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Circuit breaker

US4420660A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1982
Grant dateDec 13, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 19, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/46
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a circuit breaker of improved performance by providing arc shields and arc runways together with the contacts on the rigid conductors of the contactors of a circuit breaker, and disposing said arc runways on the stationary contactor side is a predetermined relationship to the arc extinguishing plates such that a portion of the cut-out in at least one of said arc extinguishing plates substantially overlaps said arc runway.

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