Electrical protective circuit breaker having an exhaust passage for the arc gas.

摘要

A circuit interrupter comprises, in a compartment defined in an electrically insulating housing 10, a pair of separable contacts 18, 20 defining, when separated, an arcing region therebetween, and an operating mechanism 22, including a tripping unit and an operating handle, for opening and closing the separable contacts. The housing includes an electrically insulating bottom wall 16 and a gas exhaust passage 50 having an inlet opening in the inner surface of the housing, the inlet 52 of the gas exhaust passage being located in the bottom wall at a position effective for exhausting arc gas generated in the arcing region without the gas contacting the operating mechanism.