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High or medium tension circuit breaker

US4996399A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1990
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

A circuit breaker for high and medium tension including insulation by means of a dielectric gas and puffer arc blasting, the circuit breaker comprising a gastight insulating casing, containing: PA0 a fixed assembly comprising, in particular, a fixed main contact and a fixed arcing contact; PA0 a moving assembly driven by a drive rod and including, in particular, a moving main contact and a moving arcing contact; PA0 a first blast volume extended by a blast nozzle; PA0 a blast piston; and PA0 first and second secondary contacts disposed inside a second volume and designed to strike a secondary arc; PA0 wherein the first secondary contact is fixed relative to the fixed assembly, the second secondary contact being semi-moving relative to the moving assembly, possessing its own source of energy for displacing it during a circuit breaker disengagement operation, and being provided with means for conferring a shorter stroke thereto than the stroke of the moving assembly.

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