EP 0804800 A2 19971105 - DEVICE FOR FORCIBLE SEPARATION OF MAIN SUPPLY LINES IN SWITCHING DEVICES
Title (en)
DEVICE FOR FORCIBLE SEPARATION OF MAIN SUPPLY LINES IN SWITCHING DEVICES
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUM ZWANGSWEISEN TRENNEN VON NETZLEITUNGEN BEI SCHALTGERÄTEN
Title (fr)
DISPOSITIF DE CONNEXION AUTOMATIQUE DE LIGNES D'ALIMENTATION POUR APPAREILS DE COUPURE
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 9602148 W 19961112
- DE 19542690 A 19951116
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9718571A2] All switching devices which have the purpose of protecting people or objects from the harmful effects of electric current include at least triggering elements which trigger the appropriate switching mechanisms whenever predetermined threshold values are exceeded. This opens the main current contacts in the switching device, thus usually stopping current flow. However, such switching devices occasionally fail in an emergency situation because, for example, the trigger elements stick, the switching mechanisms jam, the contacts become welded together, or because of other faults. For such eventualities, a device is proposed for forcibly interrupting the appropriate mains or main current lines with a work storage unit. The latter produces a force along a pathway and is kept in an inactive state by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism can easily be released by a trigger controlled by the switching device and the work storage unit can thus be freed to switch to its active state. A separator device driven by the work storage unit then forcibly separates the current lines. The device is especially suitable for incorporation in or combination with protective switches such as fault current protective switches, automatic cut-outs, bus protection switches, motor protection switches, power protection switches and the like.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01H 73/00 (2006.01); H01H 73/34 (2006.01); H01H 9/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/32 (2006.01); H01H 39/00 (2006.01); H01H 71/50 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01H 73/34 (2013.01); H01H 9/0072 (2013.01); H01H 9/32 (2013.01); H01H 39/00 (2013.01); H01H 71/501 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9718571 A2 19970522; WO 9718571 A3 19970807; AT E201531 T1 20010615; DE 19542690 A1 19970522; DE 59606956 D1 20010628; DK 0804800 T3 20010611; EP 0804800 A2 19971105; EP 0804800 A3 19971112; EP 0804800 B1 20010523; ES 2159060 T3 20010916; GR 3036359 T3 20011130
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 9602148 W 19961112; AT 96945875 T 19961112; DE 19542690 A 19951116; DE 59606956 T 19961112; DK 96945875 T 19961112; EP 96945875 A 19961112; ES 96945875 T 19961112; GR 20010401211 T 20010809