Patent ID: 7268987
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H01H,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A motor starter device, comprising: power current lines with separable contacts; a mechanical control device comprising at least one mechanism for actuating said separable contacts; a contactor part comprising a control electromagnet able to actuate said at least one mechanism; a protection part comprising at least one tripping device, said protection part able to actuate said at least one mechanism; a manual control button able to actuate said at least one mechanism; a housing for enclosing the power current lines, the housing connected to the contactor part and the protection part; power pole state signaling contacts, tripped state contacts, and manual control button state signaling contacts located at staggered positions on several levels along the length of the housing; and two drive devices connected to and controlled by the mechanical control device, such that when the control magnet actuates the at least one mechanism, the mechanical control device operates a first of the two drive devices, and when the tripping device or the manual control button actuates the at least one mechanism, the mechanical control device operates a second of the two drive devices, the two drive devices for actuating different signaling contact levels, wherein the two drive mechanisms are moveable mechanical linkages that extend along the length of the housing, said moveable mechanical linkages slideable along their own lengths parallel to the power current lines.