Patent ID: 8467166

Claim:
A circuit breaker and impedance grounding switch apparatus comprising: a first electrical terminal; a second electrical terminal; a third electrical terminal; a first vacuum bottle having a pair of contactors therein, one of said pair of contactors being electrically interconnected to said first electrical terminal; a second vacuum bottle having a pair of contactors therein, one of said pair of contactors of said second vacuum bottle being electrically interconnected to said third electrical terminal; and a mechanically interlocked linkage being electrically interconnected to said second electrical terminal, said mechanically interlocked linkage being movable between a first stable position and a second stable position, said first stable position electrically connecting to said first electrical terminal to said second electrical terminal, said second stable position electrically connecting said third electrical terminal to said second electrical terminal, said mechanically interlock linkage having a temporary position between said first and second stable positions electrically connecting simultaneous said first electrical terminal to said second electrical terminal and said third electrical terminal to said second electrical terminal.