Gas-blast switch
US4379958A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 1980 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H33/91
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A movable contact element is secured at the end of a thrust rod and therefore can be brought into and out of engagement with a fixed contact element. The free end of the movable contact element is surrounded by a blast nozzle which is likewise secured to the thrust rod. The inlet of the blast nozzle is operatively connected with a pump chamber containing an extinguishing gas and which can be pressurized during the course of a cut-off stroke of the gas-blast switch. This pump chamber is surrounded at its circumference by a cylinder which is displaceably guided upon a stationarily supported piston. To reduce the mass of the parts which are to be accelerated at the start of the cut-off stroke, the blast nozzle itself is constructed as a second piston situated opposite the first-mentioned piston and displaceable relative to the cylinder between two end positions. Means are provided in order to displace, during a cut-off stroke, the cylinder in the same direction or sense as the movable contact element, but however, through a smaller path than such movable contact element.
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