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Circuit-breaker having two interrupting chambers per pole with drive mechanism and drive rods isolating insert capacitors

US5668360A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1996
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2033/028
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit-breaker having two interrupting chambers per pole, the chambers being disposed in a T or V configuration at the end of a column provided at its base with a control system for operating a drive rod, each chamber containing a moving assembly connected via a linkage to the drive rod, and main contacts and arcing contacts, wherein each chamber contains a semi-moving assembly including main contacts and arcing contacts co-operating respectively with the main contacts and the arcing contacts of the moving assembly, the semi-moving assembly in each of the chambers including a mechanism for moving it at a velocity of equal magnitude and of opposite direction to the velocity of the moving assembly with which it co-operates.

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