JP2010027486A - Vacuum circuit breaker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum circuit breaker that further reduces the depth dimension of a switch gear for receiving and distributing power that uses a vacuum circuit breaker as a constituent element. <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum circuit breaker 1 includes a carriage 3 on which an operating part 6 and a cutoff part 4 are placed, and a control plug 2 which allows a connector 5 of a control cable connected to a switch gear to be inserted and removed thereto/therefrom. The control plug 2 is provided at a ceiling plate 7a of a case 7, storing the operating part 6 so that its connection port is directed vertically upward. The connector 5 of the control cable is vertically insertable and removable into/from the connection port of the control plug 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum circuit breaker, and more particularly to a vacuum circuit breaker having an electromagnetic operating device.

  In general, a vacuum circuit breaker is often used as a switchgear for a power distribution switchgear because of its reliability and safety. In this vacuum circuit breaker, in order to open and close the breaker, an electromagnetic operating device is used that transmits a driving force accompanying an electromagnetic force generated from an electromagnet to the breaker via a link mechanism.

  In order to reduce the size of the electromagnetic operating device and reduce the depth dimension of the vacuum circuit breaker, there is an electromagnet iron cover that constitutes the electromagnetic operating device configured to have an oval cylindrical outer shape. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-247093

  With the electromagnetic operating device described above, an electromagnet having a smaller depth dimension than the width dimension can be configured, so that the depth dimensions of the electromagnetic operating device and the vacuum circuit breaker can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce the size of the power receiving / distributing switchgear using the vacuum circuit breaker as a constituent element.

  However, in the case of a power receiving / distributing switchgear having a multi-panel layout, the installation area of the entire panel increases, so a vacuum circuit breaker that can further reduce the depth of the power receiving / distributing switchgear is required.

  The present invention has been made based on the above-described matters, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum circuit breaker capable of further reducing the depth dimension of the power distribution switchgear including the vacuum circuit breaker as a constituent element.

  (1) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a vacuum interrupter comprising: a carriage on which an operation part and an interrupting part are mounted; and a control plug into which a connector of a control cable connected to the switch gear can be inserted and removed. The control plug is provided on a ceiling plate of a case that houses the operation unit so that the connection port portion is vertically upward, and the connector of the control cable is perpendicular to the connection port portion of the control plug. It shall be detachable in the direction.

  (2) In the above (1), preferably, the operation portion is disposed on the front side of the blocking portion, and a case for storing the operation portion includes a front cover that covers a front portion of the case, and a ceiling plate of the case And a partition cover erected between the rear side of the control plug and the front side of the blocking portion.

  (3) In the above (2), preferably, the partition cover is formed by bending the front cover.

  (4) In any one of the above (1) to (3), preferably, the operation unit is an electromagnetic operation type operation device.

  (5) In any one of the above (1) to (4), it is preferable that the case that houses the operation unit has a box shape.

  According to the present invention, the control plug that allows the connector of the control cable connecting the power receiving / distributing switchgear and the vacuum circuit breaker to be inserted and removed is disposed in the vertical direction on the ceiling plate of the electromagnetic operation device storage case. The gap dimension between the vacuum circuit breaker and the front door of the power receiving / distributing switch gear can be reduced, which is necessary for the conventional control cable arranged in the horizontal direction. As a result, the size of the power receiving / distributing switch gear in the depth direction can be reduced, and the installation area of the power receiving / distributing switch gear having the row configuration can be reduced.

Embodiments of a vacuum circuit breaker according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show an embodiment of a vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a partial cross section of an embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention. FIG. FIG. In this embodiment, for convenience, the operation part side of the circuit breaker will be described as the front side and the front side, and the breaker side will be described as the rear side and the back side.

  In these figures, the vacuum circuit breaker 1 includes a movable carriage 3 having wheels. On the back side (the left side in FIG. 1) on the carriage 3, an insulating cylinder 4 is disposed as a blocking portion. A vacuum valve 20 is arranged inside the upper side of the insulating cylinder 4 so that the fixed electrode is on the upper side and the movable electrode is on the lower side.

  An upper conductor 22 is connected to a fixed conductor 21 led out from the fixed electrode of the vacuum valve 20 in the axial direction, and an upper contact 23 is connected to the upper conductor 22. A flexible conductor 25 is connected to a movable conductor 24 led out from the movable electrode of the vacuum valve 20 in the axial direction, and is connected to a lower conductor 26. A lower contact 27 is connected to the lower conductor 26. For example, a power-side conductor such as a bus bar, a load-side conductor, and the like are detachably connected to the contacts 23 and 27 via, for example, an air interruption path bushing portion of the switchgear body.

  On the front side of the carriage 3 (on the right side in FIG. 1), a box-shaped operation device storage case 7 that stores an electromagnetic operation device 6 or the like as an operation unit is disposed. The operation device storage case 7 is formed with an open front portion, and is usually covered with a detachable front cover 8. In addition, a substantially rectangular ceiling plate 7 a is provided on the upper portion of the operation device storage case 7.

  A lever 10 that rotates about a shaft 11 that is orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1 is provided at a lower portion of the substantially central portion in the width direction of the carriage 3 (substantially central portion in FIG. 2). One end of the lever 10 is connected to the movable conductor 24 and the movable electrode of the vacuum valve 20 via the connecting plate 12 and the insulating operation rod 13. The other end of the lever 10 is connected to a drive rod 15 of the electromagnetic operating device 6 via a connecting rod 14.

  The electromagnetic operating device 6 includes a connecting rod 14 that is pin-connected to the lever 10, a drive rod 15 that is pin-connected to the connecting rod 14, an upper rod 16 that is connected to the upper end of the drive rod 15, and a drive disposed at the center thereof. An electromagnet 17 that enables the rod 15 to operate in the vertical direction is provided, and the movement of the drive rod 15 of the electromagnetic operating device 6 is transmitted to the vacuum valve 20 via the connecting rod 14 and the lever 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the electromagnetic operating device 6 is fixed to the center of the bottom side of the operating device storage case 7 using bolts and nuts.

  Inside the operation device storage case 7, an auxiliary switch 30, a counter 31, etc. as a state detection mechanism for detecting the state of a cable (not shown) from the control plug 2, a vacuum circuit breaker (vacuum valve) 20, etc. Is stored. For example, in the case of the auxiliary switch 30 and the control plug 2, since the control plug 2 and the auxiliary switch 30 are arranged in a substantially straight line in the front view of the operation unit storage case 7, the cable in the panel is linear. It is connected by a laying route that connects to In addition, the auxiliary switch 30 and the counter 31 are arranged on the upper plate of the electromagnet 17 and are configured integrally with the electromagnet 17.

  The control plug 2 is fixed to the ceiling plate 7a of the operation device storage case 7 so that the connection port portion faces vertically upward. Specifically, a control plug 2 mounting hole is provided in the ceiling plate 7a of the operation device storage case 7, and a mounting member that holds the outer periphery of the control plug 2 is fitted into this hole, and is fixed to the ceiling plate 7a with bolts and nuts. is doing.

  Connected to the control plug 2 are a power cable, a signal cable from a protective device such as a digital relay, and a signal cable for outputting a status signal of the auxiliary switch 30. Specifically, one control cable made of these signal cables is formed on the switch gear 40 main body side, and a connector 5 of the control cable is formed at one end thereof. The control cable connector 5 can be inserted into and removed from the control plug 2 in a direction perpendicular to the control plug 2 in the ceiling plate 7 a of the operation device storage case 7.

  A rectangular partition cover 9 having a width and a predetermined height that is the same as the width direction dimension of the front cover 8 is provided on the ceiling plate 7 a of the operation device storage case 7, and the rear side of the control plug 2 and the front side of the insulating cylinder 4. It is erected between. Since the electromagnetic operating unit 6 and the operating unit storage case 7 have been reduced in size, the upper space of the operating unit storage case 7 and the ceiling plate 7a can be approached to the high voltage portion such as the insulating cylinder 4, so there is a risk of electric shock. In order to prevent this, the partition cover 9 is provided. The partition cover 9 can be integrally formed by bending the front cover 8 along the operation unit storage case 7.

Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention will be described.
1 and 2, the vacuum valve 20 is in a state where the movable electrode is open with respect to the fixed electrode. When the vacuum valve 20 is closed from this state, the drive rod 15 is pushed downward by operating the electromagnet 17.

  As a result, the drive rod 15 rotates the lever 10 clockwise around the shaft 11 in FIG. 1 via the connecting rod 14. As a result, the connecting plate 12 and the insulating operation rod 13 are pushed upward, so that the vacuum valve 20 can be closed.

  In addition, in the process in which the operation of the vacuum circuit breaker 1 described above is performed, the auxiliary circuit 30 and the counter 31 detect the on / off state of the vacuum circuit breaker 1. Specifically, the upper rod 16 is connected to the upper end of the drive rod 15, and each of the auxiliary switch 30 and the counter 31 has lever mechanisms 32 and 33 connected to the upper rod 16 by pins. For example, the auxiliary switch 30 includes an a contact and a b contact, and is opened and closed by the operation of the lever mechanism 32 in accordance with the vertical movement of the upper rod 16. As a result, when the drive rod 15 is pushed down, the auxiliary switch 30 enters the contact a via the upper rod 16. On the other hand, when the drive rod 15 is pushed upward, the auxiliary contact 30 enters the b contact via the upper rod 16.

Next, the power distribution switchgear provided with one embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view of a power receiving / distributing switch gear including an embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are the same or corresponding parts, and the description thereof is omitted.
In FIG. 3, the casing 41 in the power distribution switch gear 40 is divided into a front side and a back side by a partition plate 42 that is a ground metal plate, and a bus bar chamber 43 is defined on the back side (left side in FIG. 3). Two device chambers 45, 45 are partitioned and formed by a hermetic cover 44 above and below the front side (the right side in FIG. 1). A front door 41A that can be opened and closed is provided on the front side of the housing 41, and a rear door 41B that can be opened and closed is provided on the back side.

  Substantially rectangular support plates 48, 48 having three outer peripheral sides fixed to the partition plate 42 and the inner sides of both sides of the housing 41 are disposed at the bottoms of the device chambers 45, 45, respectively. Two circuit breakers 1 and 1 are mounted on the support plates 47 and 47, respectively.

  The equipment chamber 45 includes an air interruption path bushing 46 connected to a power supply side conductor 47A such as a bus and a load side conductor 47B. By connecting the air interruption path bushings 46, 46 to the contacts 23, 27 of the vacuum circuit breaker 1, the vacuum circuit breaker 1 is connected to the power supply side conductor 47A and the load side conductor 47B such as a bus. The

  The vacuum circuit breaker 1 moves to a disconnection position X1 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3 or a connection position X2 indicated by a solid line in FIG. At the disconnection position X1, the contactors 23 and 27 are disconnected from the air interruption path bushings 46 and 46, and at the connection position X2, the contactors 23 and 27 are connected to the air interruption path bushings 46 and 46. Connected. Here, for example, the gap dimension C between the disconnection position X1 and the connection position X2 is the insertion length of the air interruption path bushing 46 and the contacts 23 and 27 of the vacuum circuit breaker 1 and the safe insulation when they are separated from each other. Can be determined by distance. On the other hand, the gap dimension D between the operation position X2 and the front door 41A of the switch gear 40 for receiving and distributing power is a length added to the gap dimension C, for example, the front part structure of the vacuum circuit breaker 1 at the disconnection position X1. It can be determined in consideration of the presence or absence of interference with the rear surface portion of the front door 41A of the power distribution switch gear 40. In the conventional vacuum circuit breaker 1, a control cable connected in a horizontal direction to the control plug 2 in the front portion is disposed. The control cable and the rear portion of the front door 41 </ b> A of the power distribution switch gear 40 are provided. In order to prevent this interference, the gap dimension D could not be reduced.

  In the embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention described above, the control plug 2 that allows the connector 5 of the control cable connecting the power distribution switchgear 40 and the vacuum circuit breaker 1 to be inserted and removed can be electromagnetically operated. Since it is vertically arranged on the ceiling plate 7a of the device storage case 7, the vacuum circuit breaker 1 and the switchgear 40 for receiving and distributing power, which are necessary for the conventional control cable arranged in the horizontal direction. The gap dimension D with the front door 41A can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce the dimension in the depth direction of the power receiving / distributing switch gear 40 and to reduce the installation area of the power receiving / distributing switch gear 40 having a panel configuration.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the attachment member that holds the outer periphery of the control plug 2 is fixed to the ceiling plate 7a of the operation device storage case 7, and therefore, compared to the conventional method of attaching the control plug. The number of parts can be reduced, and assembly work can be simplified.

  Further, since the control plug 2 and the auxiliary switch 30 are arranged substantially in a straight line when the operation unit storage case 7 is viewed from the front, the control plug 2 and the auxiliary switch 30 can be wired and connected by a laying route that linearly connects both spaces. As a result, the wiring assembly work is facilitated and the work efficiency can be improved.

  Further, a rectangular partition cover 9 having a width and a predetermined height which is the same as the width direction dimension of the front cover 8 is provided on the ceiling plate 7a of the operation device storage case 7 with the rear side of the control plug 2 and the insulating cylinder 4. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the upper space of the ceiling plate 7a of the operation device storage case 7 from approaching the high voltage portion such as the insulating cylinder 4 or the like. As a result, unexpected accidents such as electric shock can be prevented, and the safety of the facility can be improved.

It is a side view which shows one Embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a front view which shows one Embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a side view of a power distribution switchgear provided with one embodiment of the vacuum circuit breaker of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vacuum circuit breaker 2 Control plug 3 Carriage 4 Insulation cylinder 5 Control cable connector 6 Electromagnetic actuator 7 Actuator storage case 7a Ceiling board 8 Front cover 9 Partition cover 40 Switch gear

Claims (5)

A carriage on which an operation unit and a blocking unit are mounted;
A control plug capable of inserting and removing the connector of the control cable connected to the switch gear;
In a vacuum circuit breaker with
The control plug is provided on a ceiling plate of a case that houses the operation unit such that the connection port portion is vertically upward.
The vacuum circuit breaker characterized in that the connector of the control cable can be inserted into and removed from the connection port of the control plug in the vertical direction. The vacuum circuit breaker according to claim 1,
The operation unit is disposed on the front side of the blocking unit,
The case that houses the operation unit includes a front cover that covers the front part of the case, and a partition cover that is erected between the rear side of the control plug on the ceiling plate of the case and the front side of the blocking part. A vacuum circuit breaker characterized by that. The vacuum circuit breaker according to claim 2,
The partition cover is formed by bending the front cover. The vacuum circuit breaker according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The vacuum circuit breaker characterized in that the operation unit is an electromagnetic operation type operation device. The vacuum circuit breaker according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A vacuum circuit breaker characterized in that the case for storing the operation unit has a box shape.

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