EP0632928A1 - Vacuum switch with a current-loop assembly. - Google Patents
Vacuum switch with a current-loop assembly.Info
- Publication number
- EP0632928A1 EP0632928A1 EP93905196A EP93905196A EP0632928A1 EP 0632928 A1 EP0632928 A1 EP 0632928A1 EP 93905196 A EP93905196 A EP 93905196A EP 93905196 A EP93905196 A EP 93905196A EP 0632928 A1 EP0632928 A1 EP 0632928A1
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- Prior art keywords
- lever
- current
- drive lever
- vacuum
- vacuum interrupter
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
- H01H33/60—Switches wherein the means for extinguishing or preventing the arc do not include separate means for obtaining or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
- H01H33/66—Vacuum switches
- H01H33/666—Operating arrangements
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H77/00—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting
- H01H77/02—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism
- H01H77/10—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrodynamic opening
- H01H77/101—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrodynamic opening with increasing of contact pressure by electrodynamic forces before opening
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
- H01H33/02—Details
- H01H33/022—Details particular to three-phase circuit breakers
Definitions
- the invention relates to a vacuum switch with a displaceable connecting pin having a vacuum interrupter, as well as with a drive device and a lever arrangement assigned to the vacuum interrupter for connecting the common drive device to the vacuum interrupter, the lever arrangement having a two-armed drive lever articulated to the displaceable connecting bolt which is connected to the drive device on one side of the displaceable connecting bolt and which cooperates with a stationary abutment on the other side of the displaceable connecting bolt, furthermore with a contact force spring and a current loop arrangement formed from a flexible current band for obtaining an the contact force of the vacuum interrupter as a function of the force increasing the current.
- a vacuum switch with these features has become known from DE-B-24 50 424.
- the vacuum switch described there is a three-pole contactor, in which the current loop arrangement serves to increase the contact force depending on the current when properly switched on and possibly to break open when switched off.
- the current loop arrangement forms an independent assembly, the space requirement of which is approximately as large as the space requirement of the two-armed drive lever.
- the object of the invention is to substantially reduce the space requirement of the lever and current loop arrangement in order to facilitate the construction of compact switching devices.
- This object is gel ö according to the invention in that the fixed storage is designed as a stop surface against which the drive lever can be applied by the spring spring justifykra, the contact force spring is designed as a tension spring and between an end portion projecting beyond the stop end of the drive lever un d a fixed abutment is arranged and that one leg of the flexible current band is connected to the displaceable connecting bolt and is arranged so as to bear against the drive lever, including its end part, in a force-transmitting manner, while the other leg of the S is supported in a stationary manner.
- the contact force spring also acts as a switch-off spring when its end connected to the drive device is released.
- the common use of a spring as a contact force spring and as a switch-off spring in vacuum switches is known to me from DE-A-34 14 016.
- the drive lever can have two legs receiving the current band between s i and a middle part connecting the legs, which serves as a support surface for supporting the leg of the current band connected to the displaceable connecting bolt.
- This design combines high strength of the drive lever with good protection of the current band against lateral deformation.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a multipole vacuum Switch in a top view.
- FIG. 2 shows a pole unit of the multi-pole vacuum switch according to FIG. 1 in the closed state.
- FIG. 3 shows the pole unit according to FIG. 2 in the closed state with a view of one of the narrow sides.
- FIG. 4 shows one of the shell-like insulating pieces from which the insulating arrangement of the pole unit according to FIGS. 2 and 3 is composed.
- FIG. 5 shows the insulating piece according to FIG. 4 from above.
- the vacuum switch 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a three-pole design and has three pole units 2 which are arranged next to one another without a gap.
- the pole block 3 formed in this way is held together by clamping bolts 4, which penetrate the pole units 2 and thereby also capture side walls 5, which form the lateral end of the pole block 3 and which project beyond the pole block 3.
- a drive device 6 which is used in a known manner to switch the vacuum interrupters contained in the pole units 2 on and off.
- the pole unit 2 has a vacuum interrupter 10, which has a housing 11 with an upper end flange 12 and a lower end flange 13. The end flange 13 also forms the one connection point of the vacuum interrupter 10.
- a connection rail 14 bent at right angles is provided as the connection device.
- a displaceably mounted connecting bolt 15 extends through the upper end flange 12, to which one leg 16 of a flexible current band 17 is fastened.
- the current band 17 is approximately loop-shaped and has a shorter leg 18 which is approximately parallel to the leg 16 and to which a straight connecting rail 20 is connected.
- the connecting rail 20 extends parallel to the extension of the longitudinal axis of the vacuum interrupter 10 upwards, while the legs of the current band 17 are arranged transversely to this longitudinal axis.
- the parts described above form the current path of the pole unit 2.
- This current path is contained in an insulating arrangement 23 formed from two approximately shell-shaped insulating pieces 21 and 22.
- the shape of the insulating piece 22 is explained in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the insulating piece 22 has wall sections projecting from an essentially flat wall part 24, through which a number of rooms or chambers are formed.
- Two wall sections 25 and 26 are provided with approximately semicircular recesses 27 and 28, which are adapted to the shape of the end flanges 12 and 13 of the vacuum interrupter 10.
- connection chamber 31 which is provided for receiving the flexible current band 17 shown in FIG.
- the connection chamber is connected to a drive chamber 29 located to the side of the vacuum interrupter 10.
- Upper wall parts 32 and 33 extend approximately parallel to
- Figures 2 and 3 show that by placing a closure piece 35 which extends over the entire width of the insulating assembly 23 and a total of four
- a measuring chamber 37 is formed, in which a current transformer, indicated by dashed lines in its outline, can be accommodated.
- the wall section 30 and the closure piece 35 have aligned openings for the passage of the above-mentioned upper connecting rail 20.
- FIG. 4 also shows on the right side of the space provided for receiving the vacuum interrupter an angular wall section 40, on the underside of which there is an undercut 41.
- a spring chamber 42 is formed which, according to FIGS. 2 and 3, serves to receive two contact force springs 43.
- the contact force springs 43 are in the untensioned state shown how it results after the installation of the current path and the connection of the movable connecting bolt 15 with parts to be explained.
- the pretensioning of the contact force springs 43 required for operation is brought about by inserting a bolt 44, indicated by a broken line, into lower eyelets 45 of the two contact force springs 43 and hooking this bolt into the undercuts 41 of the two insulating pieces 21 and 22 belonging together.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 it is also assumed that the drive parts are free of forces and therefore the vacuum interrupter 10 is in the switched-on state under the influence of atmospheric air pressure.
- the drive device 6 shown schematically in FIG. 1 interacts according to FIG. 2 with a respective coupling lever 46 of each of the pole units 2.
- the coupling lever 46 is pivotably mounted on a bolt 47 (FIG. 2), which at both ends in bearing eyes 48 of the insulating pieces 21 and 22 engages.
- One of the bearing eyes 48 is shown in FIG. 4.
- An adjustable coupling rod 50 which extends approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vacuum switching tube 10, is located in the drive chamber 29 and connects the coupling lever 46 to a drive lever 51 located in the connection chamber 31.
- This is formed by an approximately U-shaped sheet metal part and has legs 52 and a middle part 53, which does not have to extend over the entire length of the legs 52.
- the drive lever 51 is mounted on the displaceable connecting bolt 15 by means of a bearing bolt 54.
- Another hinge pin 55 extends through the legs 52 and engages in a window-like recess 56 shown in dashed lines, the lower edge of which forms a stop surface 57 for the hinge pin 55.
- An end part 58 of the drive lever 51 which projects beyond the hinge pin 55 serves as Abutment for the aforementioned contact force springs 43, either directly or by means of the tabs 59 shown in connection with a bolt 60 connecting the tabs 59.
- the flexible current band 17 lies essentially completely between the legs 52 of the drive lever 51 and is accommodated in a very space-saving manner in this way.
- the desired function is obtained in that the lower leg 16 of the current band 17 can be supported against the central part 53, while the upper leg 18 bears against the wall section 30.
- a force which spreads the legs 16 and 18 of the current band 17 and is dependent on the current flowing in each case therefore presses the drive lever 51 downward in such a way that the contact force of the vacuum interrupter 10 is increased.
- the hinge pin 55 When switched on, the hinge pin 55 is at a certain distance from the stop surface 57, so that the bearing pin 54 forms the pivot bearing of the drive lever 51. If the drive device 6 (FIG. 1) is released for switching off, which corresponds to a release of the clutch lever 46, the right end of the drive lever 51, which is connected to the coupling rod 50, loses its hold. The drive lever 51 then pivots counterclockwise around its bearing pin 54 until the hinge pin 55 reaches the stop surface 57 and the stop surface 57 now forms the pivot bearing of the drive lever 51. The contact springs 43 now act opening with the lever arm of the end part 58 of the drive lever 51.
- the use of springs in such a way that they act both as contact springs and as opening springs is known per se in vacuum switches, such as DE-A-34 14 016 can be seen.
- the insulating pieces 21 and 22 are provided with aligned through openings 61. The insulating pieces 21 and 22 are held together before their final connection by the clamping bolts 4 by connecting screws 62 which pass through the wall sections of the insulating pieces 21 and 22 and engage in the connecting rails 14 and 20.
- the use of the insulating pieces makes it possible to achieve a very space-saving arrangement of the vacuum interrupters, including associated assemblies.
- the loop-shaped current band is integrated in the drive parts with practically no additional space requirement. Therefore, the invention is particularly suitable for the construction of compact switching devices, for. B. for circuit breakers in the voltage range up to 1000 V, in particular in three- or four-pole version.
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- Electromagnetism (AREA)
- Driving Mechanisms And Operating Circuits Of Arc-Extinguishing High-Tension Switches (AREA)
- High-Tension Arc-Extinguishing Switches Without Spraying Means (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE4210714 | 1992-03-27 | ||
DE4210714A DE4210714A1 (en) | 1992-03-27 | 1992-03-27 | Vacuum switch with a current loop arrangement |
PCT/DE1993/000242 WO1993020571A1 (en) | 1992-03-27 | 1993-03-12 | Vacuum switch with a current-loop assembly |
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EP0632928A1 true EP0632928A1 (en) | 1995-01-11 |
EP0632928B1 EP0632928B1 (en) | 1996-01-03 |
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EP93905196A Expired - Lifetime EP0632928B1 (en) | 1992-03-27 | 1993-03-12 | Vacuum switch with a current-loop assembly |
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US (1) | US5528009A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0632928B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP3983797B2 (en) |
DE (2) | DE4210714A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1993020571A1 (en) |
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DE9409006U1 (en) * | 1994-05-30 | 1994-07-28 | Siemens AG, 80333 München | Insulating support for vacuum interrupters |
DE4419380C1 (en) * | 1994-05-30 | 1995-10-19 | Siemens Ag | Circuit breaker module |
US9177742B2 (en) | 2011-10-18 | 2015-11-03 | G & W Electric Company | Modular solid dielectric switchgear |
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1992
- 1992-03-27 DE DE4210714A patent/DE4210714A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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1993
- 1993-03-12 JP JP51695493A patent/JP3983797B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-03-12 WO PCT/DE1993/000242 patent/WO1993020571A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1993-03-12 EP EP93905196A patent/EP0632928B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-03-12 DE DE59301350T patent/DE59301350D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-03-12 US US08/307,820 patent/US5528009A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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JP3983797B2 (en) | 2007-09-26 |
DE4210714A1 (en) | 1993-09-30 |
JPH07505252A (en) | 1995-06-08 |
DE59301350D1 (en) | 1996-02-15 |
WO1993020571A1 (en) | 1993-10-14 |
EP0632928B1 (en) | 1996-01-03 |
US5528009A (en) | 1996-06-18 |
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