GB1213759A - Improvements in vacuum-type circuit interrupter with contacts containing a refractory metal - Google Patents

Improvements in vacuum-type circuit interrupter with contacts containing a refractory metal

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Publication number
GB1213759A
GB1213759A GB46219/69A GB4621969A GB1213759A GB 1213759 A GB1213759 A GB 1213759A GB 46219/69 A GB46219/69 A GB 46219/69A GB 4621969 A GB4621969 A GB 4621969A GB 1213759 A GB1213759 A GB 1213759A
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metal
vacuum
alloy
type circuit
circuit interrupter
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General Electric Co
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General Electric Co
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/02—Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/0203—Contacts characterised by the material thereof specially adapted for vacuum switches

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  • High-Tension Arc-Extinguishing Switches Without Spraying Means (AREA)
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Abstract

1,213,759. Vacuum switch contacts. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. 19 Sept., 1969 [27 Sept., 1968], No. 46219/69. Heading H1N. Each of the pair of contacts 17, 18 within a highly evacuated envelope of a vacuum-type circuit interrupter comprises a porous matrix of a refractory metal e.g. tungsten or molybdenum combined with an alloy of copper and bismuth, the bismuth being less than 2% by weight of the alloy. The interrupter comprises a tubular casing 12 of insulating material sealed with a pair of metal end caps 13, 14. Fixed contact 17 is brazed to a contact rod 17a, and movable contact 18 brazed to rod 18a which moves through an opening in the lower end cap, sealed by a flexible metal bellows 20. The alloy composition reduces contact welding while a metal shield 21 condenses any metal vapours generated by the arc.
GB46219/69A 1968-09-27 1969-09-19 Improvements in vacuum-type circuit interrupter with contacts containing a refractory metal Expired GB1213759A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US76311668A 1968-09-27 1968-09-27

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GB1213759A true GB1213759A (en) 1970-11-25

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US (1) US3596025A (en)
DE (1) DE1948451A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2019077A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1213759A (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3805000A (en) * 1970-03-23 1974-04-16 Itt Vacuum interrupter and methods of making contacts therefor
JPS5341782B2 (en) * 1973-05-19 1978-11-07
US4399339A (en) * 1981-03-02 1983-08-16 Cherry Electrical Products Corporation Electrical contact
JPS60172117A (en) * 1984-02-17 1985-09-05 三菱電機株式会社 Contact for vacuum breaker
US5852266A (en) * 1993-07-14 1998-12-22 Hitachi, Ltd. Vacuum circuit breaker as well as vacuum valve and electric contact used in same
JP2874522B2 (en) * 1993-07-14 1999-03-24 株式会社日立製作所 Vacuum circuit breaker, vacuum valve used therefor, electrode for vacuum valve, and method of manufacturing the same

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US3596025A (en) 1971-07-27
DE1948451A1 (en) 1970-04-09
FR2019077A1 (en) 1970-06-26

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees