Patent · US Expired

Spring-force drive for a power switch

US4996397A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
3References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1990
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H3/42
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Two disks per vacuum switch tube are mounted on a drive shaft, the disks having grooves running around the drive shaft and open in relation to one another. In the grooves of two of these disks, a cylindrical follower is guided, the movement of which is transmitted via a link to a swivel lever and to a movable switch contact. The drive shaft is driven, supported via a releasable support member in the switch-on and in the switch-off position, in a clockwise direction by the spiral spring in order to switch off or switch on the power switch. The follower is restrictedly guided in the grooves of the disks, whereby the position of the movable switch contact is obliged to correspond to the corresponding rotation position of the drive shaft.

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