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US 6,207,917 B1Granted
Compressed gas power switch
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsVolker Lehmann, Friedrich Löbner
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Abstract
A compressed gas-blast is described having a first, actuatable arcing contact, a second, stationary arcing contact, a rated current path running concentrically to the contacts, as well as having a compression device, at least the first, actuatable arcing contact being supported by a switching tube. A discharge volume provided at the outlet of the switching tube is separated from an intake area by a separating wall, the discharge volume is connected to the low-pressure chamber via discharge openings.
Claims7
A compressed gas-blast circuit-breaker, comprising:
- an actuatable arcing contact having an annular configuration;
- a stationary arcing contact;
- a rated current path concentric with the actuatable arcing contact and the stationary arcing contact, the rated current path including an actuatable rated current contact, and a stationary rated current contact, intake area openings being provided radially in the rated current path and concentrically with the actuatable arcing contact and the stationary arcing contact;
- a compression device connectable via a fill-up valve to a low-pressure chamber arranged radially outside of the rated current path, the compression device including a cylinder base accommodating the fill-up valve;
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- a switching tube supporting the first actuatable arcing contact, the switching tube having an outlet through which switching gases resulting from a breaking operation arrive in a discharge volume, the discharge volume being connected to the low-pressure chamber via discharge openings provided radially with respect to the switching tube, an intake area being provided between the cylinder base of the compression device and the discharge volume, the intake area being separated spatially from the discharge volume and connected to the low-pressure chamber via the intake area openings in the rated current path.
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