and third movable contact assemblies, wherein each movable contact assembly comprises a moving contact, and wherein the moving contacts for all poles are the same as one another and do not require modification.