(19)
(11) EP 0 223 272 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.07.1989 Bulletin 1989/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/22

(21) Application number: 86201744.9

(22) Date of filing: 08.10.1986
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4H01H 77/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 18.10.1985 IT 2345885 U

(71) Applicant: ABB SACE S.p.A.
I-24100 Bergamo (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Mostosi, Angelo
    I-24100 Bergamo (IT)

(74) Representative: De Carli, Erberto et al
ING. BARZANO & ZANARDO MILANO S.p.A. Via Borgonuovo, 10
20121 Milano
20121 Milano (IT)


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    (54) Current-limiter electrical circuit breaker, with contact opening by electrodynamic repulsion


    (57) In a current-limiter electrical circuit breaker with contact opening by electrodynamic repulsion, comprising at least a couple of contacts inserted between a power supply terminal and a load terminal, the contact-holder arms of which form two branches substantially parallel and closely approached to each other, through which cur­rents of opposite sign flow, a control mechanism kinema­tically linked to one of the two contact-holder arms through a compound toggle lever formed by two sectors and a spring suitable to pass from one side to the other side, and vice-versa, of a dead-point position, a block­ing device for the locking of the control mechanism in its active position, and thermomagnetic devices suitable to act on a release device for the disengaging of said blocking device; the hinge connecting the two sectors of the compound toggle lever to each other is constituted by a limitedly sliding slot-pin coupling, and the second one of the two contact-holder arms is linked to said release device through a kinematic chain.







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