Patent ID: 7034242
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A circuit interrupter arc chute comprising: a first support portion; a second support portion; an exit portion supported by said first and second support portions, said exit portion having at least one opening; a plurality of electrically conductive arc plates supported by said first and second support portions, said arc plates having a first edge offset from said exit portion and an opposite second edge distal from said exit portion; and a plurality of insulating dividing members disposed between said arc plates, said insulating dividing members having a first edge proximate said exit portion and an opposite second edge distal from said exit portion, wherein the second edge of said insulating dividing members extends beyond the first edge of said arc plates and toward the second edge of said arc plates, wherein the first edge of said insulating dividing members extends beyond the first edge of said arc plates and away from the second edge of said arc plates, wherein said at least one opening of said exit portion is a first opening; wherein said exit portion comprises a molded top and a top frame, said molded top having a second opening corresponding to the first opening of said exit portion, a molded rim around the second opening of said molded top, and a recessed area, said top frame having a third opening corresponding to the first opening of said exit portion and being larger than said second opening, said top frame resting in the recessed area of said molded top, the molded rim of said molded top being adjacent to said third opening.