Patent ID: 8440913
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H01H,H02B

Abstract:
1. A pole assembly for a three phase breaker, said pole assembly comprising: a center pole and a pair of outer poles positioned on opposed sides of said center pole, each said pole including a pair of outwardly extending bushings; a pair of brackets positioned at opposed ends of said center and said outer poles, said brackets each including a center groove and a pair of outer grooves positioned on opposed sides of said center groove, said center pole being positioned in said center groove, and each said outer pole being securable in said outer grooves in a shipping configuration and an installed configuration, wherein when in said shipping configuration said bushings of said center pole and said bushings of said outer poles are parallel, and when in said installed configuration said bushings of said outer poles are angled away from said bushings of said center pole; and wherein each said outer pole is pivoted about a pivot point disposed in the brackets between said shipping configuration and said installed configuration, said center of gravity of said outer pole being on a first side of said pivot point when in said shipping configuration and said center of gravity of said outer pole being on a second side of said pivot point, opposed from said first side when in said installed configuration.