Patent ID: 8642913

Claim:
A venting assembly for an arc chute of an electrical switching apparatus, said electrical switching apparatus including a housing and separable contacts enclosed by said housing, said separable contacts being structured to trip open, an arc and ionized gases being generated in response to said separable contacts tripping open, said arc chute comprising a plurality of arc splitters each including a first side, a second side disposed opposite and distal from the first side, an interior passage between the first side and the second side, and an exterior, said venting assembly comprising: a first portion including a first venting segment having a number of first venting apertures, said first portion being structured to be coupled to the first side of at least one of said arc splitters, said first venting segment being structured to be spaced from the exterior of said at least one of said arc splitters to form a first cooling chamber; and a second portion including a second venting segment having a number of second venting apertures, said second portion being structured to be coupled to the second side of at least one of said arc splitters, said second venting segment being structured to be spaced from the exterior of said at least one of said arc splitters to form a second cooling chamber.