Global Patent Index - EP 0051756 B1

EP 0051756 B1 19850502 - ARC EXTINGUISHING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AUTOMATIC CUT OUT

Title (en)

ARC EXTINGUISHING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AUTOMATIC CUT OUT

Publication

EP 0051756 B1 19850502 (DE)

Application

EP 81108168 A 19811010

Priority

DE 3042168 A 19801108

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0051756A1] 1. Arc-extinction device, in particular for an automatic cut-out, with at least one fixed (12) and at least one moveable (13) contact piece, between which, for example in the event of a contact separation caused by a short-circuit current, an arc (221, 222) is drawn, which is fed via at least one arc deflector (15) connected to one of the contact pieces (12, 13) to a bank of arc-extinction plates (18 to 21) in order to extinguish the arc, which is enclosed by a casing (30) additionally covering the exit side of the bank of arc-extinction plates (18 to 21) and having in this area gas emission openings (36, 38), characterised in that the casing (30) is designed as a U-shape, that is, it has two plates (32, 60; 34, 62) forming the legs of the U, and a connecting web (36, 64) which connects these plates together and which is provided with the gas emission openings (38, 66), that the two plates (32, 34; 60, 62) - running parallel to the arc-extinction plates - receive between them the bank of arc-extinction plates (18 to 21), and the connecting web (36, 64) comes into a position lying over the gas emission side of the bank of arc-extinction plates (18 to 21), and that the plates (32, 34; 60, 62) have elongated recesses (40, 42; 72, 74) closed on all sides and running in the direction of entry of the arc, the recesses (40, 42; 72, 74) being designed in such a way that a web (44, 46; 76, 78) made of plate material remains lying across the direction of entry of the arc at the area where the arc enters the bank of extinction plates (18 to 21).

IPC 1-7

H01H 73/18; H01H 9/36

IPC 8 full level

H01H 9/36 (2006.01); H01H 73/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 9/36 (2013.01); H01H 73/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0051756 A1 19820519; EP 0051756 B1 19850502; AT E13108 T1 19850515; DE 3042168 A1 19820616; DE 3042168 C2 19890302

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 81108168 A 19811010; AT 81108168 T 19811010; DE 3042168 A 19801108