GB1263819A - Circuit breaker with improved latch reset - Google Patents

Circuit breaker with improved latch reset

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Publication number
GB1263819A
GB1263819A GB56652/69A GB5665269A GB1263819A GB 1263819 A GB1263819 A GB 1263819A GB 56652/69 A GB56652/69 A GB 56652/69A GB 5665269 A GB5665269 A GB 5665269A GB 1263819 A GB1263819 A GB 1263819A
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Prior art keywords
engages
contacts
latch member
reset
breaker
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GB56652/69A
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
    • H01H71/50—Manual reset mechanisms which may be also used for manual release
    • H01H71/501—Means for breaking welded contacts; Indicating contact welding or other malfunction of the circuit breaker
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S200/00—Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
    • Y10S200/42—Contact welding considerations

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Abstract

1,263,819. Automatic circuit-breakers. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 19 Nov., 1969 [5 Dec., 1968], No. 56652/69. Heading H1N. A circuit-breaker 3 cannot be reset after tripping if the contacts have failed to open, e.g. because of welding. In normal resetting, a radius 171 at the knee 61 of the toggle 53, 55 engages a surface on a latch member 71 to pivot it against a spring 93 to move a trip bar 73 to a latching position in which a surface 89 on the trip bar 73 engages a surface 91 on the latch member 71, member 71 including a roller 77 under which engages the hook-shaped end 95 of a releasable trip member 57. If the contacts 19, 21 are welded, the toggle 53, 55 is restrained from moving sufficiently to actuate the latch member 71 to its latching position and, if the handle 49 is released after a resetting attempt, the tension spring 67 automatically moves the handle back to the "on" position, thus indicating that the breaker has not reset and the contacts are closed.
GB56652/69A 1968-12-05 1969-11-19 Circuit breaker with improved latch reset Expired GB1263819A (en)

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US78151468A 1968-12-05 1968-12-05

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GB1263819A true GB1263819A (en) 1972-02-16

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US (1) US3525959A (en)
ES (1) ES374231A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2025422A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1263819A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2128411A (en) * 1982-10-07 1984-04-26 Sace Spa Electric switch in which the control lever travel is arrested if the contacts become welded together

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US3525959A (en) 1970-08-25
ES374231A1 (en) 1971-12-16
FR2025422A1 (en) 1970-09-11

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