EP0703589A1 - Elektrisches Gerät, insbesondere Schalter für Säulen- oder Reihenmontage - Google Patents

Elektrisches Gerät, insbesondere Schalter für Säulen- oder Reihenmontage Download PDF

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EP0703589A1
EP0703589A1 EP95410071A EP95410071A EP0703589A1 EP 0703589 A1 EP0703589 A1 EP 0703589A1 EP 95410071 A EP95410071 A EP 95410071A EP 95410071 A EP95410071 A EP 95410071A EP 0703589 A1 EP0703589 A1 EP 0703589A1
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Michel Vieux
Jean-Luc Pielawski
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • H01H11/0006—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches for converting electric switches

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  • the present invention relates to electrical equipment, in particular a switch, for plinth or column mounting, comprising a box of parallelepiped shape, a manual control member mounted on the front face of the box and a mechanism for closing and opening an electrical circuit coupled to said manual control member and housed inside said housing.
  • the present invention proposes to overcome this drawback by providing solutions allowing a plinth or column mounting of electrical equipment, and in particular switches, without it being necessary to access the interior of the housing to reverse the mechanism, and retaining the positioning of the connection terminals.
  • said manual control member can be a tilting lever
  • said closing and opening mechanism of the electrical circuit can comprise a bistable rocker arranged to cooperate with said tilting lever.
  • said manual control member can be a rotary lever
  • said closing and opening mechanism of the electrical circuit can comprise a first pinion or an at least partially toothed sector coupled to said lever.
  • said manual control member can be a multidirectional actuating member
  • said closing and opening mechanism of the electrical circuit can comprise a double-angled link arranged to cooperate with said member.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a set of apparatus according to the invention, mounted in plinth.
  • This is in particular a first type of switch 10 mounted in a narrow housing 10a, a second type of switch 11 mounted in one half of a wide housing 11a, the width of which is substantially double that of the housing 10a, of a third type of switch 12 mounted centrally in a wide housing 12a, substantially identical to housing 11a and of a junction box 13 or of a protective block, or the like, consisting of a box 13a having the shape and dimensions substantially equal to those of the large boxes 11a and 12a.
  • the set of switchgear housings has a parallelepiped shape.
  • FIG. 2 represents a perspective view illustrating the same apparatuses as those of FIG. 1, but mounted in a column.
  • the same devices have the same reference numbers.
  • FIGS. 3A, 3B and 4A, 4B represent perspective views illustrating the open and closed positions of a switch of the type with tilting lever respectively mounted in plinth and in column.
  • This switch comprises a box 20 shown in dashed lines, a mechanism 21 housed inside this box and a tilting lever 22 mounted on the box and arranged to control the opening and closing mechanism of two contacts 23 and 24 of which one 23 is fixed and integral with the housing and the other 24 is mobile and linked to the mechanism.
  • the latter is composed of a flip-flop 25 and a connecting rod 26 which couples the flip-flop 25 to the movable contact 24.
  • the flip-flop is a piece in the form of a gutter whose upper edges are equipped with two horns 27 and 28, arranged in opposition and whose function is to cooperate with the tilting lever to move the rocker from a first position illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 4A where the contacts are open, in a second position illustrated by FIGS. 3B and 4B where the contacts are closed.
  • the tilting lever has two lower bearing surfaces, forming a dihedral. Each of the horns 27, 28 cooperates with one of said bearing surfaces.
  • the position of the tilting lever 22 is offset by 90 ° relative to its position for plinth mounting.
  • This reversal can be made directly by the installer, the other components of the switch remaining otherwise identical, in particular the positioning of the connection terminals.
  • This construction avoids the production of two types of products and the obligation for the installer to manage a stock of two series of devices, one of the series being intended for plinth mounting and the other series being intended for column mounting.
  • the movable contact 24 is articulated on a fixed axis 29, shown diagrammatically. It is on the other hand electrically connected to a terminal 30 by a metal braid 31.
  • the fixed contact 23 is electrically connected to a terminal 32 by a metal braid 33.
  • the rocker 25 is housed in a molded cradle (not shown) inside the housing 20, this cradle serving as its support seat in its two stable positions and in the intermediate positions which it occupies when passing from one to the other of said stable positions.
  • FIGS. 5A, 5B and 6A, 6B represent perspective views illustrating the open and closed positions of a switch of the rotary handle type respectively mounted in plinth and in column.
  • this switch comprises a housing 40 shown in broken lines, a mechanism 41 housed inside this housing and a rotary or orientable lever 42 mounted on the housing and arranged to control said mechanism.
  • the latter is designed to ensure the opening and closing of two contacts 43 and 44, one of which 43 is fixed and integral with the housing and the other of which 44 is movable and linked to the mechanism.
  • This mechanism is in this case composed of a pinion or an at least partially toothed sector 45 which is coupled to said lever by means of a rod 46 with square section engaged in a central recess of the same shape, formed in said pinion .
  • This pinion 45 meshes with another pinion or sector at least partially toothed 47 which is coupled by means of a link 48 at one end 49 of the movable contact 44.
  • This movable contact is articulated on a fixed axis 50 shown schematically and which is rigidly mounted inside the housing.
  • the movable contact 44 is electrically connected by a metal braid 51 to a connection terminal 52, and the fixed contact 43 is electrically connected by a metal braid 53 to a connection terminal 54.
  • FIGS. 7A, 7B and 8A, 8B represent perspective views illustrating the open and closed positions of a switch of the type with multidirectional actuating member, respectively mounted in plinth and in column.
  • This switch comprises a box 60 shown in broken lines, a mechanism 61 housed inside this box and a control handle of the multidirectional actuating member type 62 mounted on the box and arranged to control said mechanism.
  • the latter is intended to ensure the opening and closing of two contacts 63 and 64, one of which 63 is fixed and integral with the housing and the other of which 64 is mobile and linked to the mechanism.
  • This mechanism consists in this case in a very simple way of a double-angled link 65 in the form of a crank, one end of which is integral with the lever and mounted in its extension, and the other end of which is linked to one end 66 of the movable contact 64.
  • This movable contact is articulated around a fixed axis 67, shown schematically and integral with the housing.
  • the fixed contact 63 is electrically connected to a connection terminal 68 by a metal braid 69 and the movable contact 64 is electrically connected to a connection terminal 70 by a metal braid 71.
  • the actuation of the lever in one direction or the other causes the pivoting of the link 65 and the opening or closing of the contacts or, more precisely, the tilting of the movable contact 64 around its axis of rotation 67.
  • the position of the lever is offset by 90 ° depending on whether the mounting of the switch is in plinth or in column, so that the user finds in both cases directions of identical actuation leading to the same effects.

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EP95410071A 1994-09-21 1995-07-12 Elektrisches Gerät, insbesondere Schalter für Säulen- oder Reihenmontage Expired - Lifetime EP0703589B1 (de)

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FR9411469A FR2724762B1 (fr) 1994-09-21 1994-09-21 Appareillage electrique, notamment interrupteur pour montage en plinthe ou en colonne
FR9411469 1994-09-21

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GB2091043A (en) * 1981-01-14 1982-07-21 Schmersal K A Gmbh & Co Electrical switches
US4682830A (en) 1983-08-26 1987-07-28 Kioritz Corporation Switch terminal
US5038004A (en) * 1989-06-26 1991-08-06 Nihon Kaiheiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Miniature switch
DE9310237U1 (de) * 1993-07-09 1993-09-09 Klöckner-Moeller GmbH, 53115 Bonn Gehäuse für ein elektrisches Schaltgerät mit Schaltknopf

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GB2091043A (en) * 1981-01-14 1982-07-21 Schmersal K A Gmbh & Co Electrical switches
US4682830A (en) 1983-08-26 1987-07-28 Kioritz Corporation Switch terminal
US5038004A (en) * 1989-06-26 1991-08-06 Nihon Kaiheiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Miniature switch
DE9310237U1 (de) * 1993-07-09 1993-09-09 Klöckner-Moeller GmbH, 53115 Bonn Gehäuse für ein elektrisches Schaltgerät mit Schaltknopf

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CN104851690A (zh) * 2015-04-27 2015-08-19 苏州君丰辰电子科技有限公司 一种用于配电开关中的切换操作机构

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DE69507231D1 (de) 1999-02-25
ATE175807T1 (de) 1999-01-15
DE69507231T2 (de) 1999-09-02
FR2724762A1 (fr) 1996-03-22

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