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Puffer type gas circuit breaker

US4009458A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1975
Grant dateFeb 22, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 15, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H33/166
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a puffer type gas circuit breaker comprising at least a pair of main movable and fixed contacts, a puffer device and a pair of preinsertion resistor contacts inserted electrically in parallel with the main movable and fixed contacts, the preinsertion resistor contacts are closed prior to the closing of the main movable and fixed contacts, and are separated a short time after the main movable and fixed contacts have been closed.

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