Breaker blanket heating and insulation unit
AssigneeMetatech Corporation
InventorRussell O. Mattson
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Abstract
A circuit breaker tank heating insulation unit blanket and circuit breaker insulation blanket wherein the insulation blanket is comprised of an elongated fibrous insulation encased within a fabric that is impervious to the outdoor environment. The insulation blanket is detachably secured over and encircling the circuit breaker tank. The insulation blanket includes an attachment means for detachably securing the insulation blanket to the circuit breaker tank. The heating insulation unit being comprised of an insulation blanket and a heating system wherein the heating system is positioned in contact with the tank of the circuit breaker and encircled by the insulation blanket.
Claims13
A circuit breaker insulation blanket comprising:
- an elongated fibrous insulation encased within a fabric shell configured for being secured to the tank of a circuit breaker, wherein the shell fabric is impervious to common solvents;
- first connectors attached along a first side of the shell fabric;
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- second connectors attached along a second side of the shell fabric;
- wherein the first and second connectors engage to detachably secure the elongated fibrous insulation encased within a fabric shell around the circuit breaker tank.
A circuit breaker tank heating insulation unit comprising:
- a heating system, wherein said heating system is positioned in contact with the tank of the breaker tank;
- an insulation blanket detachably secured over and encircling the heating system and the circuit breaker tank, the insulation blanket being comprised of an elongated fibrous insulation encased within a fabric that is impervious to common solvents;
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- attachment means for detachably securing the insulation blanket to the circuit breaker tank.
A circuit breaker tank heating insulation unit comprised of an elongated fibrous insulation blanket being comprised of an elongated fibrous insulation encased within a fabric that is impervious to common solvents, the blanket positioned to cover a portion of a circuit breaker tank and an entire heating system, wherein the heating system is positioned in contact with the circuit breaker tank, the heating system including a programmable controller that receives and processes temperature data in controlling the amount of heat the heating system emits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.