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US 6,207,916 B1Granted
Electric arc explosion chamber system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsThomas Pniok, Claus-Peter Schulze
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Abstract
An arcing chamber system having one or more chamber bodies connected in series, wherein one or more arcing chamber modules, are arranged in each chamber body is present. A plurality of arcing chamber modules may be employed to achieve for various contact ratings. This allows the arcing chamber system of the present invention to be adapted, in simple fashion, to a variety of working voltages and a variety of contact ratings.
Claims17
An arcing chamber system, comprising:
- a plurality of chamber bodies connected in series;
- an arcing chamber module arranged in each of said chamber bodies;
- grooves for securing said arcing chamber module in each of said chamber bodies;
- and
- a plurality of quenching plates disposed within said arcing chamber module, arranged parallel to one another between side parts.
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An arcing chamber, comprising:
- a first chamber body;
- a first arcing chamber module removably secured within said first chamber body, said first arcing chamber module including:
- a first pair of side parts arranged parallel to each other, said first pair of side parts extending between opposing sides of said first chamber body, and
- a first plurality of quenching plates arranged parallel to one another between said first pair of side parts;
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- a second arcing chamber module removably secured within said first chamber body, said second arcing chamber module including:
- a second pair of side parts arranged parallel to each other and extending between said opposing sides of said first chamber body, one of said second pair of side parts proximate to one of said first pair of side parts;
- and
- a second plurality of quenching plates arranged parallel to one another between said second pair of side parts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.