Electrical full protection circuit breaker
AssigneeFirma Heinrich Kopp GmbH & Co. KG.
InventorsHans Arnhold, Peter Flohr
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Abstract
An electrical full protection circuit breaker for interrupting a current circuit in response to an overload current, or a short circuit current, or in response to an earth leakage or fault current, includes the structural and functional combination of one or several single pole circuit breakers with an earth leakage current circuit breaker. Each circuit breaker has a narrow and compact structure and the same housing contour. The fault current circuit breaker member, which is coupled with one or more single pole circuit breakers, has its own contact interruption elements. Additionally, the fault current circuit breaker is provided in its outwardly located terminal connection zone with a freely accessible summing current transformer which is constructed as a bushing transformer.
Claims10
An electrical full protection circuit breaker for interrupting the current circuit in response to an overload current, a short circuit current, or an earth leakage or fault current, comprising the structural and functional combination of single pole circuit breaker means with an earth leakage current circuit breaker means, each having a narrow structure and the same housing contour, said leakage current circuit breaker means comprising its own contact interruption means (10, 11) and its own outwardly located terminal connection zone including a summing current transformer means accessible from outside the circuit breaker and constructed as a bushing transformer located in said terminal connection zone for operatively electrically coupling with the single pole circuit breaker means through connecting conductors leading to the circuit breaker means for detecting current, and means operatively mechanically coupling said single pole circuit breaker means and said leakage current circuit breaker means in switching engagement to form an effective double pole circuit breaker combination.
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