EP0121005A1 - Fusible thermique - Google Patents
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- EP0121005A1 EP0121005A1 EP83201358A EP83201358A EP0121005A1 EP 0121005 A1 EP0121005 A1 EP 0121005A1 EP 83201358 A EP83201358 A EP 83201358A EP 83201358 A EP83201358 A EP 83201358A EP 0121005 A1 EP0121005 A1 EP 0121005A1
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- lead wires
- fusible alloy
- coil spring
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- thermal fuse
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H37/00—Thermally-actuated switches
- H01H37/74—Switches in which only the opening movement or only the closing movement of a contact is effected by heating or cooling
- H01H37/76—Contact member actuated by melting of fusible material, actuated due to burning of combustible material or due to explosion of explosive material
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- This invention relates to thermal fuses or temperature responsive circuit breakers having high current-carrying capacity and a high fusing temperature.
- thermal fuses of high fusing temperature type are available in two kinds, namely, one uses an organic substance in its temperature sensing region and the other uses an inorganic substance in the same region.
- the former using an organic substance is kept in a hermetically sealed metallic case so as to avoid erroneous motion caused by decomposition, degradation and decrease of volume of temperature sensing substances due to high temperature.
- Thermal fuses of this type have disadvantage in that when they are used on cyclical and continuous basis under the condition of ambient temperatures ranging from a normal temperature to 200°C, hermetical sealing becomes lost due to the difference in thermal expansion and thermal shrinking between materials of composing parts. This loss of hermetical sealing often causes erroneous motion of a thermal fuse.
- the conventional thermal fuse of high temperature type is 250°C at the highest in fusing temperature.
- the present invention has for its object to provide a thermal fuse having current-carrying capacity of 15 - 20A and voltage of 250V which works accurately at a fusing temperature within the range from 250 o C to 300°C.
- a thermal fuse according to the present invention comprises two lead wires having a head and a flange (or a pin), one having a longer head and the other having a shorter head, opposite each other with a required space therebetween and an element which bridges the opposing two lead wires. Both end surfaces of the element and each lead wire are welded together by fusible alloy at their contact surface and a coil spring under tension is set between the lead wire on one side and the element. With this arrangement, upon fusing of fusible alloy due to the rise of ambient temperature, the element is moved towards one of the two lead wires by the coil spring, with the result that a circuit is opened.
- each lead wire carries a flange (or.a pin) 1a, 2a at the outer circumference of the end portion thereof but the length between the flange 1a and an extreme end of the lead wire 1 or the length of a head portion lb is made longer than the length between the flange 2a and an extreme end of the lead wire 2 or the length of a head portion 2b so that a cylindrical element 3 to be explained later can be put on the head portion 1b.
- the cylindrical and electrically conductive element 3 bridges the lead wire 1 and the lead wire 2.
- Fusible alloy 4 and fusible alloy 5 are of the same fusing temperature, but use of fusible alloy 5 is small in quantity because one end of the element 3 is close to the flange 2a and use of fusible alloy 4 is much in quantity because the length between one end of the element 3 and the flange 1a is long.
- a coil spring 6 is set between the element 3 and the lead wire 1.
- One end of the coil spring 6 is hitched to the flange la and the other end is hitched to a part of the element 3.
- the coil spring 6 should be engaged with and supported by the element 3 and the lead wire 1 in the tensioned state.
- the tractive power of the coil spring should be such that it does not destroy the deposition power by fusible alloy before fusing.
- a thermal fuse of high temperature type as mentioned above is used by connecting it to an electric circuit of an electric appliance. If current value larger than a predetermined load current (15 - 20A, for example) is reached and Joule heat generated exceeds the fusing temperature of fusible alloy or the ambient temperature reaches the level of a predetermined fusible alloy fusing temperature, fusible alloy at 4 and fusible alloy at 5 fuse at the same time or fusible alloy 5 at the lead wire 2 in a smaller quantity fuses a little earlier and upon fusing of fusible alloy 4 on the side of the lead wire 1, the element is moved abruptly towards the side of the lead wire 1 by the tractive power of the coil spring 6, as shown in Fig. 2, and an electric circuit is opened.
- a predetermined load current 15 - 20A, for example
- two lead wires each having a head and a flange, are opposed to each other, an element is bridged between the opposing two lead wires.
- an element is bridged between the opposing two lead wires.
- fusible alloy which fuses at a predetermined temperature
- use of fusible alloy which is high in specific resistance is limited to the minimum quantity necessary for welding together the element and the lead wire which are low in resistance and therefore a thermal fuse of high load characteristic can be obtained.
- the element is bridged in such a fashion that it is biassed to one of the two lead wires by the coil spring under stress, erroneous motion by the coil spring can be prevented.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP56269/83 | 1983-03-30 | ||
JP5626983A JPS59180924A (ja) | 1983-03-30 | 1983-03-30 | 温度ヒユ−ズ |
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EP0121005A1 true EP0121005A1 (fr) | 1984-10-10 |
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EP83201358A Withdrawn EP0121005A1 (fr) | 1983-03-30 | 1983-09-23 | Fusible thermique |
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE4424821A1 (de) * | 1994-03-18 | 1995-09-21 | Inter Control Koehler Hermann | Doppeltemperatursicherung |
DE19528100A1 (de) * | 1995-08-01 | 1997-02-06 | Inter Control Koehler Hermann | Thermische Sicherung |
CN1043494C (zh) * | 1994-03-18 | 1999-05-26 | 英特尔控制赫尔曼科勒电气有限公司及两合公司 | 双重热保险装置 |
US5982270A (en) * | 1998-12-03 | 1999-11-09 | Shop Vac Corporation | Thermal fuse |
EP3644457A1 (fr) * | 2018-10-24 | 2020-04-29 | Günther Spelsberg GmbH & Co. KG | Dispositif de raccordement électrique pourvu d'élément de sécurité |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPH06272831A (ja) * | 1993-03-16 | 1994-09-27 | Eiko Ono | 焼却熔解炉 |
Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB1557911A (en) * | 1976-04-15 | 1979-12-19 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Tamperature responsive current interrupter |
US4356469A (en) * | 1980-11-20 | 1982-10-26 | Hilliard Dozier | Electrical terminal with thermal interrupter |
US4383236A (en) * | 1981-12-28 | 1983-05-10 | Mcgraw-Edison Company | Heat limiters and method of manufacture |
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JPS57121119A (en) * | 1981-01-19 | 1982-07-28 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Temperature fuse |
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- 1983-03-30 JP JP5626983A patent/JPS59180924A/ja active Granted
- 1983-09-23 EP EP83201358A patent/EP0121005A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB1557911A (en) * | 1976-04-15 | 1979-12-19 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Tamperature responsive current interrupter |
US4356469A (en) * | 1980-11-20 | 1982-10-26 | Hilliard Dozier | Electrical terminal with thermal interrupter |
US4383236A (en) * | 1981-12-28 | 1983-05-10 | Mcgraw-Edison Company | Heat limiters and method of manufacture |
Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE4424821A1 (de) * | 1994-03-18 | 1995-09-21 | Inter Control Koehler Hermann | Doppeltemperatursicherung |
CN1043494C (zh) * | 1994-03-18 | 1999-05-26 | 英特尔控制赫尔曼科勒电气有限公司及两合公司 | 双重热保险装置 |
DE19528100A1 (de) * | 1995-08-01 | 1997-02-06 | Inter Control Koehler Hermann | Thermische Sicherung |
WO1997005636A1 (fr) * | 1995-08-01 | 1997-02-13 | Inter Control Hermann Köhler Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG | Coupe-circuit thermique |
DE19528100C2 (de) * | 1995-08-01 | 1998-03-26 | Inter Control Koehler Hermann | Thermische Sicherung |
US5982270A (en) * | 1998-12-03 | 1999-11-09 | Shop Vac Corporation | Thermal fuse |
FR2786924A1 (fr) * | 1998-12-03 | 2000-06-09 | Shop Vac Corp | Fusible thermique |
EP3644457A1 (fr) * | 2018-10-24 | 2020-04-29 | Günther Spelsberg GmbH & Co. KG | Dispositif de raccordement électrique pourvu d'élément de sécurité |
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JPS59180924A (ja) | 1984-10-15 |
JPH0313693B2 (fr) | 1991-02-25 |
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