EP 0222181 B1 19890906 - OVERCURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER
Title (en)
OVERCURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 8530597 U 19851029
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4704594A] A push button actuated overload protection switch includes a bimetal member which holds a contact bridge in a latched ON position. The contact bridge is configured as an approximately rectangular angle lever and is mounted on a switch rod so as to be freely pivotal and displaceable in the axial direction. The contact bridge is under the pressure of a switch spring which is supported at the switch rod. During turn-off the contact bridge is released by the bimetal member and pressed against an oblique abutment at the housing and pivoted into an oblique engagement position, whereby a projection on the switch rod engages the contact bridge. Subsequent actuation of the push button causes the contact bridge to be transferred into its ON position in which the pressure of the switch spring presses it into engagement behind a contact piece of the bimetal member and into contact with a contact terminal. The push button is provided with a deflection lug which extends alongside the switch rod and deflects the bimetal member when the push button is depressed so that it releases the turn-off movement. This makes it possible to manually turn off the switch by pressure actuation.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01H 61/00 (2006.01); H01H 61/01 (2006.01); H01H 61/02 (2006.01); H01H 61/04 (2006.01); H01H 73/30 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01H 73/306 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 8530597 U1 19860227; DE 3665512 D1 19891012; EP 0222181 A1 19870520; EP 0222181 B1 19890906; JP H0368500 B2 19911028; JP S62195825 A 19870828; US 4704594 A 19871103
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 8530597 U 19851029; DE 3665512 T 19861011; EP 86114120 A 19861011; JP 25597686 A 19861029; US 92365086 A 19861027