Busbar coupler system

Abstract

Abstract A NOVEL BUSBAR COUPLED IN COMBINATION WITH A BUSBAR DUST THAT PERMITS A SERIES OF THOSE CONDITIONS TO BE EASILY AND SIMPLY JOINED ELECTRICALLY INTO AN EXTENDED LENGTH BUSWAY RUN IN AN END-TO-END RELATION AND THAT PERMITS EASY AND SIMPLE REPLACEMENT OF A SINGLE BUSBAR DUCT IN THAT RUN WITHOUT REMOVING OTHER ABUTTING SECTIONS FROM THE END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP. IN COMBINATION WITH EACH BUSBAR DUCT THERE IS PROVIDED A BUSBAR COUPLER WHICH IS AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE DUCT''S HOUSING BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION WHEREAT THE COUPLER IS RECESSED WITHIN THE HOUSING TO A POINT WHICH PERMITS TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT OF A SUCCESSIVE BUSBAR DUCT RELATIVE TO THIS DUCT WHEN BOTH DUCTS ARE POSITIONED IN END-TO-END RELATION FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRICAL JOINT THEREBETWEEN AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREAT THE COUPLER IS EXTENDED FROM THE HOUSING TO A POINT WHICH PERMITS ADJACENT BUSBAR ENDS OF EACH DUCT TO BE CLAMPED TOGETHER IN PAIRS BY THE COUPLER TO ESTABLISH THE ELECTRICAL JOINT. THE COUPLER IS COMPRISES OF A FORCE FRAME FOR PERMITTING PRESSURE TO BE EXERTED ON THE PAIRS OF ADJACENT BUSBAR ENDS TO CREATE THE PRESSURE TYPE ELECTRICAL JOINT BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE BUSBAR DUCTS AND PRESSURE MEANS ADJUSTABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORCE FRAME FOR VARYING THE PRESSURE EXERTED TO PERMIT SELECTIVE CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING OF THE ELECTRICAL JOINT.

Inventors

• 👤 Paul M Hafer

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