Automatic trip device for plug-in circuit breaker

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION; A CIRCUIT BREAKER AND A MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER; SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING A PAIR OF COOPERABLE CONTACTS MOVABLE BETWEEN AN ENGAGED AND DISENGAGED POSITION, A TRIP MECHANISM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PAIR OF COOPERABLE CONTACTS, A HOUSING WHEREIN SAID CONTACTS AND SAID TRIP MECHANISM ARE DISPOSED AND AN OPERATING HANDLE EXTENDING EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING FOR OPERATING SAID CONTACTS BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS; SAID TRIP MECHANISM BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID PAIR OF COOPERABLE CONTACTS FROM SAID ENGAGED POSITION TO SAID DISENGAGED POSITION; SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING A FIRST AND SECOND DISCONNECT CONTACT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID PAIR OF COOPERABLE CONTACTS; SAID MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING A FIRST AND SECOND DISCONNECT CONTACT ADAPTED TO ELECTRICALLY RECEIVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND DISCONNECT CONTACT OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER; AN AUTOMATIC TRIP MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PORTION BIASED TO PROJECT EXTERNAL TO SAID HOUSING; SAID AUTOMATIC TRIP MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID TRIP MECHANISM OF SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER; SAID PROJECTING PORTION ENGAGING SAID MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER AT A POINT EXTERNAL TO SAID HOUSING; THE DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID AUTOMATIC TRIP MEANS AND SAID MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER OPERATING SAID TRIP MECHANISM RESPONSIVE TO ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER FROM SAID MOUNTING MEANS, WHEREBY SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER COOPERATING CONTACTS MUST BE IN SAID DISENGAGED POSITION WHEN SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER DISCONNECTS ARE REMOVED FROM SAID MOUNTING MEANS DISCONNECTS; SAID TRIP MECHANISM INCLUDING LATCH MEANS FOR LATCHING SAID COOPERATING CONTACTS IN SAID ENGAGED POSITION; SAID AUTOMATIC TRIP MEANS COMPRISING A SPRING BIASED ROD OPERATIVELY CONNECTIBLE TO SAID LATCH MEANS AND BIASED TO DEFEAT SAID LATCH MEANS; A FIRST END OF SAID ROD BEING ADAPTED TO PROJECT THROUGH SAID HOUSING, A SECOND END OF SAID ROD POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID LATCH MECHANISM; A BAR HAVING A FIRST END PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ROD NEAR THE SECOND END OF SAID ROD; SAID BAR BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS; THE SECOND END OF SAID BAR BEING ADAPTED TO ABUT SAID LATCH MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID SPRING BIASED ROD TO RELEASE SAID LATCH MECHANISM.