Patent ID: 6844800

Claim:
The method of assembling a contact assembly for use in an electrical switching apparatus having an actuator, comprising: providing an enclosure comprising an interior space housing first and second stationary contacts fixedly mounted in spaced relation with one another in one of a normally closed position or a normally open position; providing a pusher, the pusher comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and first and second side walls connected between the top wall and the bottom wall to define an opening having respective first and second ends, first and second longitudinally spaced top ribs on an inside of the top wall proximate the respective first and second side walls, first and second longitudinally spaced bottom ribs on an inside of the bottom wall proximate the respective first and second side walls and laterally offset from the respective first and second top ribs; inserting a contact spring between the top rib and the bottom rib at either the first or the second end of the opening; inserting a moveable contact in the pusher so the contact spring biases the moveable contact against the top rib and the bottom rib at the other of the first end and second end of the opening; and inserting the pusher in said enclosure for selective movement by the actuator to move between a normal position and an actuated position to selectively make or break electrical contact between the moveable contact and the stationary contacts.