Patent ID: 6137385
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A circuit interrupter device, comprising:a housing with a pocket for an auxiliary device means;operating a mechanism means disposed within said housing, said operating mechanism means having an operating means member which attains a predetermined position in said housing upon the occurrence of a circuit of a circuit interrupter open or closed status, said operating mechanism means member being accessible through an opening in said housing at said pocket;separable contact means disposed within said housing in cooperation with said operating mechanism means for being opened by said operating mechanism means;auxiliary device means having a reaction member for reacting to said occurrence of said circuit interrupter status; andlever means separate from both said auxiliary device means and said housing and movable in said pocket for interlinking said operating mechanism means member with said reaction member by way of said opening in said housing; andwherein said lever means comprises a lever with a u-shaped concave region, wherein said auxiliary device means has an external nub which is complementary with said u-shaped concave region, wherein said u-shaped concave region bears against said nub and rotates around it during operation.