(19)
(11) EP 0 208 295 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.01.1987 Bulletin 1987/03

(21) Application number: 86109302

(22) Date of filing: 08.07.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 12.07.1985 US 755397

(71) Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Beatty, William Ellsworth, Jr.
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  • McKee, Jere Lee
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  • Chien, Yun-Ko Nickey
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  • Thomas, Glenn Robert
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(54) Current limiting circuit breaker with arc commutating structure


(57) A circuit breaker characterized by a pair of separable contacts, one of which is carried by a movable contact arm, mov. able within an arc chute having arc plates including a lower arc plate adjacent to the other contact. A link conductor leads to the other contact and electrically connected to the other contact.







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