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US2640944A
US2640944A US97315A US9731549A US2640944A US 2640944 A US2640944 A US 2640944A US 97315 A US97315 A US 97315A US 9731549 A US9731549 A US 9731549A US 2640944 A US2640944 A US 2640944A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R39/00—Rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters
    • H01R39/02—Details for dynamo electric machines
    • H01R39/18—Contacts for co-operation with commutator or slip-ring, e.g. contact brush
    • H01R39/20—Contacts for co-operation with commutator or slip-ring, e.g. contact brush characterised by the material thereof
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
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    • Y10S428/929—Electrical contact feature

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  • This invention relates to electrical contact brushes.
  • electrical contact brushes must carry two currents-the useful current to or from an outside circuit and the circulating currents between segments of the commutator. Difficulties arise if the circulating currents become too large, and it is desirable to control them. In flowing from segment, to segment, the circulating currents encounter the contact resistance between brush and commutator and the resistance of thexbrush itself. Both these resistances are also inthe path of the useful current, so that it is undesirable to attempt to control the circulating currents by increasing the resistances unduly, and a compromise must be efiected. It is known that thebest results follow when contact resistance is kept quite low, but without diminishing brush resistance below certain recognized minima.
  • the object of this invention is to provide an electrical contact brush which has been treated so as to reduce the contact resistance between the brush and the commutator without appreciably increasing the-conductivity of the body of the brush.
  • a carbon or graphite brush is impregnated with silver in an amount not. more than 10 percent by weight of the conducting material. It has been found that such small amounts of silver in the brush do not appreciably increase the conductivity of the brush but do lower the contact resistance. For most purposes a brush containing from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of silver will be satisfactory.
  • an electrical contact brush was placed in an airtight vessel .from which the air was evacuated.
  • the brush was allowed to stand for about thirty minutes in the evacuated vessel after which time a ten percent solution of silver nitrate in water was introduced into the vessel in an amount sufllcient to cover the brush.
  • Pressure in the vessel was then raised to approximately 85 pound per square inch and maintained at this level for about thirty minutes.
  • the brush was then air dried, and finally baked at a temperature of around600 (3'. During the baking process the silver nitrate decomposed leaving small particles of silver distributed throughout the brush.
  • a brush which had been treated as described above had a composition by weight of 0.82 percent silver.
  • This composition can be varied by changing the time of treatment, the concentration of silver nitrate solution and the pressures to which the brush is subjected.
  • Brushes containing the preferred amount of silver can be made by other means within the scope of this invention.
  • the silver can be added to the carbon or graphite before the latter is molded into brushes. The process described is merely illustrative of one that can be adopted.
  • Brushes made according to the method of impregnation described above have a higher concentration of silver near the surface of the brush than in the inner portions. This can cause a marked effect on the conductivity of the brush if the total amount of silver in the brush approaches the upper limits of the invention.
  • the dimculty can be remedied by removing the outer portions of the brush since the composition of all but the extreme outer portions is substantially homogeneous.
  • Brushes within the scope of this invention can be made using any of the. grades of carbon and graphite usually used in the manufacture of brushes, including those of an abrasive nature.
  • carbon as used in the appended claims, includes all such compositions.
  • the brush itself may be solid or laminated according to the requirements of particular commutation problems.
  • a brush made according to this invention has a contact resistance which remains practically constant despite changes in the temperature of the commutator.
  • An electrical contact brush comprising car bone and not more than 10' percent by weight finely divided silver, said silver being distributed uniformly throughout said brush.
  • An electrical contact brush comprising carbon and 0.5 percent to 5 percent by weight finely divided silver, said silver being distributed uniformly throughout said brush.

Description

Patented June 2, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE mesne assignments, to Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, a corporation of New York 7 No Drawing. Application June 4, 1949,
Serial No. 97,315
2 Claims.
This invention relates to electrical contact brushes.
During commutation, electrical contact brushes must carry two currents-the useful current to or from an outside circuit and the circulating currents between segments of the commutator. Difficulties arise if the circulating currents become too large, and it is desirable to control them. In flowing from segment, to segment, the circulating currents encounter the contact resistance between brush and commutator and the resistance of thexbrush itself. Both these resistances are also inthe path of the useful current, so that it is undesirable to attempt to control the circulating currents by increasing the resistances unduly, and a compromise must be efiected. It is known that thebest results follow when contact resistance is kept quite low, but without diminishing brush resistance below certain recognized minima.
The object of this invention is to provide an electrical contact brush which has been treated so as to reduce the contact resistance between the brush and the commutator without appreciably increasing the-conductivity of the body of the brush.
To accomplish the object of the invention a carbon or graphite brush is impregnated with silver in an amount not. more than 10 percent by weight of the conducting material. It has been found that such small amounts of silver in the brush do not appreciably increase the conductivity of the brush but do lower the contact resistance. For most purposes a brush containing from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of silver will be satisfactory.
In a specific embodiment of the invention, an electrical contact brush was placed in an airtight vessel .from which the air was evacuated. The brush was allowed to stand for about thirty minutes in the evacuated vessel after which time a ten percent solution of silver nitrate in water was introduced into the vessel in an amount sufllcient to cover the brush. Pressure in the vessel was then raised to approximately 85 pound per square inch and maintained at this level for about thirty minutes. The brush was then air dried, and finally baked at a temperature of around600 (3'. During the baking process the silver nitrate decomposed leaving small particles of silver distributed throughout the brush.
A brush which had been treated as described above had a composition by weight of 0.82 percent silver. This composition can be varied by changing the time of treatment, the concentration of silver nitrate solution and the pressures to which the brush is subjected. Brushes containing the preferred amount of silver can be made by other means within the scope of this invention. For example, the silver can be added to the carbon or graphite before the latter is molded into brushes. The process described is merely illustrative of one that can be adopted.
Brushes made according to the method of impregnation described above have a higher concentration of silver near the surface of the brush than in the inner portions. This can cause a marked effect on the conductivity of the brush if the total amount of silver in the brush approaches the upper limits of the invention. The dimculty can be remedied by removing the outer portions of the brush since the composition of all but the extreme outer portions is substantially homogeneous.
Brushes within the scope of this invention can be made using any of the. grades of carbon and graphite usually used in the manufacture of brushes, including those of an abrasive nature. The term carbon, as used in the appended claims, includes all such compositions. The brush itself may be solid or laminated according to the requirements of particular commutation problems.
A brush made according to this invention has a contact resistance which remains practically constant despite changes in the temperature of the commutator.
I claim:
1. An electrical contact brush comprising car bone and not more than 10' percent by weight finely divided silver, said silver being distributed uniformly throughout said brush.
2. An electrical contact brush comprising carbon and 0.5 percent to 5 percent by weight finely divided silver, said silver being distributed uniformly throughout said brush.
DIMITER. RAMADAN OFF.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 656,651 Markey Aug. 28, 1900 656,652 Markey Aug. 28, 1900 1,884,298 Seabury Oct. 25, 1932 1,887,559 Marcellus Nov. 15, 1932 2,411,060 Savage Nov. 12, 1946 2,418,811 Adams Apr. 15, 1947 2,454,448 Hasselhorn Nov. 23, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 17,032/28 Australia June 21-, 1929

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1. AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT BRUSH COMPRISING CARBON AND NOT MORE THAN 10 PERCENT BY WEIGHT FINELY DIVIDED SILVER, SAID SILVER BEING DISTRIBUTED UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT SAID BRUSH.
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US2989490A (en) * 1958-02-19 1961-06-20 Union Carbide Corp Electrical contact brush for high altitude use
DE1125537B (en) * 1955-05-10 1962-03-15 Gen Electric Contact brush made of carbon for electrical machines
US4534887A (en) * 1983-07-22 1985-08-13 Union Carbide Corporation Molded-to-size silver-graphite articles and process for making same
EP0205679A1 (en) * 1985-04-25 1986-12-30 Union Carbide Corporation Production of molded silver-graphite articles
WO2014207047A1 (en) * 2013-06-25 2014-12-31 Pantrac Gmbh Device for diverting earth currents, more particularly in wind turbines

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US656651A (en) * 1900-01-15 1900-08-28 Emmet T Bowen Method of treating porous material used for electrical purposes.
US656652A (en) * 1900-03-30 1900-08-28 Emmet T Bowen Carbon brush.
AU1703228A (en) * 1928-11-26 1929-07-02 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Circuit breaker contacts
US1884298A (en) * 1930-05-31 1932-10-25 Delco Remy Corp Brush for electrical machines
US1887559A (en) * 1931-05-27 1932-11-15 Gen Electric Brush for electrical apparatus
US2411060A (en) * 1943-05-13 1946-11-12 Gen Electric Contact element
US2418811A (en) * 1943-10-08 1947-04-15 Gen Electric Contact element
US2454448A (en) * 1945-08-22 1948-11-23 Cook Electric Co Lightning arrester

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US656651A (en) * 1900-01-15 1900-08-28 Emmet T Bowen Method of treating porous material used for electrical purposes.
US656652A (en) * 1900-03-30 1900-08-28 Emmet T Bowen Carbon brush.
AU1703228A (en) * 1928-11-26 1929-07-02 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Circuit breaker contacts
US1884298A (en) * 1930-05-31 1932-10-25 Delco Remy Corp Brush for electrical machines
US1887559A (en) * 1931-05-27 1932-11-15 Gen Electric Brush for electrical apparatus
US2411060A (en) * 1943-05-13 1946-11-12 Gen Electric Contact element
US2418811A (en) * 1943-10-08 1947-04-15 Gen Electric Contact element
US2454448A (en) * 1945-08-22 1948-11-23 Cook Electric Co Lightning arrester

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1125537B (en) * 1955-05-10 1962-03-15 Gen Electric Contact brush made of carbon for electrical machines
US2989490A (en) * 1958-02-19 1961-06-20 Union Carbide Corp Electrical contact brush for high altitude use
US4534887A (en) * 1983-07-22 1985-08-13 Union Carbide Corporation Molded-to-size silver-graphite articles and process for making same
EP0205679A1 (en) * 1985-04-25 1986-12-30 Union Carbide Corporation Production of molded silver-graphite articles
WO2014207047A1 (en) * 2013-06-25 2014-12-31 Pantrac Gmbh Device for diverting earth currents, more particularly in wind turbines
CN105340139A (en) * 2013-06-25 2016-02-17 潘瑞克有限公司 Device for diverting earth currents, more particularly in wind turbines
US20160134072A1 (en) * 2013-06-25 2016-05-12 Pantrac Gmbh Device for diverting earth currents, more particularly in wind turbines
US10109969B2 (en) * 2013-06-25 2018-10-23 Pantrac Gmbh Device discharging ground currents, particularly in wind turbines
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