Patent ID: 6762389
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A gas discharge filter for use with an electrical switching apparatus, said electrical switching apparatus including a line side with line terminal means, a load side with load terminal means, separable contacts electrically connected in series between said line terminal means and said load terminal means, a housing, an arc chamber within said housing and structured to extinguish an arc between said separable contacts when opened, said housing having at least one exhaust vent opening for discharging through an exhaust path ionized gases which are developed from said arc, said ionized gases having a temperature, said gas discharge filter comprising:a single conductive insert member for each of said at least one exhaust vent opening, each said since conductive insert member structured to reduce the temperature of said discharged ionized gases; and a supporting member for securing said conductive insert member outside said housing and proximate one of said at least one exhaust vent opening in the exhaust path for said discharged ionized gases.