EP0434100B1 - Gas blast switch - Google Patents

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EP0434100B1
EP0434100B1 EP90125330A EP90125330A EP0434100B1 EP 0434100 B1 EP0434100 B1 EP 0434100B1 EP 90125330 A EP90125330 A EP 90125330A EP 90125330 A EP90125330 A EP 90125330A EP 0434100 B1 EP0434100 B1 EP 0434100B1
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Werner Heinzelmann
Peter Dipl.-Ing. Illmann
Erwin Dipl.-Ing. Reichl
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    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
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  • the invention relates to a gas pressure switch according to the preamble of the first claim.
  • a known gas pressure switch of this type (DE-A-10 62 789) there is a correspondingly movable contact piece at the free end of a pivotably mounted contact arm which, in the closed position, engages like a knife between contact blades of a fixed mating contact.
  • a coupling rod which is connected to a drive device, acts on the contact arm.
  • a blower housing of a piston blowing device which is rigidly attached to the blower housing, is also located on the contact arm, the blower housing being designed as a sector-shaped cylinder, in the center of the circular arc of which an adapted pivoting piston is pivotally mounted.
  • the pivot axis of the piston blowing device is identical to that of the contact arm.
  • a double link mechanism serves as the drive connection between the blower housing and the piston, which is connected on the one hand to the contact arm and on the other hand to the piston, the second ends of the links being rotatably mounted on an additional, freely pivotable eccentric plate.
  • the air compressed in this way is expelled via a blow pipe attached to the blow housing, the free end of which is directed as a blow nozzle parallel to the contact arm towards the movable contact.
  • the blow air flow generated is used only insufficiently for quenching the arc.
  • a low-liquid extinguishing chamber switch is also known (DE-A-714 085), which in an encapsulated housing has a movable contact fixed therein and a mating contact fixed outside this housing.
  • the quenching chamber housing is mounted so as to be linearly movable on the elongated fixed counter contact and is moved via a lever gear, which at the same time drives a pivoting piston pivotally mounted in a quenching chamber housing within a flow chamber to generate the required flow of extinguishing agent via a gear mechanism.
  • the invention has for its object to take measures in a pressure gas switch according to the preamble of the first claim, through which an improved blowing of the arc is achieved with a simple structure.
  • the movable contact is incorporated into the cooling air flow and the compressed air is expelled in the direction of the swivel arc through the blowing nozzle initially coaxially surrounding the fixed contact against the swivel direction during the contact opening process. Since the fixed contact largely closes the blower nozzle in the first region of the swivel angle, there is an increased compression of the air in the blower housing, so that when the fixed contact exits the blower nozzle, an intensive flow of cooling air is expelled in the axial direction of the resulting arc. As a result, the arc is comprehensively cooled by the extinguishing agent flow over at least part of its length.
  • the blower housing is cylindrical and encloses the movable contact with its bottom region lying outside the piston stroke, which is arranged in particular at a radial distance from the inner housing, so that a flow channel for the extinguishing agent gas is formed.
  • the piston is designed as a thrust piston which is articulated via an axially directed push rod to one end of a two-armed control lever, the second arm of which engages via an elongated hole with a pin fixed on the pivotably mounted lever.
  • the control lever sits at the free end of one the movable contact arm supporting support arm, the bearing point is preferably selected so that an increased actuating speed of the piston is achieved at the beginning of the pivoting angle during the opening movement.
  • the elongated hole is preferably arcuate in such a way that the piston stroke is increased compared to a straight elongated hole guide.
  • the length of the arm of the control lever connected to the push rod can be dimensioned such that the articulation point between the two parts intersects twice the longitudinal axis of the blower housing.
  • the force steering points on the control lever are chosen so that a considerable path translation is achieved to achieve a large stroke.
  • the movable contact arm is preferably U-shaped, as a result of which the blower housing can be arranged between the legs and extends parallel to the connecting web of the legs.
  • the U-shape of the contact arm improves the electrodynamic behavior when loaded with short-circuit currents, because the current forces that occur act in the sense of opening the contacts.
  • An insulating support 1 carries a substantially horizontally projecting support arm 2, on which a leg 3 of a U-shaped contact arm 4 is pivotally mounted about a pivot point 5.
  • the other leg 6 carries at its free end a ring contact 7 composed of segments, which is radially compressed by springs 8 to generate the necessary contact pressure.
  • a blower housing 9 which is cylindrical and whose axis 10 runs approximately parallel to the web of the contact arm 4 connecting the legs 3, 6.
  • the blower housing 9 is open towards the pivotably articulated leg 3 and, with its opposite bottom region, encloses the contact 7, which in the switched-on position electrically encloses a finger-like, fixed counter-contact 12 extending in the pivoting direction of the contact 7.
  • a blow nozzle 13 formed in the area of the movable contact 7 on the blow housing 9 extends away from the contact 7 concentrically to the counter contact 12 and surrounds it with a small radial distance.
  • a piston 14 which is displaceable in the direction of the axis 10 and is provided on its side facing the articulated leg 3 with a push rod 15 which extends in the direction of the axis 10.
  • the push rod 15 extends approximately to the opening of the blower housing in the region of the leg 3 19 is pivotable.
  • the bearing point 19 lies with respect to the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 opposite the pivot point 5 and thus in the region of the web 4.1.
  • the other arm 20 of the control lever 18 has an elongated hole 21 extending in the longitudinal direction of the arm, into which a Transition from the leg 3 to the web 4.1 arranged pin 22 engages.
  • the control lever 18 is designed and arranged so that the piston 14 is in the on position of the contacts 7, 12 close to the articulated leg 3 within the blower housing 9.
  • the distance between its articulation point 16 and the bearing point 19 is longer than the radial distance between the bearing point 19 and the pin 22 on the leg 3.
  • the pin 22 is in the region of the inner end of the slot 21.
  • the piston 14 is pushed into the blower housing 9 at an increased speed via the push rod 15 at the start of the pivoting movement.
  • the blowing nozzle 13 encloses the mating contact 12 relatively tightly, only a small leakage flow exits via the blowing nozzle, so that a rapid increase in pressure forms in the blowing housing.
  • the drawn arc is blown by a strong quenching gas flow and thus cooled for quenching.
  • the radial distance of the pin 22 from the bearing point 19 increases, so that the piston movement is reduced compared to the initial movement.
  • the arrangement of the pin 22 is such that there is initially no significant radial change in distance from the bearing point 19 during the initial range of the swivel angle.
  • the pin 22 is accordingly in the off position in the pivoting direction in front of the connecting line of the pivot point 5 with the bearing point 19 and only moves in the course of the further pivoting movement to the opposite side.
  • the axis of the push rod 15 or of the blower housing 9 is approximately in the middle and perpendicular to the connecting line of the bearing point 19 and the pivot point 5 on the support arm 2.
  • the elongated hole 21 in the arm 20 of the control lever 18 is designed to be arcuate against the pivoting direction prevailing when it is switched off.
  • the elongated hole 21 can also be rectilinear but inclined with respect to the axis of the arm 17 against the pivoting direction.
  • the elongated hole can also have a further section 23, which runs approximately concentrically to the bearing 19 of the control lever 18. Then, after reaching the off position, the contact arm 4 can be pivoted further without a displacement of the piston 14 into a third switching position in which, for example, an earth contact is closed.
  • the compressed gas switch can also be constructed in such a way that the blower housing 9 is located laterally next to the movable contact arm 4 in an asymmetrical arrangement. Regardless of this, the arrangement is such that the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 and the fulcrum 5 of the contact arm 4 are in alignment. To also here with a small swivel angle between input u.
  • the bearing point 19 is at the end 24 of the support arm 2 which extends from the insulating support 1 and extends beyond the pivot point 5 with respect to the design according to FIG half maximum swivel angle of the contact arm 4 offset downwards.
  • the connecting line between the pivot point 5 and the pin 22 runs perpendicular to the axis 10 of the blower housing 9.
  • the pivot point 16 of the control lever 18 on the push rod 15 lies below the pivot point 5 in this operating point. After a pivoting angle of approximately The pivot point 16 is then approximately 45 ° above the bearing 19 approximately vertically.
  • a drive rod 25 is provided as the drive, which is articulated on the pivotable contact arm 4.
  • the vertical distance between the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 and the bearing point 19 is shorter than between the bearing point 19 and the articulation point 16.
  • the articulation point 16 then lies in the end positions of the contact arm pivot angle on the side of the axis 10 facing the bearing point 19 between the movable contact 4 and the pivot point 5.
  • the articulation point then intersects 16 twice the axis line 10, so that the push rod 15 experiences only a slight deviation from the position of the axis 10 during pivoting.
  • An additional slide bearing and an intermediate link are then not required for the push rod 15.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Druckgasschalter gemäß dem Oberbegriff des ersten Anspruchs.The invention relates to a gas pressure switch according to the preamble of the first claim.

Bei einem bekannten Druckgasschalter dieser Art (DE-A-10 62 789) befindet sich am freien Ende eines schwenkbeweglich gelagerten Kontaktarms ein dementsprechend bewegliches Kontaktstück, das in der Schließstellung nach Art eines Messers zwischen Kontaktlamellen eines feststehenden Gegenkontakts greift. Am Kontaktarm greift eine Kuppelstange an, die mit einer Antriebseinrichtung in Verbindung steht. Am Kontaktarm sitzt außerdem ein starr daran festgesetztes Blasgehäuse einer Kolbenblaseinrichtung, wobei das Blasgehäuse als sektorförmiger Zylinder ausgebildet ist, in dessen Kreisbogenmittelpunkt ein angepaßter Schwenkkolben schwenkbeweglich gelagert ist. Die Schwenkachse der Kolbenblaseinrichtung ist dabei identisch mit der des Kontaktarms. Als Antriebsverbindung zwischen dem Blasgehäuse und dem Kolben dient ein Doppellenkergetriebe, das einerseits mit dem Kontaktarm und andererseits mit dem Kolben verbunden ist, wobei die zweiten Enden der Lenker an einer zusätzlichen, frei schwenkbar gelagerten Exzenterlasche drehbar gelagert sind. Beim Verschwenken des Kontaktarms im Sinne einer Öffnung der elektrischen Kontakte wird über das die Doppellenker umfassende Hebelgetriebe der Kolben zunächst gegen die Schwenkrichtung des Blasgehäuses bewegt, so daß am Beginn des Schwenkwinkels eine überproportionale Komprimierung der Luft im Blasgehäuse stattfindet.In a known gas pressure switch of this type (DE-A-10 62 789) there is a correspondingly movable contact piece at the free end of a pivotably mounted contact arm which, in the closed position, engages like a knife between contact blades of a fixed mating contact. A coupling rod, which is connected to a drive device, acts on the contact arm. A blower housing of a piston blowing device, which is rigidly attached to the blower housing, is also located on the contact arm, the blower housing being designed as a sector-shaped cylinder, in the center of the circular arc of which an adapted pivoting piston is pivotally mounted. The pivot axis of the piston blowing device is identical to that of the contact arm. A double link mechanism serves as the drive connection between the blower housing and the piston, which is connected on the one hand to the contact arm and on the other hand to the piston, the second ends of the links being rotatably mounted on an additional, freely pivotable eccentric plate. When the contact arm is pivoted in the sense of opening the electrical contacts, the piston is first moved against the pivoting direction of the blower housing via the lever arm comprising the double link, so that at the beginning of the pivoting angle a disproportionate compression of the air in the blower housing takes place.

Die so verdichtete Luft wird über ein an das Blasgehäuse angesetztes Blasrohr ausgestoßen, dessen freies Ende als Blasdüse parallel zum Kontaktarm zum beweglichen Kontakt hin gerichtet ist. Es erfolgt dadurch eine Beblasung radial zum Bewegungsbogen des beweglichen Kontaktstücks bzw. quer zur Längsachse des sich bildenden Lichtbogens. Abgesehen vom erheblichen baulichen Aufwand für die Kolbenblaseinrichtung mit dem Doppellenkergetriebe wird der erzeugte Blasluftstrom für die Löschung des Lichtbogens nur unzureichend genutzt.The air compressed in this way is expelled via a blow pipe attached to the blow housing, the free end of which is directed as a blow nozzle parallel to the contact arm towards the movable contact. This results in a blowing radial to the movement arc of the movable contact piece or transversely to the longitudinal axis of the arc being formed. Apart from the considerable structural effort for the piston blow device with the double-link mechanism, the blow air flow generated is used only insufficiently for quenching the arc.

Es ist auch ein flüssigkeitsarmer Löschkammerschalter bekannt (DE-A-714 085), der in einem gekapselten Gehäuse einen darin festgesetzten beweglichen Kontakt und einen außerhalb dieses Gehäuses festgesetzten Gegenkontakt aufweist. Das Löschkammergehäuse ist dabei linear beweglich am langgestreckten feststehenden Gegenkontakt gelagert und wird über ein Hebelgetriebe bewegt, das zugleich über ein Zahnradgetriebe einen im Löschkammergehäuse innerhalb einer Strömungskammer schwenkbar gelagerten Schwenkkolben zur Erzeugung der erforderlichen Löschmittelströmung antreibt. Zusätzlich befindet sich zur Steuerung des Löschmittelstromes im Bereich des beweglichen Kontaktes ein entgegen Federkraft verstellbarer Differentialkolben, wobei für den Lichtbogenlöschvorgang die Löschflüssigkeit aus dem Funkenstreckenbereich zwischen dem beweglichen und feststehenden Kontakt einerseits durch den hohlen feststehenden Kontakt und andererseits in der Gegenrichtung zum feststehenden Gegenkontakt hin gesteuert wird. Dieser Aufbau ist hinsichtlich der Bewegung des beweglichen Kontaktes und des Antriebs des Schwenkkolbens zur Erzeugung der Löschmittelströmung sowie zu deren funktionsgerechter Einleitung in den Lichtbogen aufwendig. Zudem muß der feststehende Gegenkontakt die im Betrieb auftretenden Reaktionskräfte aufnehmen.A low-liquid extinguishing chamber switch is also known (DE-A-714 085), which in an encapsulated housing has a movable contact fixed therein and a mating contact fixed outside this housing. The quenching chamber housing is mounted so as to be linearly movable on the elongated fixed counter contact and is moved via a lever gear, which at the same time drives a pivoting piston pivotally mounted in a quenching chamber housing within a flow chamber to generate the required flow of extinguishing agent via a gear mechanism. In addition, to control the flow of extinguishing agent in the area of the movable contact there is a differential piston which can be adjusted against spring force, the extinguishing liquid from the spark gap area between the movable and fixed contact being controlled on the one hand by the hollow fixed contact and on the other hand in the opposite direction to the fixed counter contact for the arc extinguishing process . This structure is complex in terms of the movement of the movable contact and the drive of the pivoting piston for generating the extinguishing agent flow and for its functional introduction into the arc. In addition, the fixed counter contact must absorb the reaction forces that occur during operation.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einem Druckgasschalter gemäß dem Oberbegriff des ersten Anspruchs Maßnahmen zu treffen, durch welche bei einfachem Aufbau eine verbesserte Beblasung des Lichtbogens erzielt wird.The invention has for its object to take measures in a pressure gas switch according to the preamble of the first claim, through which an improved blowing of the arc is achieved with a simple structure.

Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe erfolgt gemäß der Erfindung durch die Merkmale des ersten Anspruchs. Andere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen sind in weiteren Ansprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved according to the invention by the features of the first claim. Other advantageous configurations are specified in further claims.

Bei einem Aufbau eines Druckgasschalters gemäß der Erfindung wird der bewegliche Kontakt in den Kühlluftstrom eingebunden und die komprimierte Luft in Richtung des Schwenkbogens durch die den feststehenden Kontakt zunächst koaxial umschließende Blasdüse entgegen der Schwenkrichtung beim Kontaktöffnungsvorgang ausgestoßen. Da der feststehende Kontakt die Blasdüse im ersten Bereich des Schwenkwinkels noch weitgehend verschließt, tritt eine erhöhte Komprimierung der Luft im Blasgehäuse ein, so daß beim Austritt des feststehenden Kontakts aus der Blasdüse ein intensiver Kühlluftstrom in Achsrichtung des entstehenden Lichtbogens ausgestoßen wird. Der Lichtbogen erfährt dadurch zumindest über einen Teil seiner Länge eine umfassende Rühlung durch die Löschmittelströmung. Zudem lassen sich einfach federnde Rundkontakthülsen und Fingerkontakte verwenden. Dabei ist das Blasgehäuse zylinderförmig ausgebildet und umschließt mit seinem außerhalb des Kolbenhubs liegenden Bodenbereich den beweglichen Kontakt, der insbesondere mit radialem Abstand vom Innengehäuse angeordnet ist, so daß ein Strömungskanal für das Löschmittelgas gebildet ist. Der Kolben ist dabei als Schubkolben ausgebildet, der über eine axial gerichtete Schubstange an ein Ende eines zweiarmigen Steuerhebels angelenkt ist, dessen zweiter Arm über ein Langloch mit einem am schwenkbar gelagerten Hebel festgesetzten Stift in Eingriff steht. Der Steuerhebel sitzt am freien Ende eines den beweglichen Kontaktarm lagernden Tragarms, wobei die Lagerstelle vorzugsweise so gewählt ist, daß zu Beginn des Schwenkwinkels bei der Öffnungsbewegung eine erhöhte Stellgeschwindigkeit des Kolbens erzielt wird. Das Langloch ist dabei vorzugsweise bogenförmig ausgebildet, in der Weise, daß der Kolbenhub gegenüber einer geraden Langlochführung vergrößert wird. Um die Pendelbewegung der Schubstange mit dem Kolben klein zu halten, kann die Länge des mit der Schubstange verbundenen Arms des Steuerhebels so bemessen sein, daß der Gelenkpunkt zwischen beiden Teilen zweimal die Längsachse des Blasgehäuses schneidet. Die Krafteinlenkpunkte am Steuerhebel sind im übrigen so gewählt, daß eine beträchtliche Wegübersetzung zur Erzielung eines großen Hubes erreicht wird. Der bewegliche Kontaktarm ist vorzugsweise U-förmig ausgebildet, wodurch das Blasgehäuse zwischen den Schenkeln angeordnet werden kann und sich parallel zum Verbindungssteg der Schenkel erstreckt. Die U-Form des Kontaktarmes verbessert dabei das elektrodynamische Verhalten bei Belastung mit Kurzschlußströmen, weil die auftretenden Stromkräfte im Sinne einer Öffnung der Kontakte wirken. Zudem ergibt sich eine günstige Ausnutzung des Raumes zwischen den Schenkeln und ein symmetrischer Aufbau in Bezug auf die Schwenkebene.In a construction of a gas pressure switch according to the invention, the movable contact is incorporated into the cooling air flow and the compressed air is expelled in the direction of the swivel arc through the blowing nozzle initially coaxially surrounding the fixed contact against the swivel direction during the contact opening process. Since the fixed contact largely closes the blower nozzle in the first region of the swivel angle, there is an increased compression of the air in the blower housing, so that when the fixed contact exits the blower nozzle, an intensive flow of cooling air is expelled in the axial direction of the resulting arc. As a result, the arc is comprehensively cooled by the extinguishing agent flow over at least part of its length. In addition, springy round contact sleeves and finger contacts can be used easily. In this case, the blower housing is cylindrical and encloses the movable contact with its bottom region lying outside the piston stroke, which is arranged in particular at a radial distance from the inner housing, so that a flow channel for the extinguishing agent gas is formed. The piston is designed as a thrust piston which is articulated via an axially directed push rod to one end of a two-armed control lever, the second arm of which engages via an elongated hole with a pin fixed on the pivotably mounted lever. The control lever sits at the free end of one the movable contact arm supporting support arm, the bearing point is preferably selected so that an increased actuating speed of the piston is achieved at the beginning of the pivoting angle during the opening movement. The elongated hole is preferably arcuate in such a way that the piston stroke is increased compared to a straight elongated hole guide. In order to keep the pendulum movement of the push rod with the piston small, the length of the arm of the control lever connected to the push rod can be dimensioned such that the articulation point between the two parts intersects twice the longitudinal axis of the blower housing. The force steering points on the control lever are chosen so that a considerable path translation is achieved to achieve a large stroke. The movable contact arm is preferably U-shaped, as a result of which the blower housing can be arranged between the legs and extends parallel to the connecting web of the legs. The U-shape of the contact arm improves the electrodynamic behavior when loaded with short-circuit currents, because the current forces that occur act in the sense of opening the contacts. In addition, there is a favorable use of the space between the legs and a symmetrical structure with respect to the swivel plane.

Die Erfindung ist nachfolgend anhand der Skizzen von Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of the sketches of exemplary embodiments.

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Fig.1
einen Druckgasschalter mit U-förmigem Kontaktarm und integrierter Kolbenblaseinrichtung in eingeschalteter bzw. ausgeschalteter Stellung,
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einen im wesentlichen geraden beweglichen Kontaktarm mit asymmetrisch angeordneter Kolbenblaseinrichtung in Aus-Stellung und
Fig. 3
den Druckgasschalter gemäß Fig. 2 in Ein-Stellung.
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Fig. 1
a gas pressure switch with a U-shaped contact arm and integrated piston blowing device in the switched on or switched off position,
Fig. 2
an essentially straight movable contact arm with asymmetrically arranged piston blowing device in the off position and
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2 in the on position.

Ein Isolierstützer 1 trägt einen im wesentlichen waagerecht abstehenden Tragarm 2, an dem ein Schenkel 3 eines U-förmig ausgebildeten Kontaktarms 4 um einen Drehpunkt 5 schwenkbar gelagert ist. Der andere Schenkel 6 trägt an seinem freien Ende einen aus Segmenten zusammengesetzten Ringkontakt 7, der durch Federn 8 zur Erzeugung des notwendigen Kontaktdrucks radial zusammengedrückt wird. Zwischen den Schenkeln 3, 6 befindet sich ein Blasgehäuse 9, das zylinderförmig ausgebildet ist und dessen Achse 10 etwa parallel zu dem die Schenkel 3, 6 verbindenden Steg des Kontaktarms 4 verläuft. Das Blasgehäuse 9 ist zum schwenkbar angelenkten Schenkel 3 hin offen und umschließt mit seinem gegenüberliegenden Bodenbereich den Kontakt 7, der in der Einschaltstellung einen fingerartigen, in Schwenkrichtung des Kontakts 7 sich erstreckenden feststehenden Gegenkontakt 12 elektrisch leitend umschließt. Eine im Bereich des beweglichen Kontakts 7 an das Blasgehäuse 9 angeformte Blasdüse 13 erstreckt sich von dem Kontakt 7 weg konzentrisch zum Gegenkontakt 12 und umgibt denselben mit geringem radialem Abstand. Innerhalb des Blasgehäuses 9 ist ein in Richtung der Achse 10 verschiebbarer Kolben 14 angeordnet, der an seiner dem angelenkten Schenkel 3 zugewandten Seite mit einer in Richtung der Achse 10 verlaufenden Schubstange 15 versehen ist. Die Schubstange 15 reicht bei in das Blasgehäuse 9 eingetauchtem Kolben 14 bis etwa zur Öffnung des Blasgehäuses im Bereich des Schenkels 3. Am betreffenden Ende ist über einen Anlenkpunkt 16 ein Arm 17 eines zweiarmigen Steuerhebels 18 angelenkt, der um eine ebenfalls am Tragarm 2 vorgesehene Lagerstelle 19 schwenkbar ist. Die Lagerstelle 19 liegt dabei in bezug auf die Achse 10 des Blasgehäuses 9 dem Drehpunkt 5 gegenüber und damit im Bereich des Steges 4.1. Der andere Arm 20 des Steuerhebels 18 weist ein in Längsrichtung des Arms verlaufendes Langloch 21 auf, in das ein am Übergang vom Schenkel 3 zum Steg 4.1 angeordneter Stift 22 eingreift.An insulating support 1 carries a substantially horizontally projecting support arm 2, on which a leg 3 of a U-shaped contact arm 4 is pivotally mounted about a pivot point 5. The other leg 6 carries at its free end a ring contact 7 composed of segments, which is radially compressed by springs 8 to generate the necessary contact pressure. Between the legs 3, 6 there is a blower housing 9 which is cylindrical and whose axis 10 runs approximately parallel to the web of the contact arm 4 connecting the legs 3, 6. The blower housing 9 is open towards the pivotably articulated leg 3 and, with its opposite bottom region, encloses the contact 7, which in the switched-on position electrically encloses a finger-like, fixed counter-contact 12 extending in the pivoting direction of the contact 7. A blow nozzle 13 formed in the area of the movable contact 7 on the blow housing 9 extends away from the contact 7 concentrically to the counter contact 12 and surrounds it with a small radial distance. Arranged within the blower housing 9 is a piston 14 which is displaceable in the direction of the axis 10 and is provided on its side facing the articulated leg 3 with a push rod 15 which extends in the direction of the axis 10. When the piston 14 is immersed in the blower housing 9, the push rod 15 extends approximately to the opening of the blower housing in the region of the leg 3 19 is pivotable. The bearing point 19 lies with respect to the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 opposite the pivot point 5 and thus in the region of the web 4.1. The other arm 20 of the control lever 18 has an elongated hole 21 extending in the longitudinal direction of the arm, into which a Transition from the leg 3 to the web 4.1 arranged pin 22 engages.

Der Steuerhebel 18 ist dabei so ausgebildet und angeordnet, daß der Kolben 14 in der Ein-Stellung der Kontakte 7, 12 nahe am angelenkten Schenkel 3 innerhalb des Blasgehäuses 9 steht. Der Abstand zwischen seinem Anlenkpunkt 16 und der Lagerstelle 19 ist dabei länger als der radiale Abstand zwischen der Lagerstelle 19 und dem Stift 22 am Schenkel 3. Dabei steht der Stift 22 im Bereich des inneren Endes des Langlochs 21. Sobald eine nicht dargestellte Antriebseinrichtung den Kontaktarm 4 aus der in Fig. 1 dargestellten senkrechten Lage (Ein-Stellung) in die nach links geneigte Lage (Aus-Stellung) zu schwenken beginnt, wird über den Stift 22 der Steuerhebel 18 mitgenommen, der aufgrund der vorerwähnten radialen Abstandsverhältnisse eine Schwenkwegübersetzung bewirkt. Dadurch wird der Kolben 14 über die Schubstange 15 zu Beginn der Schwenkbewegung mit erhöhter Geschwindigkeit in das Blasgehäuse 9 hineingestoßen. Nachdem die Blasdüse 13 den Gegenkontakt 12 relativ dicht umschließt, tritt nur eine geringe Leckströmung über die Blasdüse aus, so daß sich im Blasgehäuse ein schneller Druckanstieg ausbildet. Sobald demnach der Gegenkontakt 12 die Blasdüse 13 verläßt, wird der gezogene Lichtbogen von einer starken Löschgasströmung beblasen und damit zur Löschung gekühlt. Bei der weiteren Schwenkbewegung vergrößert sich der radiale Abstand des Stifts 22 von der Lagerstelle 19, so daß die Kolbenbewegung gegenüber der Anfangsbewegung vermindert wird. Dabei ist die Anordnung des Stifts 22 so getroffen, daß sich während des Anfangsbereichs des Schwenkwinkels zunächst keine wesentliche radiale Abstandveränderung gegenüber der Lagerstelle 19 ergibt. Der Stift 22 befindet sich demzufolge in der Aus-Stellung in Schwenkrichtung vor der Verbindungslinie des Drehpunkts 5 mit der Lagerstelle 19 und bewegt sich erst im Verlauf der weiteren Schwenkbewegung auf die gegenüberliegende Seite. In der Aus-Stellung der Kontakte 7, 12 steht im übrigen die Achse der Schubstange 15 bzw. des Blasgehäuses 9 etwa mittig und senkrecht zur Verbindungslinie der Lagerstelle 19 und des Drehpunkts 5 am Tragarm 2.The control lever 18 is designed and arranged so that the piston 14 is in the on position of the contacts 7, 12 close to the articulated leg 3 within the blower housing 9. The distance between its articulation point 16 and the bearing point 19 is longer than the radial distance between the bearing point 19 and the pin 22 on the leg 3. The pin 22 is in the region of the inner end of the slot 21. As soon as a drive device, not shown, the contact arm 4 begins to pivot from the vertical position shown in FIG. 1 (on position) into the position inclined to the left (off position), the control lever 18 is carried along via the pin 22, which causes a swivel path translation due to the aforementioned radial distance conditions. As a result, the piston 14 is pushed into the blower housing 9 at an increased speed via the push rod 15 at the start of the pivoting movement. After the blowing nozzle 13 encloses the mating contact 12 relatively tightly, only a small leakage flow exits via the blowing nozzle, so that a rapid increase in pressure forms in the blowing housing. Accordingly, as soon as the counter-contact 12 leaves the blowing nozzle 13, the drawn arc is blown by a strong quenching gas flow and thus cooled for quenching. With the further pivoting movement, the radial distance of the pin 22 from the bearing point 19 increases, so that the piston movement is reduced compared to the initial movement. The arrangement of the pin 22 is such that there is initially no significant radial change in distance from the bearing point 19 during the initial range of the swivel angle. The pin 22 is accordingly in the off position in the pivoting direction in front of the connecting line of the pivot point 5 with the bearing point 19 and only moves in the course of the further pivoting movement to the opposite side. When the contacts 7, 12 are in the off position, the axis of the push rod 15 or of the blower housing 9 is approximately in the middle and perpendicular to the connecting line of the bearing point 19 and the pivot point 5 on the support arm 2.

Um bei relativ kleinem Schwenkwinkel zwischen der Ein-Stellung und der Aus-Stellung den vollen Kolbenhub sicherzustellen, ist das Langloch 21 im Arm 20 des Steuerhebels 18 entgegen der beim Ausschalten herrschenden Schwenkrichtung bogenförmig ausgebildet. Das Langloch 21 kann jedoch zum gleichen Zweck auch geradlinig aber gegenüber der Achse des Arms 17 gegen die Schwenkrichtung geneigt sein. Darüber hinaus kann das Langloch auch einen weiteren Abschnitt 23 aufweisen, der etwa konzentrisch zur Lagerstelle 19 des Steuerhebels 18 verläuft. Dann kann nach Erreichen der Aus-Stellung der Kontaktarm 4 ohne eine Verschiebung des Kolbens 14 in eine dritte Schaltstellung weitergeschwenkt werden, in welcher beispielsweise ein Erdungskontakt geschlossen wird.To with a relatively small swivel angle between the on position and the To ensure the full piston stroke from the off position, the elongated hole 21 in the arm 20 of the control lever 18 is designed to be arcuate against the pivoting direction prevailing when it is switched off. For the same purpose, the elongated hole 21 can also be rectilinear but inclined with respect to the axis of the arm 17 against the pivoting direction. In addition, the elongated hole can also have a further section 23, which runs approximately concentrically to the bearing 19 of the control lever 18. Then, after reaching the off position, the contact arm 4 can be pivoted further without a displacement of the piston 14 into a third switching position in which, for example, an earth contact is closed.

Gemäß den Figuren 2 u. 3 kann der Druckgasschalter im Gegensatz zur annähernd symmetrischen Anordnung nach Fig. 1 auch so aufgebaut sein, daß das Blasgehäuse 9 in unsymmetrischer Anordnung seitlich neben dem beweglichen Kontaktarm 4 liegt. Unabhängig davon ist die Anordnung so getroffen, daß die Achse 10 des Blasgehäuses 9 und der Drehpunkt 5 des Kontaktarms 4 in einer Flucht liegen. Um auch hier bei geringem Schwenkwinkel zwischen Ein- u. Aus-Stellung der Kontakte 7, 12 einen ausreichend großen Hub des Kolbens 14 zu erzielen, ist die Lagerstelle 19 an dem vom Isolierstützer 1 ausgehenden und über den Drehpunkt 5 hinausreichenden Ende 24 des Tragarms 2 gegenüber der Ausbildung nach Fig. 1 in Schwenkrichtung um den halben maximalen Schwenkwinkel des Kontaktarms 4 nach unten versetzt. Bei geschlossenen Kontakten 7, 12 verläuft dabei die Verbindungslinie zwischen dem Drehpunkt 5 und dem Stift 22 senkrecht zur Achse 10 des Blasgehäuses 9. Der Anlenkpunkt 16 des Steuerhebels 18 an der Schubstange 15 liegt in diesem Betriebspunkt unterhalb des Drehpunkts 5. Nach einem Schwenkwinkel von etwa 45° liegt dann der Anlenkpunkt 16 etwa senkrecht oberhalb der Lagerstelle 19. Als Antrieb ist hierbei eine Antriebsstange 25 vorgesehen, die am schwenkbaren Kontaktarm 4 angelenkt ist.According to Figures 2 u. 3, in contrast to the approximately symmetrical arrangement according to FIG. 1, the compressed gas switch can also be constructed in such a way that the blower housing 9 is located laterally next to the movable contact arm 4 in an asymmetrical arrangement. Regardless of this, the arrangement is such that the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 and the fulcrum 5 of the contact arm 4 are in alignment. To also here with a small swivel angle between input u. To achieve a sufficiently large stroke of the piston 14 from the position of the contacts 7, 12, the bearing point 19 is at the end 24 of the support arm 2 which extends from the insulating support 1 and extends beyond the pivot point 5 with respect to the design according to FIG half maximum swivel angle of the contact arm 4 offset downwards. When the contacts 7, 12 are closed, the connecting line between the pivot point 5 and the pin 22 runs perpendicular to the axis 10 of the blower housing 9. The pivot point 16 of the control lever 18 on the push rod 15 lies below the pivot point 5 in this operating point. After a pivoting angle of approximately The pivot point 16 is then approximately 45 ° above the bearing 19 approximately vertically. A drive rod 25 is provided as the drive, which is articulated on the pivotable contact arm 4.

Damit die Schubstange 15 bzw. der Kolben 14 während der Schwenkbewegung nur geringe Pendelbewegungen ausführt, ist der senkrechte Abstand zwischen der Achse 10 des Blasgehäuses 9 und der Lagerstelle 19 kürzer als zwischen der Lagerstelle 19 und dem Anlenkpunkt 16. Außerdem liegt dann der Anlenkpunkt 16 in den Endlagen des Kontaktarm-Schwenkwinkels auf der der Lagerstelle 19 zugewandten Seite der Achse 10 zwischen dem beweglichen Kontakt 4 und dem Drehpunkt 5. Während des Schwenkens schneidet dann der Anlenkpunkt 16 zweimal die Achselinie 10, so daß die Schubstange 15 nur eine geringe Abweichung von der Lage der Achse 10 während des Schwenkens erfährt. Für die Schubstange 15 ist dann eine zusätzliche Gleitlagerung und ein Zwischenlenker nicht erforderlich.So that the push rod 15 or the piston 14 executes only slight oscillating movements during the pivoting movement, the vertical distance between the axis 10 of the blower housing 9 and the bearing point 19 is shorter than between the bearing point 19 and the articulation point 16. In addition, the articulation point 16 then lies in the end positions of the contact arm pivot angle on the side of the axis 10 facing the bearing point 19 between the movable contact 4 and the pivot point 5. During the pivoting, the articulation point then intersects 16 twice the axis line 10, so that the push rod 15 experiences only a slight deviation from the position of the axis 10 during pivoting. An additional slide bearing and an intermediate link are then not required for the push rod 15.

Es sind somit einfache Anordnungen zur Erzeugung einer Löschmittelströmung mit großer Hublänge eines Kolbens und weitgehend zentrischer axialer Krafteinleitung in die Schubstange des Kolbens geschaffen, wobei die Mittel zur Erzeugung der Löschmittelströmung am beweglichen Kontakt angebracht sind, um eine unmittelbar im Bereich desselben wirksame Löschmittelströmung zu erzeugen. Auch werden dadurch isolationsmindernde Einflüsse auf die Kolbenblaseinrichtung vermieden. Zudem wird bei der Führung der Schubstange in einer Pendelbewegung um die Achse 10 eine weitgehende Geradführung des Kolbens 14 sichergestellt, wobei letzterer einstückig und ohne zusätzliche Führung ausgestaltet werden kann. Bei der Ausführung nach Fig. 1 wird zudem eine sehr geringe spannungsführende Breite des beweglichen Kontaktarms realisiert.There are thus simple arrangements for generating an extinguishing agent flow with a large stroke length of a piston and largely centric axial force introduction into the push rod of the piston, the means for generating the extinguishing agent flow being attached to the movable contact in order to produce an effective extinguishing agent flow directly in the area of the same. This also prevents insulation-reducing influences on the piston blowing device. In addition, when the push rod is guided in a pendulum movement about the axis 10, a largely straight guidance of the piston 14 is ensured, the latter being able to be designed in one piece and without additional guidance. In the embodiment according to FIG. 1, a very small live width of the movable contact arm is also realized.

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  1. Gas-blast switch having a contact (7) on a pivotably mounted, drivable contact arm (4), which carries a piston blast device (9, 13, 14) whose blast housing (9) is connected rigidly and whose piston (14) is connected via a lever mechanism (2, 18) to the contact arm (4), having a blast nozzle (13) coming out of the blast housing (9) and oriented in the path of the arc and having a fixed counter-contact (12), which extends in the pivoting direction of the moving contact (7), characterised in that the blast housing (9) encloses the moving contact (7) and in that the blast nozzle (13) coming out of the moving contact (7) points in the pivoting direction towards the counter-contact (12) and coaxially encloses same in the switched-on position, in that the blast housing (9) is formed as a cylinder in the region of the associated piston (14), whose axis (10) extends approximately parallei to the contact arm (4), in that the contact arm (4) is pivotably mounted on a fixed fulcrum (5) of a carrying arm (2), which has on one end (24) pointing in the direction of the fixed counter-contact (12) a bearing (19) for a two-armed control lever (18), which is pivotably connected at one end to a connecting rod (15) of the piston (14) and whose other arm (20) has a slot (21) into which a pin (22) fixed to the moving contact arm (4) engages.
  2. Gas-blast switch according to claim 1, characterised in that the blast housing (9) substantially matches the contour of the moving contact (7) in the region thereof and encloses same with radial clearance.
  3. Gas-blast switch according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the moving contact arm (4) is U-shaped, one shank (3) being pivotably mounted about the fixed fulcrum (5) and the other shank (6) carrying the contact (7) at the free end, and in that the blast housing (9), whose axis (10) runs parallel to the web (11) connecting the shanks (3, 6), is disposed between the shanks (3, 6).
  4. Gas-blast switch according to claim 3, characterised in that the rotatably mounted shank (3) is coupled in the region of its free end to the fulcrum (5) of the carrying arm (2), whose free end is oriented towards the web (4.1) joining the shanks (3, 6) and has the bearing (19) for the two-armed control lever (18), and in that the axis of the connecting rod (15) is approximately central and perpendicular to the joining line of the bearing (19) and the fulcrum (5) on the carrying arm (2) when the contacts (7, 12) are closed, wherein the radial distance from the bearing (19) of the control lever (18) to the pin (22) is shorter than to the coupling point (16) of the piston rod (15).
  5. Gas-blast switch according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the axis (10) of the blast housing (9) and the fulcrum (5) of the contact arm (4) lie in a line, and in that when the contacts (7, 12) are closed the joining line between the fulcrum (5) and the pin (22) extends perpendicular to the axis (10) of the cylinder housing (9), and opposite same the joining line between the fulcrum (5) and the bearing (19) is inclined downwards by half the maximum pivot angle in the pivoting-out direction of the moving contact arm, wherein the coupling point (16) of the control lever (18) lies on the connecting rod (15) below the fulcrum (5).
  6. Gas-blast switch according to claim 5, characterised in that the perpendicular distance between the axis (10) of. the blast housing (9) and the bearing (19) is shorter than between the bearing (19) and the coupling point (16), and in that the coupling point (16) lies in the end positions of the contact arm pivotal angle on the side of the axis (10) facing the bearing (19) between the moving contact arm (4) and the fulcrum (5).
  7. Gas-blast switch according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that the slot (21) extends in a curve in the control lever (18) in the direction opposite to pivoting during the contact-opening pivoting operation.
  8. Gas-blast switch according to claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterised in that the slot (21) has a section (23) extending roughly concentrically to the bearing (19) of the control lever (18).
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