Patent ID: 6998550

Claim:
An interface linkage assembly for a network protector, said network protector having a housing assembly and a circuit breaker, said housing assembly having a rollout carriage structured to move in and out of said housing assembly, said housing assembly further having a sidewall with an opening and an operating handle with an operating handle shaft extending through said opening, said carriage having a sidewall with an opening, said circuit breaker coupled to said rollout carriage, said circuit breaker having a trip bar structured to trip said circuit breaker, an electrical close assembly and a mechanical trip assembly, said mechanical trip assembly coupled to said trip bar, said mechanical trip assembly structured to be actuated when an actuating device, is rotated over a lesser arc, said electrical close assembly structured to be actuated when an actuating device is rotated over a greater arc, said interface linkage assembly comprising: a coupling device having a first component and a second component; a housing assembly portion coupled to said coupling device first component; a rollout portion coupled to said coupling device second component; and said rollout portion structured to be coupled to said mechanical trip assembly and said electrical close assembly, and further structured to move said mechanical trip assembly over a lesser arc and said electrical close assembly over a greater arc.