Patent ID: 7385153
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A trip bar for an electrical switching apparatus including a housing, an operating mechanism, and a number of accessories structured to be installable within said housing, at least one of said number of accessories having an actuator, said trip bar comprising: an elongated pivot member including a first end structured to be pivotably coupled to said operating mechanism, a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, and at least one protrusion extending outwardly from said elongated pivot member between the first end and the second end, said at least one protrusion being structured to be actuatable by said actuator in order to pivot said elongated pivot member; and a deflecting mechanism disposed at or about the second end of said elongated pivot member, wherein, when said at least one of said number of accessories is being installed within said housing, said deflecting mechanism is structured to be deflected by said actuator in order to facilitate insertion of said at least one of said number of accessories into said housing.