Actuating mechanism for an electrical switch with pressure contacts, especially for a vacuum switch
US4654494A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/18896
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A reciprocatingly movable actuating rod is coupled to a longitudinally translatable contact plunger through a linkage and a stationarily arranged S-shaped guideway. A compression spring which is compressible during the course of a switching engagement stroke also acts upon the contact plunger. In order to keep especially the contact plunger as free as possible from transverse forces during the switching stroke and to keep the actuating rod unloaded both in the engaged position and in the disengaged switching stroke position, one end of the actuating rod, which extends perpendicular to the direction of motion of the contact plunger, carries a journal pin engaging the guideway. One end of a connecting rod included in the linkage is pivotably connected to the journal pin. The other end of the connecting rod is pivotably connected to the contact plunger through an entrainment sleeve. The compression spring, which pivots conjointly with the connecting rod, is supported at one end on the connecting rod and at the other end on a coupling sleeve defining the entrainment sleeve on the contact plunger. The guideway is configured such that it has end regions respectively associated with the e…
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