Claims
- 1. A circuit interrupting device comprising:a housing; a phase conductive path disposed at least partially within said housing between a line side and a load side, said phase conductive path terminating at a first connection capable of being electrically connected to a source of electricity, a second connection capable of conducting electricity to at least one load; a circuit interrupting portion disposed within said housing and configured to cause electrical discontinuity in said phase conductive path between said line side and said load side upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition; and a reset portion disposed at least partially within said housing and configured to reestablish electrical continuity in said phase conductive path, wherein said reset portion further comprises a reset lockout portion having a spring biased reset member with protrusion for interfering with a lever latch and a test switch portion to cause a test that clears the interference if successful in order to prevent reestablishing electrical continuity in said phase and neutral conductive paths if said circuit interrupting portion is non-operational, if an open neutral condition exists or if a reverse wiring condition exists.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in part of application Ser. No. 09/812,288, filed Mar. 20, 2001, entitled Circuit Interrupting Device with Reset Lockout and Reverse Wiring Protection and Method of Manufacture, by inventors Steven Campolo, Nicholas DiSalvo and William R. Ziegler, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/812,624 filed Mar. 20, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,671,145, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/379,138 filed Aug. 20, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,246,558, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/369,759 filed Aug. 6, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,282,070, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/138,955, filed Aug. 24, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,040,967, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
This application is related to commonly owned application Ser. No. 09/812,875 To Be Determined, filed Mar. 20, 2001, entitled Reset Lockout for Sliding Latch GFCI, by inventors Frantz Germain, Stephen Stewart, David Herzfeld, Steven Campolo, Nicholas DiSalvo and William R. Ziegler, having attorney docket 0267-1415CIP8(41912.018100) which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/688,481 filed Oct. 16, 2000, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
This application is related to commonly owned application Ser. No. 09/379,140 filed Aug. 20, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/369,759 filed Aug. 6, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/138,955, filed Aug. 24, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,040,967, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
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