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Medium tension gas blast circuit breaker

US4992634A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1990
Grant dateFeb 12, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H33/903
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A medium tension circuit breaker having a dielectric blast gas, the circuit breaker comprising a cylindrical insulating casing filled with dielectric gas under pressure, a fixed main contact, a fixed arcing contact, a fixed blast piston, and moving equipment connected to an operating member and comprising a moving main contact, a moving arcing contact, and a blast cylinder associated with a blast nozzle, wherein the circuit breaker includes a drive piston whose section is not less than 1.3 times the section of the blast piston, the drive piston moving relative to a second cylinder.

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