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US3178544A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electric switch with arc extinction in air and with magnetic blasting

Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG Germany
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Filing: 1962-10-08
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1982-10-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Mayer Albert

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 08:39
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H9/00; H01H9/30; H01H9/44

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 176 words
A CIRCUIT BREAKER OF THE MAGNETIC BLOW-OUT TYPE COMPRISING A PAIR OF LOAD CONTACTS, SAID LOAD CONTACTS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN A FIRST VERTICAL PLANE BETWEEN AN ENGAGED AND A DISENGAGED POSITION, A PAIR OF MAIN ARCING HORNS LOCATED IN SAID FIRST PLANE AND TO WHICH AN ARC ESTABLISHED UPON EISENGAGEMENT OF SAID LOAD CONTACTS IN INITIALLY TRANSFERRED, A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATELY ARRANGED FIRST AND SECOND ARC CHAMBERS LOCATED ABOVE SAID MAIN ARCING HORNS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION AND WHICH ARE ESTABLICHED BY A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED WALLS ORIENTED IN PARALLEL VERTICAL PLANES NORMAL TO SAID FIRST VERTICAL PLANE, A PAIR OF AUXILIARY ARCING HORNS LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID FIRST ARC CHAMBERS, EACH SAID PAIR OF AUXILILARY ARCING HORNS BEING LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH SAID WALLS WHICH ESTABLISH SAID ARC CHAMBER, AND A BLAST COIL LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID SECOND ARC CHAMBERS, SAID BLAST COILS AND SAID AUXILIARY ARCING HORNS BEING CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY IN SERIES BY THE ARC ESTABLISHED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF MAIN ARCING HORNS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 176 words
A CIRCUIT BREAKER OF THE MAGNETIC BLOW-OUT TYPE COMPRISING A PAIR OF LOAD CONTACTS, SAID LOAD CONTACTS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN A FIRST VERTICAL PLANE BETWEEN AN ENGAGED AND A DISENGAGED POSITION, A PAIR OF MAIN ARCING HORNS LOCATED IN SAID FIRST PLANE AND TO WHICH AN ARC ESTABLISHED UPON EISENGAGEMENT OF SAID LOAD CONTACTS IN INITIALLY TRANSFERRED, A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATELY ARRANGED FIRST AND SECOND ARC CHAMBERS LOCATED ABOVE SAID MAIN ARCING HORNS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION AND WHICH ARE ESTABLICHED BY A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED WALLS ORIENTED IN PARALLEL VERTICAL PLANES NORMAL TO SAID FIRST VERTICAL PLANE, A PAIR OF AUXILIARY ARCING HORNS LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID FIRST ARC CHAMBERS, EACH SAID PAIR OF AUXILILARY ARCING HORNS BEING LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION IN A PLANE PARALLEL WITH SAID WALLS WHICH ESTABLISH SAID ARC CHAMBER, AND A BLAST COIL LOCATED IN EACH OF SAID SECOND ARC CHAMBERS, SAID BLAST COILS AND SAID AUXILIARY ARCING HORNS BEING CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY IN SERIES BY THE ARC ESTABLISHED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF MAIN ARCING HORNS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-04-12 1968-10-12 1969-04-13 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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