EP0074288B1 - Automatic limitation device for short circuit currents - Google Patents

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EP0074288B1
EP0074288B1 EP82401380A EP82401380A EP0074288B1 EP 0074288 B1 EP0074288 B1 EP 0074288B1 EP 82401380 A EP82401380 A EP 82401380A EP 82401380 A EP82401380 A EP 82401380A EP 0074288 B1 EP0074288 B1 EP 0074288B1
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Elie Belbel
Louis Fechant
André Haury
Michel Lauraire
Lucien Siffroi
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  • the invention relates to a limiting switch device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such limiting switch devices are advantageously used in combination with circuit breakers to ensure the protection of the lines which supply current-consuming devices, in particular when short-circuits appear.
  • circuit breakers generally have a relatively complicated structure which is, in part, due to the complexity of the fastening members used to automatically keep the circuit breaker open and, in part, due to that of manual resetting devices.
  • the invention therefore proposes to provide a current limiting device whose general structure corresponds to a known arrangement having given full satisfaction, but in which particular measures will be taken to overcome the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above.
  • the invention aims in particular to provide a limiter device in which the two contacts will be kept apart and will be galvanically isolated from each other as soon as a very small spacing appears between them, thus allowing it to be placed in series with a device contactor.
  • a limiter switch device comprising two contact levers arranged symemquemem with respect to a yaw and moons around pivots parallel to this plane, these levers being each subjected to a spring so applying one against the other two contact pads which they carry at their respective ends, and an insulating plate movable in said plane and a portion of which is normally applied by elastic means against a region of the levers serving as a connecting rod which immobilizes said plate when the contact pads are applied against each other, while, when a short-circuit current in the levers separates the latter from each other, said portion driven by elastic means is inserted between the levers to prevent elastic reclosing of the contact pads.
  • the insulating plate moves parallel to the pivots and keeps the levers separate from each other, but it does not come between the contact pads and therefore does not serve as a screen keeping them galvanically isolated from one 'other.
  • the arc that arises between the contacts is not subject to elongation, and its re-ignition between the levers or its path to a region close to the pivots is always to be feared.
  • the lower region of the housing has an outer base surface preferably used for fixing the device 15 and two opposite lateral extensions 9, 10 which each receive a conductor 11 respectively 12 for the electrical connection.
  • that of the apparatus which can be carried out either by virtue of a connection pad 13 of this conductor shown on the right of the figure, or by means of connection members using a screw 14 and a socket 14 ' extending beyond the base.
  • the second lower volume 5 receives two contact levers 16 and 17 each having a first end 18 respectively 19, pivoted around a pivot 20 respectively 21. These two pivots have axes parallel and perpendicular to a median plane PP 'in which can oscillate the levers and are placed - Machining of the base 15.
  • This plane PP represents ntagely the joint plane of the two half-days 3, 4 (see fig. 2).
  • Each first lever end 18, 19 is connected to a connection conductor by a metal braid, or equivalent deformable conductor 22 respectively 23, a first portion 24 respectively 25 of which circulates substantially parallel to the base.
  • the first ends 18, 19 are placed in the vicinity of the pivots so that the movements of the contact levers cause only a slight deformation of the second portions 26, 27 of these metal braids, which are themselves substantially perpendicular to the base 15 , and are connected to parts 11, 13.
  • Contact pads 28, 29 are placed at the second ends 30 respectively 31 of the arms of the levers which are opposite to those receiving the braids. These arms are arranged substantially parallel to each other and facing each other, perpendicular to the base 15.
  • edges 34, 35 of these ends which are opposite to the contact pads each have a boss 36 respectively 37.
  • the spring 39 is optionally supported on the neighboring wall 41 by means of an adjustment piece 42.
  • An arc chamber 43 placed in the second interior volume 7, comprises a multiplicity of forked fins 44, preferably arranged radially towards the contacts, so as to receive and split an arc appearing between the ends of the levers during of a cut.
  • These fins can either be maintained by shaped surfaces coming from molding with the insulating half-housings 3, 4, or be arranged inside a separate arc box placed inside the first volume 7.
  • the springs 38, 39 can also either be guided in half-housings 46, 47 of the half-housings, or be placed in guide sleeves 46 ', 47' pinched between the half-housings and having these housings.
  • two magnetic pieces 50 and 51 are respectively arranged, each taking the form.
  • a U whose branches 52, 53 respectively 54, 55 at least partially surround the arms of the levers (see fig. 1, 2 and 3); these magnetic parts are held in relief or hollow shapes carried by the half-housings.
  • the contact pads 28, 29 each have a transverse edge 56 respectively 57, placed on the side of the corresponding pivot, these two edges being substantially oriented in the extension of one another (see fig. 4).
  • a screen 32 is arranged which takes the form of a thin rectangular plate e of insulating material (see also fig. 2 and 3).
  • This screen the proper plane of which is placed in the plane RR ', can move in this plane either by virtue of two opposite and parallel lateral edges 58, 59 which are guided in two opposite guide grooves 60, 61 forming baffles which separate the two levers 16, 17 and carried respectively by an internal surface of each half-housing (see fig. 3), or in an appropriate guide interval (see fig. 6 described later).
  • An upper edge 33 of this screen is placed against at least one and possibly the two transverse edges 56, 57 of the contact pads constituting movable stops, and is held in this position by means of two armed compression springs 63, 64 of parallel axes which are applied, on the one hand, to a bottom 65 of the housing carrying the base 15 and, on the other hand, to two support points 66, 67 of the screen, opposite the upper edge 33 and neighbors of the lateral guide edges 58, 59.
  • the two guide grooves extend sufficiently towards the arc chamber, so that the insulating screen can move under the effect of the springs and reach a position further from the bottom where the upper edge reaches point A (see fig 1).
  • this circuit breaker results from the fact that, when repulsion forces, which apply to the arms of the levers and whose efficiency is improved by the magnetizable parts, separate the levers by an amount slightly greater than the thickness e , the insulating screen 32 escapes the rim 56, 57 and is very quickly propelled between the contact pads.
  • the passage of this screen produces not only a stretching of the arc, which arises between the pellets, towards the fins, but also the interposition of an obstacle which prevents the pellets from entering. contact immediately after their separation, and which then operates a partial isolation of two symmetrical half-chambers 43 ′, 43 "which together form the entire chamber 43.
  • two fins 68, 69 can be placed on either side of point A and in the immediate vicinity of this point.
  • the screen may include an extension 70 directed towards the bottom or base of the housing, or have a lower edge sufficiently distant from 33 to avoid striking an arc between the lower ends of the levers , this extension being placed for example opposite the transverse rib 72 to form a baffle.
  • the spring 38 exerts on the lever 16, when the latter is at rest, a force directed from left to right, which is greater than the force which is exerted by the spring 39 in the opposite direction on the lever 17 when the contact 29 is pressed on the contact 28.
  • the lever 17, which is the least loaded will therefore move away more quickly than the other.
  • Resetting the device which aims to move the screen from the position corresponding to that where the upper edge 33 is at A to the position shown in FIG. 1, is carried out using a flat pusher 78 of small thickness (see FIG. 5).
  • This pusher which is placed like the screen 32 in the plane RR ', slides downwards thanks to two grooves 79, 80 belonging to the housing which guides its parallel edges 81, 82 when its upper end 83 passing through an opening 84' of the roof 84 is subjected to an appropriate maneuver.
  • This pusher which is held in the high position visible in FIG.
  • the lower region 78 'of this pusher has a notch 78 "which also allows it not to prevent the contacts from closing again when the pusher is in the low position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5.
  • a path of evacuation and rolling of the gases which appear during an automatic cut-off comprises, for example (see fig.
  • the housing of the unipolar device can advantageously be presented in an elementary form containing only the elements necessary for cutting a phase conductor, so that several elementary housings can be associated side by side when it is necessary to carry out the protection of a polyphase line (see fig. 3), for example using coupling rods 93 passing through the various housings 94, 95, 96.
  • the screen has been advantageously pressed on them so that their release is immediate.
  • the guide grooves 60, 61 of the screen, the rib 72 and the abutment surface 45 of the contact lever 16 can advantageously be carried by an insulating molded part shown at 100 in FIG. 6 and being placed in the first interior volume 5 between the half-housings at the time of assembly.
  • This part 100 here comprises a single groove or guide interval 101 for the screen 32, which is placed in the plane RR 'and which leads to two parallel cylindrical housings 102, 103, intended to receive the springs 63, 64; this groove 101 is limited by walls 104, 105, substantially parallel to the plane RR ', one of which carries the abutment surface 106 corresponding to 45 and which are both connected to two external walls 107, 108 parallel to the median plane PP '.
  • These walls which locally isolate the contact levers 16, 17 and the metal branches of the magnetic parts 50 and 51, comprise two pairs of open external housings 109, 110 and 111, 112 respectively to receive these branches and cooperate in the mechanical maintenance of the magnetic parts; two neighboring housings 110, 112, arranged on the same wall as 108, are separated by a partition such as 113 to avoid an untimely arcing between two magnetic pieces.
  • the levers 16, 17 move in two notches 114, 115 which are placed between the walls 107, 108 and which end at the walls 104, 105.

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A device is provided comprising a simple means for holding the contacts apart and insulated from each other after circuit breaking. A screen formed by an insulating plate of small thickness, is placed between two mobile contact levers and is urged by springs against flanges which are integral with the levers and which move apart when short circuit currents appear for allowing this screen to be rapidly projected between the contact inserts. This simple circuit-breaker device may be used such as it is or in association with a contactor for protecting lines which supply consumer apparatus.

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L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif interrupteur limiteur selon le préambule de la revendication 1.The invention relates to a limiting switch device according to the preamble of claim 1.

De tels dispositifs interrupteurs limiteurs sont avantageusement utilisés en association avec des disjoncteurs pour assurer la protection des lignes qui alimentent des appareils consommateurs de courant, notamment lors de l'apparition de courts-circuits.Such limiting switch devices are advantageously used in combination with circuit breakers to ensure the protection of the lines which supply current-consuming devices, in particular when short-circuits appear.

Dans des dispositifs disjoncteurs connus, dont la constitution générale répond à celle définie ci-dessus, les moyens mécaniques qui ont pour but de maintenir les contacts séparés l'un de l'autre ne deviennent actifs que si une course relativement importante est effectuée par au moins un des leviers.In known circuit breaker devices, the general constitution of which corresponds to that defined above, the mechanical means which have the purpose of keeping the contacts separated from each other only become active if a relatively large stroke is made by at minus one of the levers.

On peut donc craindre que l'apparition de courants intenses, qui ne développent toutefois pas des forces de répulsion susceptibles de provoquer une course minimale, ne soit suivie d'une nouvelle fermeture des contacts, et que la résistance mécanique opposée par ces dispositifs d'accrochage ne vienne retarder l'ouverture.It is therefore to be feared that the appearance of intense currents, which however do not develop repulsive forces capable of causing a minimum stroke, will be followed by a new closure of the contacts, and that the mechanical resistance opposed by these devices hanging does not delay opening.

De tels phénomènes sont particulièrement dangereux lorsque ces disjoncteurs sont placés en série avec des contacteurs dont les temps de réaction à une commande automatique d'ouverture sont sensiblement plus longs que ceux auxquels répondent les disjoncteurs.Such phenomena are particularly dangerous when these circuit breakers are placed in series with contactors whose reaction times to an automatic opening command are significantly longer than those to which the circuit breakers respond.

Par ailleurs, les disjoncteurs connus présentent généralement une structure relativement compliquée qui est, pour partie, due à la complexité des organes d'accrochage utilisés pour maintenir automatiquement le disjoncteur ouvert et, pour partie, due à celle des dispositifs manuels de réarmement.Furthermore, known circuit breakers generally have a relatively complicated structure which is, in part, due to the complexity of the fastening members used to automatically keep the circuit breaker open and, in part, due to that of manual resetting devices.

L'invention se propose, par suite, de fournir un dispositif limiteur de courant dont la structure générale correspond à une disposition connue ayant donné entière satisfaction, mais dans lequel des mesures particulières seront prises pour écarter les inconvénients de l'art connu mentionnés ci-dessus; l'invention vise en particulier à fournir un dispositif limiteur dans lequel les deux contacts seront maintenus écartés et seront galvaniquement isolés l'un de l'autre dès qu'un écartement très faible apparaîtra entre eux, permettant ainsi sa mise en série avec un appareil contacteur.The invention therefore proposes to provide a current limiting device whose general structure corresponds to a known arrangement having given full satisfaction, but in which particular measures will be taken to overcome the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above. above; the invention aims in particular to provide a limiter device in which the two contacts will be kept apart and will be galvanically isolated from each other as soon as a very small spacing appears between them, thus allowing it to be placed in series with a device contactor.

On connaît déjà, par exemple, par le brevet US-A No 3168627 des dispositifs interrupteurs faisant appel à deux contacts mobiles placés chacun à l'extrémité d'un support déformable et à un écran isolant qui se déplace entre eux.There are already known, for example, from US Pat. No. 3,168,627, switching devices using two movable contacts each placed at the end of a deformable support and an insulating screen which moves between them.

Dans ce dispositif connu, les mouvements de l'écran sont provoqués par une bobine et par un ressort de compression de façon à fonctionner comme un interrupteur télécommandé, tandis que, en raison des liaisons établies entre cet écran et ces supports de contacts, un fonctionnement en interrupteur limiteur est totalement exclu.In this known device, the movements of the screen are caused by a coil and by a compression spring so as to function as a remote-controlled switch, while, due to the connections established between this screen and these contact supports, an operation in limit switch is totally excluded.

On connaît par ailleurs, par le brevet US-A No 3068379, un dispositif interrupteur limiteur comprenant deux leviers de contacts disposés symemquemem par rapport a un pian et moones autour de pivots parallèles à ce plan, ces leviers étant soumis chacun à un ressort de manière à appliquer l'une contre l'autre deux pastilles de contacts qu'ils portent à leurs extrémités respectives, et une plaque isolante mobile dans ledit plan et dont une portion est normalement appliquée par des moyens élastiques contre une région des leviers servant de bielle qui immobilise ladite plaque lorsque les pastilles de contact sont appliquées l'une contre l'autre, tandis que, lorsqu'un courant de court-circuit dans les leviers écarte ces derniers l'un de l'autre, ladite portion entraînée par des moyens élastiques vient s'intercaler entre les leviers pour empêcher la refermeture élastique des pastilles de contacts.We also know, from US-A patent No. 3068379, a limiter switch device comprising two contact levers arranged symemquemem with respect to a yaw and moons around pivots parallel to this plane, these levers being each subjected to a spring so applying one against the other two contact pads which they carry at their respective ends, and an insulating plate movable in said plane and a portion of which is normally applied by elastic means against a region of the levers serving as a connecting rod which immobilizes said plate when the contact pads are applied against each other, while, when a short-circuit current in the levers separates the latter from each other, said portion driven by elastic means is inserted between the levers to prevent elastic reclosing of the contact pads.

La plaque isolante se déplace parallèlement aux pivots et maintient les leviers séparés l'un de l'autre, mais elle ne s'interpose pas entre les pastilles de contacts et ne sert donc pas d'écran les maintenant galvaniquement isolés l'un de l'autre. L'arc qui naît entre les contacts n'est pas soumis à un allongement, et son réamorçage entre les leviers ou son cheminement vers une région proche des pivots est toujours à craindre.The insulating plate moves parallel to the pivots and keeps the levers separate from each other, but it does not come between the contact pads and therefore does not serve as a screen keeping them galvanically isolated from one 'other. The arc that arises between the contacts is not subject to elongation, and its re-ignition between the levers or its path to a region close to the pivots is always to be feared.

Suivant l'invention, on s'affranchit de ces inconvénients au moyen d'un dispositif dans lequel la plaque constitue un écran mobile dans une direction perpendiculaire aux pivots jusqu'à une position où il s'interpose entre les pastilles de contacts.According to the invention, these drawbacks are overcome by means of a device in which the plate constitutes a movable screen in a direction perpendicular to the pivots to a position where it is interposed between the contact pads.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description ci-après.The invention will be better understood on reading the description below.

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  • la fig. 1 illustre une vue en élévation en coupe par un plan médian PP' contenant les leviers de contacts;
  • la fig. 2 représente une vue de dessus de l'appareil selon la fig. 1, coupé par un plan brisé VW;
  • la fig. 3 montre une vue de côté d'un appareil disjoncteur faisant appel à trois dispositifs selon la fig. 1, associés et coupés chacun par des plans RR', SS' et TT';
  • la fig. 4 montre en élévation un détail des leviers dans leurs régions de contacts;
  • la fig. 5 illustre un organe de réarmement simple, dans une vue de côté passant par le plan RR';
  • la fig. 6 représente en perspective une pièce rapportée apte à guider l'écran et les ressorts, et
  • la fig. 7 montre une variante de réalisation de l'écran et des leviers en élévation.
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  • fig. 1 illustrates an elevation view in section through a median plane PP 'containing the contact levers;
  • fig. 2 shows a top view of the device according to FIG. 1, cut by a broken VW plane;
  • fig. 3 shows a side view of a circuit breaker device using three devices according to FIG. 1, associated and cut each by RR ', SS' and TT 'planes;
  • fig. 4 shows in elevation a detail of the levers in their contact regions;
  • fig. 5 illustrates a simple reset member, in a side view passing through the plane RR ';
  • fig. 6 is a perspective view of an attached part capable of guiding the screen and the springs, and
  • fig. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of the screen and the levers in elevation.

Un appareil limiteur présenté, par exemple, sous la forme d'un boîtier unipolaire 1 à la fig. 1 et constitué, par exemple, par l'association de deux demi-boîtiers 3, 4 symétriques par rapport au plan de la figure, comporte principalement un premier volume intérieur 5 placé dans une région inférieure 6 du boîtier et un second volume intérieur 7 placé dans une région supérieure 8 du boîtier. La région inférieure du boîtier présente une surface de base extérieure servant de préférence à la fixation de l'appareil 15 et deux prolongements latéraux 9,10 opposés qui reçoivent chacun un conducteur 11 respectivement 12 pour le raccordement électrique de l'appareil, qui peut être effectué soit grâce à une plage de raccordement 13 de ce conducteur représenté à droite de la figure, soit à l'aide d'organes de raccordement faisant appel à une vis 14 et à une douille 14' se prolongeant au-delà de la base. Le second volume inférieur 5 reçoit deux leviers de contacts 16 et 17 ayant chacun une première extrémité 18 respectivement 19, pivotée autour d'un pivot 20 respectivement 21. Ces deux pivots ont des axes parallèles et perpendiculaires à un plan PP' médian dans lequel peuvent osciller les leviers et sont placés -- Usinage de la base 15.A limiting device presented, for example, in the form of a single-pole housing 1 in FIG. 1 and constituted, for example, by the association of two half-housings 3, 4 symmetrical with respect to the plane of the figure, mainly comprises a first interior volume 5 placed in a lower region 6 of the housing and a second interior volume 7 placed in an upper region 8 of the housing. The lower region of the housing has an outer base surface preferably used for fixing the device 15 and two opposite lateral extensions 9, 10 which each receive a conductor 11 respectively 12 for the electrical connection. that of the apparatus, which can be carried out either by virtue of a connection pad 13 of this conductor shown on the right of the figure, or by means of connection members using a screw 14 and a socket 14 ' extending beyond the base. The second lower volume 5 receives two contact levers 16 and 17 each having a first end 18 respectively 19, pivoted around a pivot 20 respectively 21. These two pivots have axes parallel and perpendicular to a median plane PP 'in which can oscillate the levers and are placed - Machining of the base 15.

Ce plan PP' représent ntageusement le plan de joint des deux demi- jrs 3, 4 (voir fig. 2).This plane PP 'represents ntagely the joint plane of the two half-days 3, 4 (see fig. 2).

Chaque première extrénté 18, 19 de levier est reliée à un conducteur de raccordement par une tresse métallique, ou conducteur déformable équivalent 22 respectivement 23, dont une première portion 24 respectivement 25 circule sensiblement parallèlement à la base.Each first lever end 18, 19 is connected to a connection conductor by a metal braid, or equivalent deformable conductor 22 respectively 23, a first portion 24 respectively 25 of which circulates substantially parallel to the base.

Les premières extrémités 18, 19 sont placées au voisinage des pivots de façon que les mouvements des leviers de contacts ne provoquent qu'une légère déformation des secondes portions 26, 27 de ces tresses métalliques, qui sont elles-mêmes sensiblement perpendiculaires à la base 15, et sont reliées aux pièces 11, 13.The first ends 18, 19 are placed in the vicinity of the pivots so that the movements of the contact levers cause only a slight deformation of the second portions 26, 27 of these metal braids, which are themselves substantially perpendicular to the base 15 , and are connected to parts 11, 13.

Des pastilles de contacts 28,29 sont placées aux secondes extrémités 30 respectivement 31 des bras des leviers qui sont opposées à celles recevant les tresses. Ces bras sont disposés sensiblement parallèlement entre eux et en regard l'un de l'autre, perpendiculairement à la base 15.Contact pads 28, 29 are placed at the second ends 30 respectively 31 of the arms of the levers which are opposite to those receiving the braids. These arms are arranged substantially parallel to each other and facing each other, perpendicular to the base 15.

Les bords 34, 35 de ces extrémités qui sont opposées aux pastilles de contacts présentent chacun un bossage 36 respectivement 37.The edges 34, 35 of these ends which are opposite to the contact pads each have a boss 36 respectively 37.

Deux ressorts de pression de contacts 38 respectivement 39 s'étendant sensiblement autour d'un axe commun XX', parallèle à la base 15 et placés dans le plan médian, s'appuient, d'une part, sur un bossage et, d'autre part, sur une paroi latérale 40 respectivement 41 du boîtier; ces deux parois sont sensiblement parallèles aux bras des leviers et sont sensiblement parallèles à un plan RR' du boîtier qui est perpendiculaire à la base et qui sépare symétriquement les deux pivots et les deux leviers.Two contact pressure springs 38 respectively 39 extending substantially around a common axis XX ', parallel to the base 15 and placed in the median plane, bear, on the one hand, on a boss and, on the other hand, on a side wall 40 respectively 41 of the housing; these two walls are substantially parallel to the arms of the levers and are substantially parallel to a plane RR 'of the housing which is perpendicular to the base and which symmetrically separates the two pivots and the two levers.

Le ressort 39 s'appuie éventuellement sur la paroi voisine 41 grâce à une pièce de réglage 42.The spring 39 is optionally supported on the neighboring wall 41 by means of an adjustment piece 42.

Ces deux ressorts appliquent donc sur les leviers des forces de pression opposées qui maintiennent les pastilles l'une contre l'autre, et de façon telle que les deux leviers prennent des positions sensiblement symétriques par rapport à un plan RR' passant entre les pivots perpendiculairement au plan PP'.These two springs therefore apply opposite pressure forces on the levers which hold the pellets against each other, and in such a way that the two levers assume positions that are substantially symmetrical with respect to a plane RR 'passing between the pivots perpendicularly PP 'plan.

Une chambre d'arc 43, placée dans le second volume intérieur 7, comporte une multiplicité d'ailettes 44 fourchues, disposées de préférence de façon rayonnante vers les contacts, de façon à recevoir et à fractionner un arc apparaissant entre les extrémités des leviers lors d'une coupure.An arc chamber 43, placed in the second interior volume 7, comprises a multiplicity of forked fins 44, preferably arranged radially towards the contacts, so as to receive and split an arc appearing between the ends of the levers during of a cut.

Ces ailettes peuvent soit être maintenues par des surfaces de forme venant de moulage avec les demi-boîtiers isolants 3, 4, soit être disposées à l'intérieur d'un boîtier d'arc séparé placé à l'intérieur du premier volume 7.These fins can either be maintained by shaped surfaces coming from molding with the insulating half-housings 3, 4, or be arranged inside a separate arc box placed inside the first volume 7.

Les ressorts 38, 39 peuvent également soit être guidés dans des demi-logements 46, 47 des demi-boîtiers, soit être placés dans des douilles de guidage 46', 47' pincées entre les demi-boîtiers et présentant ces logements.The springs 38, 39 can also either be guided in half-housings 46, 47 of the half-housings, or be placed in guide sleeves 46 ', 47' pinched between the half-housings and having these housings.

Dans des zones latérales 48, 49 du premier volume intérieur 5, placées entre les tresses et les ressorts, sont disposées deux pièces magnétiques 50 respectivement 51, prenant chacune la forme . d'un U, dont les branches 52, 53 respectivement 54, 55 entourent au moins partiellement les bras des leviers (voir fig. 1, 2 et 3); ces pièces magnétiques sont maintenues par des formes en relief ou en creux portées par les demi-boîtiers.In lateral zones 48, 49 of the first interior volume 5, placed between the braids and the springs, two magnetic pieces 50 and 51 are respectively arranged, each taking the form. a U, whose branches 52, 53 respectively 54, 55 at least partially surround the arms of the levers (see fig. 1, 2 and 3); these magnetic parts are held in relief or hollow shapes carried by the half-housings.

Les pastilles de contacts 28, 29 possèdent chacune un rebord transversal 56 respectivement 57, placé du côté du pivot correspondant, ces deux rebords étant sensiblement orientés dans le prolongement l'un de l'autre (voir fig. 4).The contact pads 28, 29 each have a transverse edge 56 respectively 57, placed on the side of the corresponding pivot, these two edges being substantially oriented in the extension of one another (see fig. 4).

Dans une zone centrale 5' du premier volume 5, qui est comprise entre les leviers de contacts et entre les pièces magnétiques, est disposé un écran 32 qui prend la forme d'une plaquette rectangulaire de faible épaisseur e en matériau isolant (voir aussi les fig. 2 et 3).In a central zone 5 ′ of the first volume 5, which is between the contact levers and between the magnetic parts, a screen 32 is arranged which takes the form of a thin rectangular plate e of insulating material (see also fig. 2 and 3).

Cet écran, dont le plan propre est placé dans le plan RR', peut se déplacer dans ce plan soit grâce à deux bords latéraux opposés et parallèles 58, 59 qui sont guidés dans deux rainures de guidage opposées 60, 61 formant des chicanes qui séparent les deux leviers 16, 17 et portées respectivement par une surface interne de chaque demi-boîtier (voirfig. 3), soit dans un intervalle de guidage approprié (voir la fig. 6 décrite ultérieurement).This screen, the proper plane of which is placed in the plane RR ', can move in this plane either by virtue of two opposite and parallel lateral edges 58, 59 which are guided in two opposite guide grooves 60, 61 forming baffles which separate the two levers 16, 17 and carried respectively by an internal surface of each half-housing (see fig. 3), or in an appropriate guide interval (see fig. 6 described later).

Un bord supérieur 33 de cet écran est placé contre au moins un et éventuellement les deux rebords transversaux 56, 57 des pastilles de contacts constituant des butées mobiles, et est maintenu dans cette position à l'aide de deux ressorts de compression armés 63, 64 d'axes parallèles qui s'appliquent, d'une part, sur un fond 65 du boîtier portant la base 15 et, d'autre part, sur deux points d'appui 66, 67 de l'écran, opposés au bord supérieur 33 et voisins des bords latéraux de guidage 58, 59.An upper edge 33 of this screen is placed against at least one and possibly the two transverse edges 56, 57 of the contact pads constituting movable stops, and is held in this position by means of two armed compression springs 63, 64 of parallel axes which are applied, on the one hand, to a bottom 65 of the housing carrying the base 15 and, on the other hand, to two support points 66, 67 of the screen, opposite the upper edge 33 and neighbors of the lateral guide edges 58, 59.

Les deux rainures de guidage s'étendent suffisamment vers la chambre d'arc, pour que l'écran isolant puisse se déplacer sous l'effet des ressorts et atteindre une position plus éloignée du fond où le bord supérieur atteint le point A (voir fig. 1 ).The two guide grooves extend sufficiently towards the arc chamber, so that the insulating screen can move under the effect of the springs and reach a position further from the bottom where the upper edge reaches point A (see fig 1).

Le fonctionnement de ce disjoncteur résulte du fait que, lorsque des forces de répulsion, qui s'appliquent sur les bras des leviers et dont le rendement est amélioré par les pièces magnétisables, écartent les leviers d'une quantité légèrement supérieure à l'épaisseur e, l'écran isolant 32 échappe au rebord 56, 57 et est très rapidement propulsé entre les pastilles de contacts. Le passage de cet écran produit non seulement un étirement de l'arc, qui prend naissance entre les pastilles, vers les ailettes, mais également l'interposition d'un obstacle qui empêche les pastilles d'entrer en contact immédiatement après leur séparation, et qui opère ensuite un isolement partiel de deux demi-chambres symétriques 43', 43" formant ensemble la totalité de la chambre 43.The operation of this circuit breaker results from the fact that, when repulsion forces, which apply to the arms of the levers and whose efficiency is improved by the magnetizable parts, separate the levers by an amount slightly greater than the thickness e , the insulating screen 32 escapes the rim 56, 57 and is very quickly propelled between the contact pads. The passage of this screen produces not only a stretching of the arc, which arises between the pellets, towards the fins, but also the interposition of an obstacle which prevents the pellets from entering. contact immediately after their separation, and which then operates a partial isolation of two symmetrical half-chambers 43 ′, 43 "which together form the entire chamber 43.

Afin que l'arc s'accroche rapidement sur les ailettes, éventuellement en contournant le bord supérieur 33 de l'écran, et se dirige rapidement vers les ailettes 44', 44" de ces demi-chambres, deux ailettes 68, 69, plus longues que les autres, peuvent être placées de part et d'autre du point A et au voisinage immédiat de ce point.So that the arc quickly catches on the fins, possibly bypassing the upper edge 33 of the screen, and quickly goes towards the fins 44 ', 44 "of these half-chambers, two fins 68, 69, more as long as the others, can be placed on either side of point A and in the immediate vicinity of this point.

Par ailleurs (voir fig. 3), l'écran peut comporter un prolongement 70 dirigé vers le fond ou base du boîtier, ou présenter un bord inférieur suffisamment éloigné de 33 pour éviter l'amorçage d'un arc entre les extrémités inférieures des leviers, ce prolongement étant placé par exemple en regard de la nervure transversale 72 pour former une chicane.Furthermore (see fig. 3), the screen may include an extension 70 directed towards the bottom or base of the housing, or have a lower edge sufficiently distant from 33 to avoid striking an arc between the lower ends of the levers , this extension being placed for example opposite the transverse rib 72 to form a baffle.

Afin que l'un des rebords au moins, par exemple le rebord 57, d'un des leviers, par exemple le levier 16, soit placé au repos en regard de l'extrémité 33 de l'écran, ce levier est placé en appui sur une surface de butée 45 du boîtier, portée par exemple par une nervure transversale 72 isolante qui peut faire partie du boîtier ou être portée par une pièce particulière, comme on le verra ultérieurement; cet appui est opéré par son ressort de rappel 38, la position ainsi occupée servant à déterminer également celle de l'autre levier 17 qui est soumis à l'action de son propre ressort de rappel 39. Les deux ressorts doivent présenter, par suite, des caractéristiques différentes pour que cet appui sur 45 soit réalisé dans tous les cas. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, le ressort 38 exerce sur le levier 16, lorsque celui-ci est au repos, une force dirigée de gauche à droite, qui est supérieure à la force qui est exercée par le ressort 39 en sens inverse sur le levier 17 quand le contact 29 est appuyé sur le contact 28. Lors d'une ouverture automatique, le levier 17, qui est le moins chargé, s'écartera donc plus rapidement que l'autre.So that at least one of the edges, for example the edge 57, of one of the levers, for example the lever 16, is placed at rest opposite the end 33 of the screen, this lever is placed in abutment on an abutment surface 45 of the housing, carried for example by an insulating transverse rib 72 which can be part of the housing or be carried by a particular part, as will be seen later; this support is operated by its return spring 38, the position thus occupied also serving to determine that of the other lever 17 which is subjected to the action of its own return spring 39. The two springs must therefore have, different characteristics so that this support on 45 is carried out in all cases. In a preferred embodiment, the spring 38 exerts on the lever 16, when the latter is at rest, a force directed from left to right, which is greater than the force which is exerted by the spring 39 in the opposite direction on the lever 17 when the contact 29 is pressed on the contact 28. During an automatic opening, the lever 17, which is the least loaded, will therefore move away more quickly than the other.

L'efficacité du dispositif interrupteur limiteur qui vient d'être décrit tient notamment au fait que l'écran, grâce à sa légèreté, est très rapidement propulsé entre les pastilles, et que les leviers de contacts sont soumis à des forces de répulsion importantes en raison de la faible distance qui peut séparer ces leviers lorsque l'écran possède une faible épaisseur.The effectiveness of the limiting switch device which has just been described is due in particular to the fact that the screen, thanks to its lightness, is very quickly propelled between the pellets, and that the contact levers are subjected to significant repulsive forces in because of the small distance which can separate these levers when the screen has a small thickness.

Le réarmement de l'appareil, qui a pour but de déplacer l'écran depuis la position correspondant à celle où le bord supérieur 33 est en A jusqu'à la position représentée à la fig. 1, est effectué grâce à un poussoir plat 78 de faible épaisseur (voir la fig. 5). Ce poussoir, qui est placé comme l'écran 32 dans le plan RR', coulisse vers le bas grâce à deux rainures 79, 80 appartenant au boîtier qui guide ses bords parallèles 81, 82 lorsque son extrémité supérieure 83 traversant une ouverture 84' du toit 84 est soumise à une manoeuvre appropriée. Ce poussoir, qui est maintenu dans la position haute visible à la fig. 5 par des moyens élastiques non représentés, se déplace également entre les ailettes 68 et 69; pour permettre à l'arc de s'étirer entre ces ailettes 68, 69 vers la partie supérieure de la chambre, la région inférieure 78' de ce poussoir présente une échancrure 78" qui lui permet également de ne pas empêcher la refermeture des contacts lorsque le poussoir est en position basse indiquée en pointillé sur la fig. 5.Resetting the device, which aims to move the screen from the position corresponding to that where the upper edge 33 is at A to the position shown in FIG. 1, is carried out using a flat pusher 78 of small thickness (see FIG. 5). This pusher, which is placed like the screen 32 in the plane RR ', slides downwards thanks to two grooves 79, 80 belonging to the housing which guides its parallel edges 81, 82 when its upper end 83 passing through an opening 84' of the roof 84 is subjected to an appropriate maneuver. This pusher, which is held in the high position visible in FIG. 5 by elastic means not shown, also moves between the fins 68 and 69; to allow the arc to stretch between these fins 68, 69 towards the upper part of the chamber, the lower region 78 'of this pusher has a notch 78 "which also allows it not to prevent the contacts from closing again when the pusher is in the low position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

Entre les parois latérales 40, 41, le toit 84 opposé à la base 15, et les parois longitudinales 86, 87 du boîtier d'une part, et les surfaces de forme qui maintiennent les ailettes dans la chambre d'arc 43 d'autre part, on peut disposer un chemin d'évacuation et de laminage des gaz qui apparaissent lors d'une coupure automatique; un tel canal comprend, par exemple (voir fig. 1 et 3), une ouverture supérieure 88 opposée aux leviers et s'étendant dans le plan PP' entre les points 88' et 88" où aboutissent deux ailettes les plus éloignées l'une de l'autre, un premier canal 89, éventuellement des obstacles tels que 90', 90" prenant la forme de grillage ou de tôles perforées, un second canal 91 ' respectivement 91 contournant par exemple les logements 47, 46 des ressorts de pression, et enfin un orifice d'échappement 92' respectivement 92" débouchant par exemple dans une paroi latérale 41 respectivement 40 au voisinage des bornes 12, 13 (voir la fig. 3).Between the side walls 40, 41, the roof 84 opposite the base 15, and the longitudinal walls 86, 87 of the housing on the one hand, and the form surfaces which hold the fins in the arc chamber 43 on the other apart, one can dispose of a path of evacuation and rolling of the gases which appear during an automatic cut-off; such a channel comprises, for example (see fig. 1 and 3), an upper opening 88 opposite the levers and extending in the plane PP 'between the points 88' and 88 "where two furthest fins end one on the other, a first channel 89, possibly obstacles such as 90 ′, 90 ″ taking the form of mesh or perforated sheets, a second channel 91 ′ respectively 91 bypassing for example the housings 47, 46 of the pressure springs, and finally an exhaust orifice 92 'respectively 92 "opening for example in a side wall 41 respectively 40 in the vicinity of the terminals 12, 13 (see fig. 3).

Le boîtier de l'appareil unipolaire peut avantageusement être présenté sous une forme élémentaire ne contenant que les éléments nécessaires à la coupure d'un conducteur de phase, de sorte que plusieurs boîtiers élémentaires pourront être associés côte à côte lorsque l'on doit effectuer la protection d'une ligne polyphasée (voir la fig. 3), par exemple à l'aide de tiges d'accouplement 93 traversant les différents boîtiers 94, 95, 96.The housing of the unipolar device can advantageously be presented in an elementary form containing only the elements necessary for cutting a phase conductor, so that several elementary housings can be associated side by side when it is necessary to carry out the protection of a polyphase line (see fig. 3), for example using coupling rods 93 passing through the various housings 94, 95, 96.

Les amplitudes des mouvements des leviers étant importantes au voisinage des pastilles de contacts, l'écran a été avantageusement appuyé sur celles-ci afin que sa libération soit immédiate. On pourrait toutefois retenir un bord 120 d'un écran 98 par un crochet 117 du levier 119 placé entre la pastille 115 et le pivot 116, comme cela est illustré à la fig. 7; dans ce cas, on disposera néanmoins le bord supérieur 118 de l'écran au voisinage des pastilles de contacts pour que l'étirement de l'arc et la séparation galvanique se produisent très rapidement après l'ouverture, comme dans l'exemple précédent.As the amplitudes of movement of the levers are large in the vicinity of the contact pads, the screen has been advantageously pressed on them so that their release is immediate. One could however retain an edge 120 of a screen 98 by a hook 117 of the lever 119 placed between the pad 115 and the pivot 116, as illustrated in FIG. 7; in this case, the upper edge 118 of the screen will nevertheless be placed in the vicinity of the contact pads so that the arc stretching and the galvanic separation occur very quickly after opening, as in the previous example.

Les rainures de guidage 60, 61 de l'écran, la nervure 72 et la surface de butée 45 du levier de contacts 16 peuvent avantageusement être portés par une pièce moulée isolante représentée en 100 à la fig. 6 et se plaçant dans le premier volume intérieur 5 entre les demi-boîtiers au moment du montage.The guide grooves 60, 61 of the screen, the rib 72 and the abutment surface 45 of the contact lever 16 can advantageously be carried by an insulating molded part shown at 100 in FIG. 6 and being placed in the first interior volume 5 between the half-housings at the time of assembly.

Cette pièce 100 comprend ici une seule rainure ou intervalle de guidage 101 pour l'écran 32, qui est placée dans le plan RR' et qui aboutit à deux logements cylindriques parallèles 102,103, destinés à recevoir les ressorts 63, 64; cette rainure 101 est limitée par des parois 104, 105, sensiblement paral lèles au plan R R' dont l'une porte la surface de butée 106 correspondant à 45 et qui sont toutes deux reliées à deux murs extérieurs 107, 108 parallèles au plan médian PP'.This part 100 here comprises a single groove or guide interval 101 for the screen 32, which is placed in the plane RR 'and which leads to two parallel cylindrical housings 102, 103, intended to receive the springs 63, 64; this groove 101 is limited by walls 104, 105, substantially parallel to the plane RR ', one of which carries the abutment surface 106 corresponding to 45 and which are both connected to two external walls 107, 108 parallel to the median plane PP '.

Ces murs, qui isolent localement les leviers de contacts 16, 17 et les branches métalliques des pièces magnétiques 50 et 51, comportent deux paires de logements extérieurs ouverts 109,110 et respectivement 111, 112 pour recevoir ces branches et cooporer au maintien mécanique des pièces magnétiques; deux logements voisins 110, 112, disposés sur un même mur tel que 108, sont séparés par une cloison telle que 113 pour éviter un amorçage d'arc intempestif entre deux pièces magnétiques.These walls, which locally isolate the contact levers 16, 17 and the metal branches of the magnetic parts 50 and 51, comprise two pairs of open external housings 109, 110 and 111, 112 respectively to receive these branches and cooperate in the mechanical maintenance of the magnetic parts; two neighboring housings 110, 112, arranged on the same wall as 108, are separated by a partition such as 113 to avoid an untimely arcing between two magnetic pieces.

Les leviers 16, 17 se déplacent dans deux encoches 114,115 qui sont placées entre les murs 107,108 et qui aboutissent aux parois 104,105.The levers 16, 17 move in two notches 114, 115 which are placed between the walls 107, 108 and which end at the walls 104, 105.

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1. A limiter switch device comprising two contact levers (16, 17) symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane (RR') and movable about pivots (20, 21) which are parallel to said plane (RR'), said levers (16, 17) being each subject to the effect of a spring (38, 39) so as to apply one against the other two contact inserts (28, 29) placed at the respective ends of these levers and an insulating plate (32) movable in said plane (RR') and a portion (33) of which is normally applied by resilient means (63, 64) against a region of said levers (16, 17) acting as a push-rod for holding said plate (32) in position when the contact inserts (28, 29) are applied one against the other, whereas, when a short-circuit current in the levers (16,17) moves these latter away from each other, said portion (33) moved by resilient means (63, 64) sandwiches itself between the levers (16, 17) to prevent resilient reclosure of the contact inserts (28, 29), wherein the plate (32) forms a screen movable in a direction perpendicular to the pivots (20, 21) until it reaches a position where it sandwiches itself between the contact inserts (28,29).
2. The switch device as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the edge (33) of the screen which is parallel to the pivots (20, 21 ) and the farthest away therefrom normally bears against movable abutment surfaces, formed by at least one of the corresponding flanges (56, 57) of the contact inserts (28, 29).
3. The switch device as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the contact inserts (28, 29) are applied against each other by particular springs (38, 39) substantially coaxial (XX') which exert their application forces in regions (36, 37) opposite the inserts.
4. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the contact levers (16, 17) are disposed in a first volume (5) of a case of the apparatus located between the axis (XX') of the springs and a fixing bottom (15, 65) of this case in the vicinity of which are placed the pivots (21, 20) of these levers and of the terminals (12, 13) connected to the contact levers.
5. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that magnetic pieces (50, 51) in the shape of a U, whose legs surround the arms of the levers, are placed in this first volume (5) between the pressure springs (38, 39) and flexible conductors (22, 23) extending at least partially parallel to the bottom (15, 65) of the case so as to connect these levers to terminals (13, 14).
6. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the screen (32) is guided by two parallel lateral edges (58, 59) placed in guide grooves (60, 61, respectively) of the case (1) forming baffles between the two levers (16, 17).
7. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that an arch chamber (43, 43', 43") comprising a multiplicity of fins (44) is placed in a second volume (7) of the case opposite the first volume (5) with respect to the pressure springs (38, 39), and that two fins (68, 69), longer than the others, surround a particular point (A) of the arch chamber espoesponds to the rest position of the edg '33) of the screen (57) after automatic openir-
8. The switch as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 7, characters in that the case (1) of the apparatus comprises two half-cases (3, 4) having shaped surfaces for holding in position blow-out fins (44) of an arch chamber (43), and between , which is disposed, in the first volume, an insulating piece (100) comprising two walls (104, 105) between which the insulating screen (32) is guided, two parallel housings (102, 103) for guiding compression springs (63, 64), two notches (114, 115) in which the levers (16, 17) move and two walls (107, 108) which surround these notches and have housings (109, 110,111, 112) for holding in position the legs of magnetic U-shaped pieces which surround the levers.
9. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that gas discharge channels (89, 90, 91) extend in the case (1) first of all between an opening (88) of the arch chamber (43) opposite the levers (16, 17) and a roof (84) of the case, then between this arch chamber and lateral walls (40, 41 ) of the case parallel to the levers and finally end at openings (92) placed near terminals (12, 13) of the apparatus after having passed round the guide housings (46, 47) for the contact pressure springs (38, 39).
10. The switch device as claimed in one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, when the contacts are closed, a first lever (16) is subject to the action of a first contact pressure spring (38) which urges it against an abutment surface (45, 106, respectively), with a force greater than that which is exerted by a second pressure spring (39) associated with a second lever (17).
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