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US3800260A
US3800260A US00302268A US30226872A US3800260A US 3800260 A US3800260 A US 3800260A US 00302268 A US00302268 A US 00302268A US 30226872 A US30226872 A US 30226872A US 3800260 A US3800260 A US 3800260A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H83/00—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current
    • H01H83/20—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current operated by excess current as well as by some other abnormal electrical condition
    • H01H83/22—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current operated by excess current as well as by some other abnormal electrical condition the other condition being imbalance of two or more currents or voltages
    • H01H83/223—Protective switches, e.g. circuit-breaking switches, or protective relays operated by abnormal electrical conditions otherwise than solely by excess current operated by excess current as well as by some other abnormal electrical condition the other condition being imbalance of two or more currents or voltages with bimetal elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
    • H01H2071/109—Operating or release mechanisms with provisions for selecting between automatic or manual reset
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
    • H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
    • H01H71/1054—Means for avoiding unauthorised release

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  • An electric switch comprises a movable contact car- [51] Int. Cl. H0lh 61/00 ried by a snap-acting arm which is actuated by a trip [58] Field of Search 337/36, 37, 38, 39, 46, lever, the trip lever being resiliently biased into 337/49, 53, 59, 70, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 86, contact with a fulcrum about which it may be rocked 95; 200/67, 72, 73, 75 by an actuator arm to actuate the snap-acting arm.
  • the trip lever applies actuating pressure to the snap- [56] References Cited acting arm through a pin extending from the trip lever.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an electric switch which is sensitive in actuation but at the same time relatively immune to spurious vibrations.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an electric switch which includes a facility foreasy adjust ment to compensate for mass-production manufacturing tolerances.
  • a yet further object of the invention is to provide an electric switch in the form of a thermal overload device for protecting a polyphase motor, which is sensitive in actuation but relatively immune from spurious vibrations, and therefore reliable in performance.
  • the present invention provides an electric switch comprising a movable electric contact, a snap-acting arm on which the electric contact is carried, a trip lever for actuating the snap-acting arm, a fulcrum for the trip lever, biasing means for resiliently biasing the trip lever into contact with the fulcrum, and anactuator arm movable to rock the trip lever about the fulcrumto actuate the snap-acting arm.
  • a set screw is threaded for adjustment through the trip lever, the set screw applying actuating pressure to the snap-acting arm.
  • means are preferably provided for adjusting the other end of the snapacting arm along a line perpendicular to the arm, towards or away from the trip lever.
  • a bimetal strip will be provided for each phase circuit of the motor, together with means for subjecting the bimetal strips to heating dependent upon the current flowing in the respective phase circuits and a trip actuator responsive to overload or unbalanced conditions in the current flowing in the motorQ
  • the trip actuator will include the movable contact, the snap-acting arm and the trip lever and actuator arm, the actuator arm being moved in response to the overload or unbalanced condition to rock the trip lever.
  • a trip actuator will include the movable contact, the snap-acting arm and the trip lever and actuator arm, the actuator arm being moved in response to the overload or unbalanced condition to rock the trip lever.
  • FIG. 1 shows a bottom view of the thermal overload device
  • FIG. 2 shows a front view of the device
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of the device with part of the housing cover broken away
  • FIG. 4 shows a sectional view taken on the line IV-lV of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view of a detail of the device, to a reduced scale
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of another detail of the device, to an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 7 is an edge view of a component to an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 8 is a side view of the component shown in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a side view of the component shown in FIG. 7 in conjunction with related switch contacts and in an unoperated condition;
  • FIG. 10 is similar to FIG. 9 but showing the component in an operated condition
  • FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but to a smaller scale and including a sub-housing
  • FIG. 12 is a side view, corresponding to FIG. 3, of the view shown in FIG. 11.
  • the thermal overload device comprises a moulded housing 1 of a thermosetting plastics material with internal partitions la forming three thermal element compartments 2 and a switch compartment 3.
  • the open-top side of the housing is closed by a single cover plate 4 held in position by two lugs on the cover plate which engage recesses in the housing at 5 and 6 and by a screw located at 7.
  • each thermal element compartment 2 Associated with each thermal element compartment 2 is a terminal 8 and a terminal lead 9, the lead 9 being a rigid single-core wire.
  • a thermal element comprising a bimetal strip 10 insulatingly overwound with a heater coil 11. As viewed in FIG. 3 one end of each heater coil is secured to a point 12 adjacent one end of the respective bimetal strip, the other end of the heater coil is electrically connected to the respective terminal 8, and the other end of the bimetal strip is electrically connected to the respective terminal lead 9.
  • an electrical circuit exists along the associated bimetal strip and back through the heater coil to the terminal lead 9.
  • the thermal elements should be connected by way of the terminals 8 and 9 in the different phase circuits of a threephase supply to a three-phase motor so that each element will respond to the current flowing in the strips.
  • the plates 14 and 15' are supported for sliding movement, to some extent independently of each other, longitudinally in the compartment 13.
  • a switch mechanism located in the switch compartment 3 includes a trip lever 16 supported in a yoke 17 for rocking movement relative to the yoke.
  • a trip actuator 18 comprises an arm 19 which extends behind the one end of the lever 16 from a boss 20. Forwardly extending from this boss is a first pivot pin 21 which is engaged in a hole in the plate 14 and a second pivot pin 22 which is engaged in a hole in the plate 15.
  • FIG. shows a plan view of the superimposed arrangement of the plates 14 and 15 and the trip actuator 18, from which also can be seen the general contours of the plates and the slots, referenced 23, through which project the ends a of the bimetal strips.
  • an extension 14a of the plate 14 which projects through a slot in the bottom of the housing ll (see FIG. 1) to serve as a trip testing op- 'erator.
  • One end ofthe plate presents an inclined edge 15a which, in operation, abuts the end of a bimetallic'strip 24 (FIG. 3) carried by a boss 25 which can be turned by movement of an external lever 26.
  • a bimetallic'strip 24 FIG. 3
  • the lever 26 results in the end of the strip 24 being aligned with a different point of abutment along the edge 15a of the plate 15.
  • both plates 14 and 15 move longitudinally and together then there .is no pivotal movement of the actuator arm 19.
  • the actuator arm 19 pivots towards the trip lever 16 of the switch mechanism.
  • the operation of the thermal overload device is such that if the currents flowing in the heater coils l1 exceed a predetermined maximum or if currents are unbalanced beyond predetermined limits, then the trip lever 16 of the switch mechanism will be actuated by the arm 19 of the trip actuator 18. In the case of balanced excess current, the ends 10a of the bimetallic strips 10 will move the plates 14 and 15 together until the end of plate 15 abuts the strip 24, after which the plate 14 will continue moving along resulting in actuation of the trip lever 16. . The degree of overload current acceptable before the plate 15 abuts the strip 24 can be altered by adjustment of the external lever 26.
  • the deflection/temperature change characteristic of the bimetallic strip 24 is chosen to be the same as that of the bimetallic strips 10 so that movement of the plate 15 towards or away from the end of the strip 24 due to a change in ambient temperature is counteracted by a compensating deflection of the strip 24.
  • the bimetallic strip 10 in the failed phase circuit will cool and deflect to the right carrying with it the plate 15 so causing the arm 19 to pivot and actuate the trip lever 16. If the unbalanced conditions exist initially on energisation of the motor circuits, then the bimetallic strip 10 in the failed phase circuit will not be heated and will remain stationary,
  • a contact 30 movable between two fixed contacts 31 and 32 The movable contact 30 is electrically connected to an external terminal 33 and the fixed contacts 31 and 32 are electrically connected to external terminals 34 and 35 (FIG. 1) respectively.
  • the normal position of the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact 32, which is rigidly fixed, to make a circuit between the terminals 33 and 35.
  • These terminals are intended to be connected in circuit with the control gear of the motor being protected so that when the movable contact breaks from the fixed contact 32, the electrical supply to the motor is disconnected.
  • the movable contact 30 is carried at one end of a snap-acting arm comprising a spring blade 36, the other end of which is engaged in an annular recess immediately beneath the head of a set screw 37.
  • This screw is in threaded engagement with a mounting means such as a rigid metal bracket 38 one end of which forms the aforementioned yoke 17.
  • the other end 38a of the bracket 38 extends through an aperture 39 in the spring blade 36.
  • Part of the spring metal from the aperture 39 is formed into an integral compression leaf spring or C spring 40 the free end 40a of which is located in a longitudinal recess in the bracket end 38a.
  • Actuating pressure is applied to the spring blade 36 by a pointed set screw 41 carried at the end of the trip lever 16 remote from the trip actuator 18.
  • the trip lever 16 is pivotally mounted on the yoke 17 as seen in detail in FIG. 6.
  • the yoke comprises two upstanding arms 17a each having an internal land 17b and an adjacent external notch 17c. Between the yoke arms is an upstanding peg 17d.
  • the trip lever 16 (only a portion of which is shown) is provided with a transverse recess 16a and an aperture 16b formed by spiking to leave a downwardly projecting annular rim 16c.
  • the trip lever 16 pivots about a fulcrum comprising an elongate middle portion of a wire spring clip 42 (not shown in FIG. 6 but seen in FIG.
  • a coil spring 43 is located between the annular rim 16c and 17d and acts along a line intersecting the fulcrum of the trip lever to urge the latter into close contact with clip 42 and also provides clamping pressure to ensure positive operation of the lever in spite of vibration of adjacent structure.
  • the arms 17a engage in slots in the sides of lever 16 and these, together with the lands 17b prevent displacement of lever 16 under shock conditions (e.g., during transit).
  • the fixed contact 31 is adjustable.
  • the contact is carried at one end of a spring blade 45 the other end of which is secured to a rigid metal bracket 46 connected to the terminal 34.
  • the blade 45 has a slot 45a through which extends one arm of a lever 47 carrying a transverse pin 48 which bears against the surface of the blade.
  • the lever passes through slots (not visible) in the bracket 46 and a hook-like formation 47a on the lever engages a portion of the bracket between the slots to provide a pivot for the lever.
  • the other end 50 of the lever 47 projects through a slot 51 (FIG.
  • the housing slot 51 includes a portion 51a (FIG. 2) into which the lever 47 can be moved so as to be retained in the position 50a.
  • movable contact spring blade 36 and C spring 40 The arrangement of movable contact spring blade 36 and C spring 40 is such that, with appropriate adjustment of set screws 37 and 41, actuation of the trip lever 16 will cause the spring blade 36 to deflect over-centre when the lever 47 is in the position 50:: and contact 31 is in the position 31a.
  • the movable contact 30 will move into contact with the contact 31 and remain in that position after actuation of the trip lever has ceased, requiring manual operation of the spring blade to return it to its original position.
  • the lever end 50 is moved to the alternative position in the slot 51, the fixed contact 30 is returned to its original position in which the deflection of spring blade 36 is restricted.
  • spring blade 36 will initially move overcentre, after actuation of the trip lever 16 has ceased,
  • the movable contact 30 will automatically be returned to re-make contact with the fixed contact 32 under the spring bias applied to it by spring blade 45.
  • a press-button 60 is provided, made of insulating material and shaped as indicated in FIGS. 7 and 8, FIG. 7 corresponding to the view as seen in FIG. 3.
  • the press-button 60 comprises a part 61 extending from the front of the housing, a forked inner end including two prongs 62 and 63 and a returned portion on the prong 63 forming an inclined surface 64. As seen in FIGS.
  • the press-button 60 is arranged for sliding movement adjacent the fixed contact 32, the prongs 62, 63 being aligned with a projection 36a on the spring blade 36 (carrying the moving contact 30) and the surface 64 being aligned with a projection 44 on the spring blade 45 (carrying the fixed contact 31).
  • the press-button 60 When the press-button 60 is depressed, the fork prongs 62, 63 engage the projection 36a thereby holding the movable contact 30 away from the fixed contact 32.
  • the press-button serves as a stop" button.
  • operation of the press-button 60 causes the prongs 62, 63 to engage the projection 36a and move it towards the fixed contact 32, although the prong 62 always ensures that the movable contact cannot make contact with the fixed contact 32 while the press-button is depressed. If the lever 47 is in the position 50a (i.e., requiring manual resetting of the switch mechanism) operation of the press-button 60 will move the spring blade 36 to just past centre so that, on release of the push-button, the contact 30 will continue moving to contact the fixed contact 32 if the fault condition has been removed. Otherwise the movable contact will return to contact the fixed contact 31.
  • lever 47 If the lever 47 is in the automatic position 50, depression of the press-button cannot produce premature closing of contacts 30 and 32. Furthermore, surface 64 acts on the projection 44 to move the fixed contact 31 away from the movable contact 30. Adjustment for the correct positioning of lever 47 when in the automatic position is provided by a set screw 65 (FIG. 4) and adjustable to limit the travel of the lever in the position 50.
  • the terminal leads 9 are connected into a subhousing 70, FIGS. 11 and 12, which is secured to the main housing 1 by means of the screw at 7 (FIG. 3) and a spring clip 71 embracing the housing 1 and the subhousing 70.
  • the terminal leads 9 are terminated in respective terminals 72.
  • the internal partitions 1a of the housing 1 are indicated in broken line and the cover plate 4 is shown with three ventilation holes 4a over the switch compartment 3.
  • the electric switch which has been described with reference to the drawings has a sensitive actuating mechanism and includes sufficient facility for adjustment to compensate for mass-production manufacturing tolerances. Furthermore, provision is made for se lecting between manual and automatic resetting of the switch by a simple device (the lever 47) and also for the prevention of mis-use of the manual resetting facility (the push-button 60).
  • An electric switch comprising:
  • said snap-acting arm having an integral compression leaf spring having one end positioned in a recess in said mounting means;
  • biasing means for biasing said trip lever into contact with said fulcrum
  • an actuator arm movable to rock said trip lever about said fulcrum to actuate said snap-acting arm.
  • An electric switch comprising:
  • an actuator arm movable to rock said trip lever about said elongate wire to actuate said snap-acting arm.
  • An electric switch comprising:
  • biasing means for biasing said trip lever into contact I with said fulcrum
  • an actuator arm movable to rock said trip lever about said fulcrum to actuate said snap-acting arm; and a pin extending from said trip lever adjacent one end of the latter for applying actuating pressure to said snap-acting arm.
  • An electric switch comprising:
  • biasing means resiliently biasing said trip lever into contact with said fulcrum
  • an actuator arm movable to rock said trip lever about said fulcrum to actuate said snap-acting arm and cause said movable contact to move into contact with said fixed contact; and t a push-button which may be depressed after actuation of said snap-acting arm to engage the same and to re-set said arm and which, if maintained depressed, will prevent said movable contact moving into contact with said fixed contact.
  • an electric switch in the form of a thermal overload device for protecting a polyphase electric motor and having a bimetal strip for each phase circuit of the motor, means for subjecting the bimetal strips to heating dependent upon the current flowing in-the respective phase circuits and a trip actuator responsive to overload or unbalanced conditions in the current flow ing in the motor, the improvement according to which the trip actuator comprises:
  • biasing means for biasing said trip lever into contact with said fulcrum
  • said actuator arm being pivoted at spaced apart points to the respective plates for pivoting in the event of differential movement of the plates caused by said overload or unbalanced current condition, to rock said trip lever;
  • thermo overload device for protecting a polyphase electric motor and having a bimetal strip for each phase circuit of the motor, means for subjecting the bimetal strips to heating dependent upon the current flowing in the re spective phase circuits and a trip actuator responsive to overload or unbalanced conditions in the current flowing in the motor, the improvement according to which the trip actuator comprises:
  • a movable electric contact a snap-acting arm on which said electric contact is carried; a trip lever for actuating said snap-acting arm; a fulcrum for said trip lever; biasing means resiliently biasing said trip lever into contact with said fulcrum; and

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