EP0360368B1 - Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc - Google Patents
Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc Download PDFInfo
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- EP0360368B1 EP0360368B1 EP89250039A EP89250039A EP0360368B1 EP 0360368 B1 EP0360368 B1 EP 0360368B1 EP 89250039 A EP89250039 A EP 89250039A EP 89250039 A EP89250039 A EP 89250039A EP 0360368 B1 EP0360368 B1 EP 0360368B1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
- H01H9/30—Means for extinguishing or preventing arc between current-carrying parts
- H01H9/38—Auxiliary contacts on to which the arc is transferred from the main contacts
- H01H9/383—Arcing contact pivots relative to the movable contact assembly
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H1/00—Contacts
- H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
- H01H1/14—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting
- H01H1/22—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact
- H01H1/221—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact and a contact pressure spring acting between the pivoted member and a supporting member
- H01H1/226—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by abutting with rigid pivoted member carrying the moving contact and a contact pressure spring acting between the pivoted member and a supporting member having a plurality of parallel contact bars
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- the invention relates to a lever-pressure contact arrangement for a low-voltage circuit breaker with a fixed and a movable main contact piece and with a fixed and a movable burn-off contact piece, the movable burn-off contact piece being fastened to a burn-off contact lever which is pivotably arranged relative to a main contact lever carrying the main piece and the burn-off contact lever consists of two burn-off contact partial levers articulated to the main contact lever, which are joined together at their front ends opposite the hinge axis to form a surface provided for the movable burn-off contact piece.
- the invention is based on a contact arrangement with burn-off partial contact levers according to DE-A-2 005 742 the task of making this design economically applicable for large circuit breakers with several main contact levers and effective for all main contact pieces.
- a burn-off contact partial lever is inserted between the main contact levers of a pair, and in that the burn-off contact part levers form treads for switching arcs to be taken over from the main contact pieces, starting from the front edge the main contact lever and have a continuous contour extending to its front edge.
- Figure 1 shows a low-voltage circuit breaker with insulating housing in section.
- a contact arrangement of the circuit breaker according to FIG. 1 is shown in a side view in FIG.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 show a top view and a side view of the burn-off contact partial lever of the contact arrangement according to FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5 shows a top view of a contact arrangement corresponding to FIG. 2 with five pairs of main contact levers.
- FIG. 1 shows a circuit breaker with an insulating molded-plastic housing which has movable main contact pieces 10 which are carried by a current-carrying main contact lever 14. Furthermore, current-carrying fixed main contact pieces 12 are provided, as well as a burn-off contact arrangement 22 and an arc quenching chamber 24.
- the main contact lever 14 interacts with a current-carrying articulated arrangement 16 in such a way that the main contact pieces 10 and 12 can be opened and closed by the between connection devices 18 and 20 of the circuit breaker to control flowing electricity.
- the contact material which in many cases contains a noble metal, is subject to different degrees of deterioration or burn-off. For example, the erosion can become so great that the resistance between the contact surfaces of the contact pieces increases, which causes the contact pieces to heat up and the current transfer to deteriorate further.
- the burnout contact arrangement 22 provided for this purpose is shown in greater detail in Figures 2-5.
- the arcing contact arrangement 22 has five arcing contact partial levers 26, each of which has a bearing opening 28 and a rivet hole 30.
- the burn-off contact partial levers 26 are assembled in such a way that they form a surface for attaching a burn-off contact piece 36.
- a rivet 29 extends through rivet holes 30 in the front ends of the partial contact levers 26.
- a hinge axis 38 detects the through openings 28 in the end regions 34 and corresponding through openings in the main contact levers 14.
- the arcing contact arrangement 22 acts in such a way that it converts all arcs occurring between the main contact pieces 10 and 12 into a single arc between the arcing contact pieces 36 and 40.
- the continuous contour of the running surfaces 32 of the erosion contact part lever 26 ensures a rapid transition.
- the mass of the arcing contact arrangement 22 and an associated spring 44 causes the arcing contact arrangement 22 to pivot relative to the main contact levers 14 such that the arcing contacts 36 and 40 remain open for a certain time after the opening of the Main contact pieces 10 and 12 remain closed.
- a switching arc is formed between these contact pieces.
- the burn-off contact pieces 36 and 40 are further separated, the switching arc enters an arc quenching chamber 24 (FIG. 1) and is extinguished there between a number of quenching plates 42.
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- Arc-Extinguishing Devices That Are Switches (AREA)
- Breakers (AREA)
- Contacts (AREA)
- Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)
- Tumbler Switches (AREA)
Claims (1)
- Dispositif de contact par pression à levier pour un disjoncteur basse tension, comportant une pièce de contact principale fixe et une pièce de contact principale mobile (10,12) et une pièce de contact pare-étincelles fixe et une pièce de contact pare-étincelles mobile (36,40), et dans lequel la pièce de contact pare-étincelles mobile (36) est fixée sur un levier de contact pare-étincelles (22), qui est montée de manière à pouvoir basculer par rapport à un levier de contact principal (14) portant la pièce de contact principale (10), et le levier de contact pare-étincelles (22) est constitué par des leviers partiels de contact pare-étincelles (26), qui sont reliés de façon articulée au levier de contact principal (14) et qui sont réunis, au niveau de leurs extrémités avant, éloignées de l'axe d'articulation (38), pour former une surface prévue pour la pièce de contact pare-étincelles mobile (36),
caractérisé par le fait que dans un dispositif de contact comportant des leviers de contact principaux (14) disposés par couples, un levier partiel de contact pare-étincelles est inséré respectivement entre les leviers de contact principaux (14) d'un couple et que, pour la formation de surfaces de circulation (32) pour des arcs électriques devant être pris en charge par les pièces de contact principales (10,12), les leviers partiels de contact pare-étincelles (26) possèdent un contour continu qui s'étend depuis le bord avant du levier de contact principal (14) jusqu'au bord avant des leviers partiels.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US07/247,462 US4871889A (en) | 1988-09-21 | 1988-09-21 | Arcing contact assembly for a circuit breaker |
US247462 | 1988-09-21 |
Publications (3)
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EP0360368A2 EP0360368A2 (fr) | 1990-03-28 |
EP0360368A3 EP0360368A3 (fr) | 1991-11-21 |
EP0360368B1 true EP0360368B1 (fr) | 1995-04-19 |
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EP89250039A Expired - Lifetime EP0360368B1 (fr) | 1988-09-21 | 1989-09-19 | Montage de contact butant à levier pour interrupteur de puissance à basse tension avec des contacts principaux et des contacts d'amorçage d'arc |
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US (1) | US4871889A (fr) |
EP (1) | EP0360368B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JPH02197032A (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1331035C (fr) |
DE (1) | DE58909185D1 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2070900T3 (fr) |
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US5969314A (en) * | 1998-05-07 | 1999-10-19 | Eaton Corporation | Electrical switching apparatus having arc runner integral with stationary arcing contact |
US6072136A (en) * | 1998-05-07 | 2000-06-06 | Eaton Corporation | Electrical switching apparatus with modular operating mechanism for mounting and controlling large compression close spring |
US6417474B1 (en) | 2001-05-15 | 2002-07-09 | Eaton Corporation | Electrical switching apparatus having an arc runner with an elongated raised ridge |
US7368677B2 (en) * | 2005-12-14 | 2008-05-06 | Eaton Corporation | Reverse bias hatchet reset spring |
US9058939B2 (en) | 2011-06-29 | 2015-06-16 | Schneider Electric USA, Inc. | Configuration of an arc runner for a miniature circuit breaker |
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- 1988-09-21 US US07/247,462 patent/US4871889A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 1989-09-13 JP JP1239746A patent/JPH02197032A/ja active Pending
- 1989-09-19 DE DE58909185T patent/DE58909185D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-09-19 ES ES89250039T patent/ES2070900T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-09-19 EP EP89250039A patent/EP0360368B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-09-19 CA CA000611902A patent/CA1331035C/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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EP0360368A2 (fr) | 1990-03-28 |
US4871889A (en) | 1989-10-03 |
ES2070900T3 (es) | 1995-06-16 |
EP0360368A3 (fr) | 1991-11-21 |
CA1331035C (fr) | 1994-07-26 |
JPH02197032A (ja) | 1990-08-03 |
DE58909185D1 (de) | 1995-05-24 |
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