US PATENT SUBCLASS 200 / 443
.~.~ Contact driven by impact element


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200 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: CIRCUIT MAKERS AND BREAKERS

402  DF  SNAP {4}
405  DF  .~ Double snap {17}
443.~.~ Contact driven by impact element {1}
444  DF  .~.~.~> Having weight drive


DEFINITION

Classification: 200/443

Contact driven by impact element:

(under subclass 405) Subject matter including a lost motion coupling between the moveable contact and an element which strikes a hammerlike blow to the contact to break contact welds or overcome friction.

(1) Note. These devices are intended to break contact welds or overcome friction.

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446, for similar devices where the snapped element engages the contacts before the snapped element is moved overcenter by the actuator.