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US 4,019,079 AGranted
Gas injected vacuum switch
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
InventorK. Dan Hardin
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a gas injected vacuum switch comprising a housing having an interior chamber, a conduit for evacuating the interior chamber, within the chamber an anode and a cathode spaced from the anode, and a detonator for injecting electrically conductive gas into the chamber between the anode and the cathode to provide a current path therebetween.
Claims6
A gas injected vacuum switch comprising;
- a housing having a generally cylindrical interior chamber;
- first conduit means operably connected to said chamber for evacuating said chamber;
- an anode disposed within said chamber;
- a cathode, spaced from said anode, disposed within said chamber;
- second conduit means for providing a passageway into said chamber;
- means for sealing said chamber from said second conduit means;
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- means for producing electrically conductive gaseous material, for breaching said seal, and for injecting said material through said second conduit means into said chamber to provide a conductive path for electric current between said anode and said cathode.
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