EP 0067460 B2 19900321 - HIGH-TENSION CIRCUIT BREAKER
Title (en)
HIGH-TENSION CIRCUIT BREAKER
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 386081 A 19810612
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4486632A] In a high-voltage power switch having a movable contact and at least one other contact, wherein the contacts define a quenching path in which an arc burns, a piston/cylinder compression device in which fresh quenching gas is condensed, and a heating volume in which quenching gas is stored and compressed by the arc as a result of heating, quenching gas compressed during a switching process is blown into the quenching path and removed through a nozzle into an expansion space. So that the blowing of the arc is nearly independent of the intensity of the current to be interrupted and, in addition, an increase in the quenching capacity can be attained by means of a supply of fresh quenching gas, the movable contact is rigidly connected to the piston, which changes the volume of a compression space. The compression space and the heating volume open into a common annular duct. This annular duct is a part of a mixing device for hot and cold quenching gas and connects the compression space and the heating volume to the quenching path.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01H 33/90 (2006.01); H01H 33/915 (2006.01); H01H 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01H 33/903 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 33/18 (2013.01 - EP US); H01H 2033/902 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0067460 A1 19821222; EP 0067460 B1 19850814; EP 0067460 B2 19900321; DE 3265381 D1 19850919; US 4486632 A 19841204; YU 112982 A 19841231; YU 41383 B 19870228
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 82200527 A 19820503; DE 3265381 T 19820503; US 38746582 A 19820611; YU 112982 A 19820527