EP0309382A1 - Disposition de contact pour un disjoncteur de puissance à basse tension avec ouverture électrodynamique - Google Patents

Disposition de contact pour un disjoncteur de puissance à basse tension avec ouverture électrodynamique Download PDF

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EP0309382A1
EP0309382A1 EP88730198A EP88730198A EP0309382A1 EP 0309382 A1 EP0309382 A1 EP 0309382A1 EP 88730198 A EP88730198 A EP 88730198A EP 88730198 A EP88730198 A EP 88730198A EP 0309382 A1 EP0309382 A1 EP 0309382A1
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Martin Dipl.-Ing. Böttcher
Karl-Heinz Ing.(Grad.) Manthe
Bernhard Dr.-Ing. Pfeiffer
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H77/00—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting
    • H01H77/02—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism
    • H01H77/10—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrodynamic opening
    • H01H77/102—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrodynamic opening characterised by special mounting of contact arm, allowing blow-off movement
    • H01H77/104—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrodynamic opening characterised by special mounting of contact arm, allowing blow-off movement with a stable blow-off position
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/58—Electric connections to or between contacts; Terminals
    • H01H1/5822—Flexible connections between movable contact and terminal

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  • the invention relates to a contact arrangement of a low-voltage circuit breaker with an electrodynamic opening, with a pivotably mounted contact lever carrier and a contact lever attached to it and pivotably mounted relative to this, and a compression spring supported on the contact lever carrier and the contact lever for biasing the contact lever into the closed position or after exceeding a dead center position of the contact lever with respect to the direction of action of the compression spring in an open position, further with an effective stop surface for a back surface of the contact lever in the open position of the contact lever and a further stop surface provided on the contact lever carrier for the closed position of the contact lever.
  • a contact arrangement of this kind is known from GB-A-1 564 412.
  • the pivot bearing for the contact lever on the contact lever carrier has the shape of a hinge pin, as is also common with movable contact arrangements of low-voltage circuit breakers of a different type.
  • This process is complicated by the fact that the alignment of the parts must be carried out against the force of the compression spring, unless a relatively complex design of the contact lever carrier is provided, which allows the compression spring to be used after the articulated connection of the contact lever and the contact lever carrier has been established.
  • the invention has for its object the structure of the contact lever, the To simplify the contact lever carrier and the compression spring existing assembly to the extent that the assembly of these parts can be dispensed with using a complex assembly device.
  • the pivot bearing of the contact lever on the contact lever carrier is formed by a pan-like depression of the contact lever carrier and an extension of the contact lever engaging in the recess and in that the stop surface for the open position of the contact lever is arranged on the contact lever carrier.
  • the invention is based on the consideration that, in order to form a pivot bearing with a limited pivot angle, it is not necessary to provide a shaft or bolt bearing suitable for rotating movements.
  • the cohesion of the parts which can be pivoted relative to one another is namely ensured by the force of the compression spring, which in this way performs a triple function.
  • This consists firstly of maintaining the cohesion between the contact lever and the contact lever carrier, secondly of generating a contact force between the contact lever and a stationary counter-contact cooperating therewith in the closed position of the contact arrangement and thirdly of the sudden transfer to an open position with the position unchanged of the contact lever carrier under the influence of an electrodynamic force. Due to the self-centering property of a pan bearing, it is therefore sufficient to bring the contact lever with its extension into the vicinity of the recess of the contact lever carrier and thus to bring about the automatic engagement of both parts.
  • the stop surface for the back surface of the contact lever serves as a sliding surface for guiding the contact lever.
  • the stop surface for the closed position of the contact lever is arranged at an acute angle to the stop surface for the open position of the contact lever.
  • the two stop surfaces here form an approximately funnel-like opening of the contact lever carrier into which the contact lever is to be inserted for assembly.
  • the stop surface for the open position of the contact lever and the pan-like depression are connected by a continuous transition surface. This ensures that the contact lever, when inserted into the contact lever carrier, first comes into engagement with the compression spring without force and then slides with its extension along the stop surface and the transition surface, the compression spring being tensioned. Then the pin-like extension of the contact lever automatically passes into the pan-like recess of the contact lever carrier.
  • the contact lever carrier is a pocket-like part which is essentially open on one side.
  • a movable electrical connection of the contact lever to a fixed connection point is achieved by a current band which is attached to an extension of the contact lever and which is guided around the outside of the contact lever carrier in an arc.
  • both a shape of the contact lever carrier which is more favorable for the production and a configuration which is advantageous for the current band can be achieved in that the contact lever carrier near the pan-like depression on its side facing away from the stop faces for the passage of a current band connected to the contact lever Opening.
  • the contact lever carrier is given a rather frame-like shape with a through opening instead of the previous pocket-like shape.
  • the current band is thereby shorter and can be connected to the contact lever where a relatively small relative movement occurs.
  • the contact arrangement of a low-voltage circuit breaker shown in FIG. 1 and designated as a whole by 1 has a contact lever 2 with a contact piece 3 located at its front end and a fixed, loop-shaped conductor 4 with a further contact 5.
  • the contact lever 2 is pivotally mounted in a contact lever carrier 6, the contact lever carrier 6 in turn being pivotally supported in a known manner in a circuit breaker housing, not shown.
  • the contact lever 2 is designed as a two-armed lever with lever parts 7 and 8, of which the lever part 7 provided with the contact piece 3 is formed substantially longer than the rear lever part 8, on which a flexible current band 11 is attached for connecting the contact lever 2 to a fixed connection point is.
  • the pivot bearing of the contact lever 2 is formed by a rounded extension 12 which engages in a pan-like recess 13 of the contact lever carrier 6 which is adapted to the rounding of the extension.
  • the contact lever carrier 6 has a bottom part 14, which serves as a relatively stationary abutment of a helical compression spring 15 which engages on the contact lever 2 by means of a pressure piece 16.
  • a pressure piece 16 To engage the pressure piece on the contact lever 2, its lever part 8 is provided with a suitable recess 17.
  • the compression spring 15 acts on the lever part 8 of the contact lever 2 in such a way that it strives to keep it going set 12 to perform a counterclockwise rotation. In this way, the contact force required to make contact between the contact pieces 3 and 5 is generated when the contact lever carrier 6 is biased counterclockwise.
  • a conventional drive mechanism which is formed, for example, of toggle levers 20 and 21 and which engages on a bearing pin 22 passing through the contact lever carrier.
  • the contact lever 2 When the contact lever carrier 6 is in the unchanged position, the contact lever 2 can be moved by a relatively large swivel angle in that the contact lever carrier has a correspondingly dimensioned opening 23 which is delimited by stop faces 24 and 25.
  • a lower edge 10 of the contact lever 2 In the switch-on position shown, a lower edge 10 of the contact lever 2 is raised from the lower stop surface 24, as a result of which the compression spring 15 is effective for generating the contact force between the contact pieces 3 and 5.
  • the contact lever 2 In the open position shown in dashed lines, the contact lever 2 comes under the influence of electrodynamic forces which arise between the lever part 7 and the loop-shaped conductor 4 at a sufficiently high current.
  • the contact lever 2 is thrown away by the conductor 4, the direction of action of the compression spring 15 passing through a dead center position with respect to the bearing point formed by the extension 12 and the recess 13 and then being effective in the sense of the further opening of the contact lever 2.
  • the contact lever 2 then rests with a back surface 26 of the lever part 7 on the stop surface 25 of the contact lever carrier 6.
  • a continuously extending transition surface 27 is provided between the stop surface and the recess 13 of the contact lever support 6 and the contact lever 2 between the extension 12 and the back surface 26 has a correspondingly shaped transition part 30, there is a relatively large-area contact between the contact lever 2 and the contact lever carrier 6 and thus to an advantageously low mechanical stress during the electrodynamic opening process.
  • a current band 11 is fastened to the lever part 8 of the contact lever 2. This extends through a rear opening 31 of the contact lever carrier 6 and is located in a favorable position with respect to the bearing of the contact lever 2 formed by the extension 12 and the recess 13. Furthermore, the current band 11 is so far away from the contacts 3 and 5, that an adverse effect of the heat of an arc is excluded.
  • the contact lever carrier 6 has an approximately frame-like shape, the contact lever 2 being accommodated between side walls 32.
  • the rear of the two side walls 32 is visible due to the selected sectional view.
  • These side walls 32 are connected by two cross legs 33 and 34, of which the upper cross leg 33 has the stop surface 25 and the transition surface 27 and the recess 13 and the cross leg 34 has the stop surface 24 and the bottom part 14.
  • a plurality of contact lever supports 6 with shaft-like sections 35 can form a multi-pole switching shaft 36 connected, which is pivotally mounted in the housing of a switching device.

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EP88730198A 1987-09-23 1988-09-05 Disposition de contact pour un disjoncteur de puissance à basse tension avec ouverture électrodynamique Expired - Lifetime EP0309382B1 (fr)

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DE19873732468 DE3732468A1 (de) 1987-09-23 1987-09-23 Kontaktanordnung eines niederspannungs-leistungsschalters mit elektrodynamischer oeffnung

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EP0209058A2 (fr) * 1985-07-18 1987-01-21 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Disjoncteur sous boîtier moulé avec un contact mobile, positionné par un étrier à came sollicité par ressort

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GB1564412A (en) * 1977-09-15 1980-04-10 Dorman Smith Switchgear Ltd Electric circuit breakers
FR2553930A1 (fr) * 1983-10-21 1985-04-26 Merlin Gerin Mecanisme reversible de commande d'un disjoncteur limiteur multipolaire
US4635011A (en) * 1985-05-01 1987-01-06 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Circuit breaker with arm latch for high interrupting capacity
EP0209058A2 (fr) * 1985-07-18 1987-01-21 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Disjoncteur sous boîtier moulé avec un contact mobile, positionné par un étrier à came sollicité par ressort

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