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US3100248A
US3100248A US54107A US5410760A US3100248A US 3100248 A US3100248 A US 3100248A US 54107 A US54107 A US 54107A US 5410760 A US5410760 A US 5410760A US 3100248 A US3100248 A US 3100248A
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  • OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER Filed Sept. 6, 1960 l V//////////////////////A INVENTOR. /MQ'M %r wa/J United States Patent 3,100,248 OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER Haakon Forwald, Ludvika, Sweden, assigno' to Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, Vasteras, Sweden, a Swedish co'poration Filed Sept. 6, 1960, Ser. No. 54,107 Claims priority, application Sweden Sept. 9, 1959 3 Claims. (CI.
  • the present invention relates to an oil circuit breaker comprising an extinguishing chamber immersed in oil and having a tubular housing projecting downwardly from the upper wall of the extinguishing chamber.
  • the extinguishing chamber is provided with an oil level channel which connects the extinguishing chamber with the surrounding oil.
  • the extinguishing chamber and the housing form above the oil level an annular pressure accumulating chamber.
  • a stationary nozzle-shaped contact is arranged, to which a movable pin shaped contact can be passed through an opening in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and a pressure generating chamber in the lower part of the housing.
  • the invention is characterised in that the said pressure generating chamber, when the contacts are disengaged, through the nozzle contact, a back valve and one ora plurality of openings in the wall of the housing communicates with the annular pressure accumulating chamber and that the space between the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and the lower part 'of the housing forms a slot around the pin-shaped contact; through which slot oil below the 'annular chamber in the open position of the breaker communicates with the oil outside the extinguishing chamber.
  • the breaking gases are conducted from the breaking gap through the stationary nozzle contact to the annular pressure accumulating chamber, so that the Volume of this is held constant and not compressed due to the oil level limiting the annular chamber rising at a breaking action. This latter happens if the gas bubbles which are generated in the oil around the breaking gap are not conducted away from there.
  • the energy which is accumulated in the gas-filled annular chamber is proportional to the product of'volume and pressure it is easily seen that a larger Volume at one and the same pressure corresponds to a greater accumulation of energy.
  • the pressure generating chamber during the first part of the breaking action is held fully closed except for the connection through the nozzle contact with the pressure accumulating chamber and further, that this connection is simply shaped and in no way bridges the breaking gap.
  • the extinguishing chamber below the opening in its bottom can be provided with oil pockets, through which the movable contact is passed.
  • the single FIGURE illustrates one form of the invention in vertical section.
  • 1 designates an extinguishing chamber "ice which is immersed in oil.
  • a tubular housing 2 projects downwardly.
  • a stationary nozzle contact 3 is arranged which is closed by a -back valve 4.
  • the back valve 4 is held closed by a spring 5 and through the back valve a narrow channel 6 is arranged.
  • a movable pinshaped contact 7 can, through an opening 8 in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and the lower part of the housing 2, be passed into a pressure generating chamber 9 which through the nozzle contact 3, the back valve 6 and the openings 10 and 11 communicates with the interior of the portion of the housing above the oil level to -form an annular pressure accumulating chamber 12.
  • the extinguishing chamber 1 is through an oil level channel 13 connected to the surrounding oil.
  • the space between the bottom of the extinguishing chamber 1 and the lower part of the housing 2 forms an annular slot 14 which is closed by the movable contact 7 when this is passed into the housing 2.
  • the extinguishing chamber 1 can at its lower end 'be provided with one or a plurality of oil-pockets 15 to ensure the extinguishing of the -arc at small currents and high voltages.
  • the back valve 4 Due to the gas pressure in the chamber 12 the back valve 4 is thereby closed and the oil below the chamber 12 is forced out through the slot 14 against the are, which thereby is extinguished.
  • the oil in the extnguishing chamber after each breaking action will rise to the -sa-rne level -as before the breaking action.
  • the channel 6 in the back valve ensures that the oil in the housing 2 also rises to this level.
  • Oil circuit breaker compn'sing means torming an extinguishing chamber immersed in oil, said chamber having an upper wall, a tubular housing projecting downwardly from said upper wall, an oil level channel which connects the extingushing cha-mbar with the surrounding oil at a point below the said upper wall so that the extinguis-hing chamber and a part of said housing in the extinguishng chamber above the oil level form an annular gas-filled pressure accu-mulating chamber; an opening in the housing at a point above said oil level channel, a stationary nozzle contact in said housing; said extnguishing chamber having a bottom Wall and an opening therein, a pressure-generating chamber in the lower part of the housing, a pin-shaped contact movable through such opening in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and such pressure generating chamber to engage said stationary contact; means including said nozzle contact and said housing opening connecting said pressure generating "chainbr, When sadcontacts' are disengaged, with the an- ⁇ nular

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1963 H. FORWALD 3,100,248
OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER Filed Sept. 6, 1960 l V//////////////////////A INVENTOR. /MQ'M %r wa/J United States Patent 3,100,248 OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER Haakon Forwald, Ludvika, Sweden, assigno' to Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, Vasteras, Sweden, a Swedish co'poration Filed Sept. 6, 1960, Ser. No. 54,107 Claims priority, application Sweden Sept. 9, 1959 3 Claims. (CI. 200-150) The present invention relates to an oil circuit breaker comprising an extinguishing chamber immersed in oil and having a tubular housing projecting downwardly from the upper wall of the extinguishing chamber. The extinguishing chamber is provided with an oil level channel which connects the extinguishing chamber with the surrounding oil. The extinguishing chamber and the housing form above the oil level an annular pressure accumulating chamber. In the housing a stationary nozzle-shaped contact is arranged, to which a movable pin shaped contact can be passed through an opening in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and a pressure generating chamber in the lower part of the housing. The invention is characterised in that the said pressure generating chamber, when the contacts are disengaged, through the nozzle contact, a back valve and one ora plurality of openings in the wall of the housing communicates with the annular pressure accumulating chamber and that the space between the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and the lower part 'of the housing forms a slot around the pin-shaped contact; through which slot oil below the 'annular chamber in the open position of the breaker communicates with the oil outside the extinguishing chamber.
v According to the invention the breaking gases are conducted from the breaking gap through the stationary nozzle contact to the annular pressure accumulating chamber, so that the Volume of this is held constant and not compressed due to the oil level limiting the annular chamber rising at a breaking action. This latter happens if the gas bubbles which are generated in the oil around the breaking gap are not conducted away from there. As the energy which is accumulated in the gas-filled annular chamber is proportional to the product of'volume and pressure it is easily seen that a larger Volume at one and the same pressure corresponds to a greater accumulation of energy. Among the advantages of the invention is the -fact that the pressure generating chamber during the first part of the breaking action is held fully closed except for the connection through the nozzle contact with the pressure accumulating chamber and further, that this connection is simply shaped and in no way bridges the breaking gap.
To make sure that the pressure generating chamber will not gradually be filled with the breaking gases which after every breaking action remain in it the back valve has been shunted by a narrow channel, through wh-ich the breaking -gases are conducted away to the pressure accumulating chamber.
To ensure the interruption at small currents and relatively high voltages, the extinguishing chamber below the opening in its bottom can be provided with oil pockets, through which the movable contact is passed.
The single FIGURE illustrates one form of the invention in vertical section.
In the figure, 1 designates an extinguishing chamber "ice which is immersed in oil. From the upper wall of the extinguishing chamber a tubular housing 2 projects downwardly. In the housing a stationary nozzle contact 3 is arranged which is closed by a -back valve 4. The back valve 4 is held closed by a spring 5 and through the back valve a narrow channel 6 is arranged. A movable pinshaped contact 7 can, through an opening 8 in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and the lower part of the housing 2, be passed into a pressure generating chamber 9 which through the nozzle contact 3, the back valve 6 and the openings 10 and 11 communicates with the interior of the portion of the housing above the oil level to -form an annular pressure accumulating chamber 12. The extinguishing chamber 1 is through an oil level channel 13 connected to the surrounding oil. The space between the bottom of the extinguishing chamber 1 and the lower part of the housing 2 forms an annular slot 14 which is closed by the movable contact 7 when this is passed into the housing 2. 'The extinguishing chamber 1 can at its lower end 'be provided with one or a plurality of oil-pockets 15 to ensure the extinguishing of the -arc at small currents and high voltages.
At a breaking action gases of a high pressure are generated around the arc, which gases through the nozzle contact 3, the 'back valve 4 opened by the pressure of the gases and the openings 10 and 11, are conducted directly from the pressure generating chamber 9 to the pressure accumulating chamber 12 -above the oil level in the extinguishing chamber 1. The -oil level is, however, held on the same level as long as the opening '8 is closed by the movable contact 7. The pressure in the chamber 12 will therefore assume the same value as the pressure of the breaking gases generated by the arc. As soon as the movable contact during the breaking action is drawn out of the opening 8 the gas-pressure in the chamber 9 will rapdly decrease when the current approaches zero. Due to the gas pressure in the chamber 12 the back valve 4 is thereby closed and the oil below the chamber 12 is forced out through the slot 14 against the are, which thereby is extinguished. As the extinguishing chamber 1 through the channel 13 communicates with the surrounding oil, the oil in the extnguishing chamber after each breaking action will rise to the -sa-rne level -as before the breaking action. The channel 6 in the back valve ensures that the oil in the housing 2 also rises to this level.
I claim:
1. Oil circuit breaker compn'sing means torming an extinguishing chamber immersed in oil, said chamber having an upper wall, a tubular housing projecting downwardly from said upper wall, an oil level channel which connects the extingushing cha-mbar with the surrounding oil at a point below the said upper wall so that the extinguis-hing chamber and a part of said housing in the extinguishng chamber above the oil level form an annular gas-filled pressure accu-mulating chamber; an opening in the housing at a point above said oil level channel, a stationary nozzle contact in said housing; said extnguishing chamber having a bottom Wall and an opening therein, a pressure-generating chamber in the lower part of the housing, a pin-shaped contact movable through such opening in the bottom of the extinguishing chamber and such pressure generating chamber to engage said stationary contact; means including said nozzle contact and said housing opening connecting said pressure generating "chainbr, When sadcontacts' are disengaged, with the an- `nular 'pressure accumul'atin'g chamber, a back 'valve in "eirti'rguishn'g `c`h`aniber 'bein provided *below* the" opening in its "bottom Wall With 'at lea'stone oil`pocket through whihthehivb'le contact'is passed.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Denault Nov. 20, 1945 Jonasson et al Aug. 9, 1960 Pucher Nov. 21, 1961 FOREIGN PATENTS Germany Aug. 4, 1933 Germany Aug. 24, 19 40 France 1- Oct. 26, 19'42 France Aug. 3, 1959* Switzerland Aug. 27, 19 35 Great Britain Dec. 24, 1942,
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1. OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING MEANS FORMING AN EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER IMMERSED IN OIL, SAID CHAMBER HAVING AN UPPER WALL, A TUBULAR HOUSING PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER WALL, AN OIL LEVEL CHANNEL WHICH CONNECTS THE EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER WITH THE SURROUNDING OIL AT A POINT BELOW THE SAID UPPER WALL SO THAT THE EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER AND A PART OF SAID HOUSING IN THE EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER ABOVE THE OIL LEVEL FORM AN ANNULAR GAS-FILLED PRESSURE ACCUMULATING CHAMBER; AN OPENING IN THE HOUSING AT A POINT ABOVE SAID OIL LEVEL CHANNEL, A STATIONARY NOZZLE CONTACT IN SAID HOUSING; SAID EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND AN OPENING THEREIN, A PRESSURE-GENERATING CHAMBER IN THE LOWER PART OF THE HOUSING, A PIN-SHAPED CONTACT MOVABLE THROUGH SUCH OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTINGUISHING CHAMBER AND SUCH PRESSURE GENERATING CHAMBER TO ENGAGE SAID STATIONARY
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DE695436C (en) * 1935-02-17 1940-08-24 Peter Bendmann Erase chamber for liquid switch
FR878638A (en) * 1941-07-14 1943-01-26 Blown Arc Switch
GB550151A (en) * 1941-08-23 1942-12-24 Electric Construction Co Improvements in liquid-immersed electric circuit breakers
US2389346A (en) * 1942-08-08 1945-11-20 Westinghouse Electric Corp Circuit interrupter
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