Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Electric switch details – Actuators
Patent
1979-01-05
1980-08-12
Husar, C. J.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Electric switch details
Actuators
74569, 200302, 200303, 403121, H01H 320
Patent
active
042174740
ABSTRACT:
A simplified linkage and cam member having first and second cam surfaces for interacting with a bail to drive said bail between first and second limits is provided. The cam surfaces restrict the movement of the bail when the bail is at either limit. However, when the bail is intermediate of the limits, the relationship of the effective portions of the cam surfaces allow increased bail movement for a given position of the cam member and associated cam surfaces. The structure is particularly well adapted for actuating a bail from a first to a second position wherein forces other than those applied by the cam also act on the bail; and at a critical bail position, the other forces take control and urge continued motion of the bail independent of the cam member. In such structure, the bail is first urged to move by the first cam surface, and at a critical point in its movement, it jumps from the first cam surface to the second cam surface and, for at least part of the remaining motion of the bail, the second cam surface serves to restrain the bail motion. The cam surfaces may be symmetrical in design and provide effective forces on the bail at both the start and end of the motion. The bail may, for example, constitute the actuating arm of a circuit breaker which is within an enclosure and actuated by an external arm coupled by the linkage and cam member.
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Reker Frederick A.
Toth Maria
Cohen Moshe I.
General Signal Corporation
Husar C. J.
Killian George W.
Kleinman Milton E.
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