EP0198460B1 - Module de commutation à coupe-circuit fusible - Google Patents

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EP0198460B1
EP0198460B1 EP86105106A EP86105106A EP0198460B1 EP 0198460 B1 EP0198460 B1 EP 0198460B1 EP 86105106 A EP86105106 A EP 86105106A EP 86105106 A EP86105106 A EP 86105106A EP 0198460 B1 EP0198460 B1 EP 0198460B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/20—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms
    • H01H9/28—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms for locking switch parts by a key or equivalent removable member
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/54—Protective devices wherein the fuse is carried, held, or retained by an intermediate or auxiliary part removable from the base, or used as sectionalisers
    • H01H85/545—Protective devices wherein the fuse is carried, held, or retained by an intermediate or auxiliary part removable from the base, or used as sectionalisers with pivoting fuse carrier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/24—Means for preventing insertion of incorrect fuse

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  • the invention relates to a switch fuse unit, comprising a housing in which a rocker switch can be pivoted between an on and off position by means of an actuating handle, the rocker switch being provided with an insertion channel for a fuse plug with a fuse link according to the first part of claim 1.
  • a switch fuse unit of this type is known from DE-A-29 03 826.
  • the rocker switch can be moved from the off position to the on position without a safety plug, so that the possibility of contact with live parts cannot be completely ruled out.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the switch fuse unit of the above-mentioned known type so that it is protected against misuse when the fuse plug is removed.
  • the invention solves this problem in that when the safety plug is removed from the insertion channel of the rocker switch in its switched-off position, a plug lock can be inserted and closed in the insertion channel, the outer end of the plug lock projecting outwards through the opening of the slide channel of the rocker switch and the opening of the housing and completely fills the cross section of the two openings in such a way that the rocker switch is secured in its off position against pivoting movement.
  • This ensures that the rocker switch can be fixed in the switch-off position and the insertion channel in the rocker switch is secured against improper access by the plug lock locked in the rocker switch.
  • the plug lock has a cross section approximately corresponding to the free cross section of the insertion channel and extends into the area of the outer end face of the actuating handle of the rocker switch, so that the plug lock together with the actuating handle of the rocker switch the cross section of the opening of the slide channel in the rocker switch or the Fills the housing opening completely in such a way that the rocker switch is immovably fixed in its switched-off position.
  • the mortise lock can consist of a longitudinally extending lock housing, the cross section of which is adapted to the insertion channel, the one in its outward end Contains cylinder lock, which has the insertion opening for a key at its outer end and a control cam at its inner end, which can be pivoted back and forth by means of the key between a locking position and an unlocking position of the cylinder lock in the rocker switch.
  • an elastic blocking zone assigned to a side wall of the lock housing is advantageous from the plane of the side wall by turning the cylinder lock with its control cam into the locking position into an opening in the plane of the adjacent side wall of the rocker switch and in front of one the opening in the side wall of the rocker switch delimiting stop surface of the rocker switch wall movable in the sense of blocking the plug lock in the rocker switch.
  • the free end of the blocking zone is directed towards the outward end of the lock housing and is provided with an end face directed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the insertion channel.
  • the locking tongue preferably forms a unitary part of the side wall of the lock housing, its outside in the unlocked state being approximately flush with the outside of the associated side wall of the lock housing.
  • the insertion depth of the mortise lock can be limited by an extension on the top of the lock housing, which rests in the insertion position on the opening edge of the insertion channel in the rocker switch such that the free end of the locking tongue penetrates the pivoting plane of the control cam.
  • a switch fuse unit 1 consists essentially of a housing 2, in the central cavity of which a rocker switch 3 can be pivoted about bearing pin 45 between an on and off position by means of an actuating handle 4.
  • a plug lock 6 for locking the rocker switch 3 in its switched-off position is inserted into the rocker switch 3.
  • This plug-in lock 6 is seated in an insertion channel 5 (FIG. 3) of the rocker switch 3, which is normally used to receive a safety plug known per se and therefore not shown.
  • the outer end face of such a safety plug which extends clockwise from the actuating handle 4 in FIG. 1 in the direction of the switch-on position, is curved in a circular cylinder and is aligned with the circular-cylindrical outer contour of the rocker switch.
  • the curved end face engages under the wall surrounding the opening 30 of the switch housing 2.
  • the safety plug cannot be pulled out of the rocker switch in the switched-on position; this is just possible in the off position.
  • the plug lock 6 is now with its outer end far beyond the circular cylindrical circumferential contour of the rocker switch 3 to the outside up to the operating handle 4, so that the rocker switch 3 is blocked in its off position.
  • the housing 2 is composed of two housing halves which are approximately mirror-symmetrical to one another, of which only one half is shown in FIG. 1.
  • connection openings 27, 28 are formed for the introduction of electrical conductors, not shown in the drawing, which are to be connected to the switch fuse unit 1.
  • the wall of the housing 2 located at the top in FIG. 1 is offset in a step-like manner towards the end walls 25, 26.
  • the upper housing wall has the opening 30, from which the operating handle 4 of the rocker switch 3 and the plug lock 6 protrude and fill the cross section of the opening 30 of the switch housing.
  • the upper wall of the housing 2 has through openings 33, 34, through which the clamping screws 35, 36 located in the interior of the housing for connecting or disconnecting the electrical conductors introduced through the connection openings 27, 28 be operated.
  • a dovetail-like groove 38 is provided on the outside thereof, the front flank of which is delimited by a quick fastening latch 39, the actuating bracket 40 of which protrudes forwardly from the end wall 25 of the housing 2.
  • the quick fastener 39 is guided in a cavity 41 of the bottom wall 37 of the housing 2 in the direction of the double arrow 42.
  • Each half of an insulating material, e.g. Plastic, manufactured housing 2 has a series of partitions, e.g. the partition walls 43 and 44, which cavities, i.a. also for the rocker switch, enclose and with recesses; Grooves or openings are provided to receive and hold the individual parts of the switch fuse unit 1 without screws.
  • These intermediate walls extend as far as the parting plane between the two halves of the housing 2.
  • Corresponding intermediate walls are present in the mirror half-symmetrical arrangement in the same way in the housing half (not shown in FIG. 1) and close to the intermediate walls of the one in FIG. 1 when the housing 2 is assembled shown half of the housing 2.
  • the rocker switch 3 has an essentially radially extending insertion channel 5 with a rectangular cross section, which is adapted to the rectangular cross section of the longitudinally extending plug-in lock 6 inserted into the insertion channel 5 (cf. FIG. 4).
  • the insertion channel 5 is surrounded by the walls of the rocker switch 3, some of which are provided with openings.
  • the cuboid lock housing 7 contains in its outward end 8 a cylinder lock 9, which according to FIG. 4 has an insertion opening 11 for a key at its outer end 10.
  • Fig. 3 it is shown that the cylinder lock 9 carries at its inner end 12 a control cam 13 which by means of the key between a locking position A and an unlocking position B of the cylinder lock 9 (FIGS. 5 and 6) in the rocker switch 3 back and forth swiveling is.
  • Fig. 3 it can be seen how the cylinder lock 9 arranged in the plug lock 6 cooperates with the rocker switch 3 and thereby the locking position A of the cylinder lock 9 results.
  • the side wall 14 of the lock housing 7 is assigned an elastic and resilient locking tongue 15. If the plug lock is inserted into the rocker switch 3, the control cam 13 presses the locking tongue 15 out of the plane of the side wall 14 of the lock housing 7 outwards into an opening 16 in the adjacent side wall 17 of the rocker switch 3 in the locked position of the cylinder lock 9.
  • the free end 19 of the locking tongue 5 is arranged in front of a stop surface 18 of the rocker switch wall 17 which delimits the opening 16 in the side wall 17 of the rocker switch 3.
  • the free end 19 of the locking tongue 15 is directed toward the outward end 8 of the lock housing 7 and lies in the locking position of the cylinder lock 9 with an end face 20 which is directed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the insertion channel 5 of the rocker switch 3, the stop surface 18 of the rocker switch wall 17 across from.
  • the locking tongue 15 forms a unitary part of the side wall 14 of the lock housing 7.
  • the outside of the locking tongue 15 is aligned with the outside of the associated side wall 14 of the lock housing 7 (cf. also FIG. 5).
  • the longitudinal axis of the cylinder lock 9 runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lock housing 7, but is offset in the direction of the side wall 14a of the lock housing 7 opposite the side wall 14 of the lock housing 7 and somewhat in the direction of the upper side 22 of the lock housing 7.
  • the control cam 13 of the cylinder lock 9 is turned away from the locking tongue 15 by 90 °.
  • the locking tongue 15 is shown in its rest position and is aligned with its outside and inside with the associated side wall 14 of the lock housing 7. This corresponds to the unlocking position B of the cylinder lock 9.
  • the control cam 13 of the cylinder lock 9 is in a position which is changed by 90 ° in comparison to FIG. 5.
  • the control cam 13 presses the locking tongue 15 out of its rest position outward from the plane of the side wall 14. Accordingly, the end face 20 of the locking tongue 15 is arranged outside the lock housing 7. This corresponds to the locking position A of the cylinder lock 9.
  • the rocker switch 3 is brought into the off position by means of the actuating handle 4, as is shown in FIG. 1.
  • the actuating handle 4 As is shown in FIG. 1.
  • This plug is removed from the insertion channel 5, and the plug lock 6 is inserted into the insertion channel 5 in its place.
  • the control cam is located during this insertion 13 of the cylinder lock 9 in the unlocking position B according to FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the plug-in lock 6 remaining in the insertion channel 5 prevents misuse of the switch fuse unit 1 because, on the one hand, it makes it impossible to insert a fuse plug or another object into the insertion channel of the rocker switch 3 and, on the other hand, the rocker switch 3 in the off position through the opening 30 of the housing protruding plug lock housing 7 is secured against pivoting.

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  • Control Of Electric Motors In General (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
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  • Preventing Unauthorised Actuation Of Valves (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Module coupe-circuit à fusible, composé d'un boîtier (2), dans lequel une bascule de commutation (3) peut pivoter entre une position de fermeture de circuit et une position d'ouverture de circuit au moyen d'un bouton de commande (4), qui fait saillie par une ouverture (30) hors du boîtier (2), la bascule de commutation (3) étant munie d'un canal d'insertion (5) pour une cartouche de fusible avec un fusible, caractérisé en ce que, lorsque la cartouche de fusible est retirée du canal d'insertion (5) de la bascule de commutation (3) dans sa position de coupure de circuit, une serrure enfichable (6) peut être introduite et verrouillée dans le canal d'insertion (5), l'extrémité extérieure de la serrure enfichable (6) fait saillie vers l'extérieur par l'ouverture du canal d'insertion (5) de la bascule de commutation et l'ouverture (30) du boîtier (2) et remplit totalement la section transversale des deux ouvertures de manière telle que la bascule de commutation (3) est assurée dans sa position d'ouverture de circuit contre un mouvement de pivotement.
  2. Module coupe-circuit à fusible selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la serrure (6) est composée d'un logement de serrure (7) allongé et de section adaptée au canal d'insertion (5), contenant à son extrémité dirigée vers l'extérieur (8) une serrure à cylindre qui présente, à son extrémité extérieure (10), l'ouverture d'insertion (11) pour une clef et, à son extrémité intérieure (12), une came radiale (13) qui, au moyen de la clef, peut pivoter dans un sens et dans l'autre entre une position de verrouillage (A) et une position de déverrouillage (B) de la serrure à cylindre (9) dans la bascule de commutation (3).
  3. Module coupe-circuit à fusible selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que, dans la position d'insertion de la serrure enfichable (6) dans la bascule de commutation (3) une lame de blocage élastique (15) disposée sur une paroi latérale (14) du boîtier de la serrure (7) peut s'écarter du plan de la paroi latérale (14) vers l'extérieur par rotation de la serrure à cylindre (9) avec sa came radiale (13) dans la position de verrouillage dans un découpage (16) dans le plan de la paroi latérale (17) de la bascule de commutation (3) et venir se placer devant une surface de butée (18) limitant le découpage (16) dans la paroi latérale voisine (17) de la paroi de la bascule de commutation (3) au sens d'un blocage de la serrure enfichable (6) dans la bascule de commutation (3).
  4. Module coupe-circuit à fusible selon la revendication 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité libre (19) de la lame de verrouillage (15) est dirigée vers l'extrémité dirigée vers l'extérieur du logement de la serrure (7) et munie d'une surface frontale (20) perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal du canal d'insertion (5).
  5. Module coupe-circuit à fusible selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la lame de blocage (15) fait partie intégrante de la paroi latérale (14) du logement de la serrure (7) et que son côté extérieur est à peu près aligné à l'état non verrouillé avec le côté extérieur de la paroi latérale (14) correspondante du logement de la serrure (7).
  6. Module coupe-circuit à fusible selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la profondeur d'insertion de la serrure enfichable (6) est limitée par une butée (21) sur la face supérieure (22) du logement de la serrure (7), qui s'applique, dans la position insérée, contre le bord de l'ouverture (23) du canal d'insertion (5) dans la bascule de commutation (3) de telle sorte que l'extrémité libre de la lame de blocage (15) traverse le plan de pivotement de la came radiale (13).
EP86105106A 1985-04-15 1986-04-14 Module de commutation à coupe-circuit fusible Expired - Lifetime EP0198460B1 (fr)

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