(19)
(11) EP 2 172 956 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.04.2010 Bulletin 2010/14

(21) Application number: 09354038.3

(22) Date of filing: 01.10.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01H 3/30(2006.01)
H01H 31/10(2006.01)
 H01H 33/666(2006.01)
H01H 33/52(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 03.10.2008 IN CH24362008

(71) Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
92500 Rueil-Malmaison (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kumar M.C, Harsha
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)
  • Sonkar, Pavankumar S
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)
  • Bahirat, Himanshu
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)
  • Sinjonia, Manish
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)
  • Kumar, Randhir
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)
  • Perrone, Michel
    38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)

(74) Representative: Colette, Marie-Françoise 
Schneider Electric Industries SAS Service Propriété Industrielle WTC - 38EE1 5, place Robert Schuman
38050 Grenoble Cedex 09
38050 Grenoble Cedex 09 (FR)

   


(54) A mechanism for the synchronized operation of closing and opening of a switching device and a selector device in a switchgear.


(57) The present invention discloses a 4-position mechanism for the synchronized operation of closing and opening of a vacuum bottle switching device and a selector device. The synchronized operation is achieved with the help of interlock arrangements. Each of the vacuum bottle switching device and the selector device comprise separate energy storage and releasing means. Energy is loaded into both the devices by the user input with the help of dedicated levers. The movement in the output shafts is observed only after the dead point has been reached. Any movement from dead point to the main output shaft is transmitted through articulated levers. In the vacuum bottle switching device, conversion of energy makes the main shaft translate in one direction to close the switch and also, stores energy for translation of the shaft in opposite direction to open the switch. Said interlock arrangements are configured such that upon insertion of a removable handle into an accessible handle receptor (33,14,38) of any one of the selector operating means, switching device operating means or earth operating means, the access to the remaining operating means is blocked.







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