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Fuse holder-under oil drywell loadbreak device

US4321576A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1980
Grant dateMar 23, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 28, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drywell fuse holder and a loadbreak fuse assembly, the holder including an arc-extinguishing sleeve located adjacent to the inner contact sleeve, the loadbreak fuse assembly including a non-expulsion fuse having electrical interface assemblies at each end spaced apart a distance less than the distance the inlet to the contact sleeves in the fuse holder, the interface assemblies including a spacer ring to center the fuse assembly in the holder and protect the garter spring contact and an arcing washer to transfer the arc from the garter spring; and an arc-extinguishing follower on the fuse assembly which is pulled through the arc-extinguishing sleeve to extinguish the arc.

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