Circuit connection for circuit breakers having current limiting fuses

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER COMPRISING A LINE TERMINAL, A FUSE, A PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS, A TRIP UNIT FOR SAID PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS AND A LOAD TERMINAL, SAID FUSE BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID LINE TERMINAL AND SAID PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS; SAID TRIP UNIT BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS AND SAID LOAD TERMINAL; A MECHANICAL INTERLOCK MEANS; SAID INTERLOCK MEANS DIRECTLY EXTENDING FROM SAID FUSE TO SAID TRIP UNIT; SAID INTERLOCK MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO INITIATE DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OF SAID FUSE; SAID FUSE DEFINING A MEANS ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS AND TRIP UNIT FROM SAID LINE RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION THEREOF; FIRST HOUSING MEANS CONTAINING SAID PAIR OF CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS AND TRIP UNIT, AND SECOND HOUSING MEANS CONTAINING SAID FUSE; SAID TRIP UNIT INCLUDING A MAIN TRIPPER BAR HAVING AN INTERLOCK EXTENSION; SAID FIRST HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING AN APERTURE MEANS PROVIDING AN INTERLOCK ACCESS; SAID CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER HAVING AN UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY FROM SAID APERTURE MEANS TO SAID INTERLOCK EXTENSION; SAID MECHANICAL INTERLOCK MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST LINKAGE MEANS CONSISTING OF A SINGLE ARM EXTENDING FROM SAID INTERLOCK EXTENSION, ALONG SAID PASSAGEWAY AND THROUGH SAID APERTURE MEANS, EXTERNAL TO SAID FIRST HOUSING MEANS; A SECOND LINKAGE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID SECOND HOUSING TO THE EXTERNAL REGION OF SAID FIRST LINKAGE MEANS; MOTION TRANSLATING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST LINKAGE MEANS TO A FIRST END OF SAID SECOND LINKAGE MEANS; SAID SECOND HOUSING INCLUDING AN INTERLOCK TRIPPER MEANS, INCLUDING AN EXTERNALLY EXTENDING PORTION ACTUABLE RESPONSIVE TO PREDETERMINED CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; THE SECOND END OF SAID SECOND LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID EXTERNALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID INTERLOCK TRIPPER MEANS, WHEREBY THE ACTUATION OF SAID INTERLOCK TRIPPER MEANS IS DIRECTLY COMMUNICATED TO SAID MAIN TRIPPER BAR.