EP0708469B1 - Contactor device - Google Patents

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EP0708469B1
EP0708469B1 EP95402246A EP95402246A EP0708469B1 EP 0708469 B1 EP0708469 B1 EP 0708469B1 EP 95402246 A EP95402246 A EP 95402246A EP 95402246 A EP95402246 A EP 95402246A EP 0708469 B1 EP0708469 B1 EP 0708469B1
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  • the present invention relates to a contactor device electromagnetic according to the preamble of claim 1 (see for example FR-A-2 579 369), comprising an envelope formed by a base and a housing assembled to each other and housing the power poles and an electromagnet provided a coil whose body has power supply terminals on one side.
  • the coil terminals are usually located on the upstream side of the contactor; or when assembling electrical equipment, for example a contactor and a thermal relay, the relay being preferably placed downstream of the contactor, the user cannot group the terminals of the contactor coil and the thermal relay terminals on the same side to facilitate their control. The user therefore has no choice of the arrangement of the coil wiring.
  • the devices form a one-piece assembly, and if the terminals of the coil are arranged on the side from the circuit breaker, they then become inaccessible.
  • a three-pole contactor has three ranges upstream and downstream of connection of the poles which lead to the outside of the contactor body and which are evenly spaced across the width of the transverse walls of the body.
  • the two coil terminals are located so that they are accessible for their wiring, either in the free spaces between the connection pads, or on the sides outside the two end pads.
  • a four-pole contactor comprises, with respect to the three-pole contactor, an additional connection range upstream and downstream, so that the ranges are offset from those of a three-pole contactor. It is therefore impossible to use a coil identical to that of a three-pole contactor because the terminals would not coincide with the free spaces outside the beaches of connection and would therefore be inaccessible for their wiring.
  • Each type of contactor therefore requires two separate coils which is not economically advantageous.
  • the present invention therefore aims to provide an apparatus contactor switch provided with a coil whose supply terminals can both be located downstream or upstream of the contactor and whose arrangement of terminals allow easy access to them regardless of the type of contactor.
  • the present invention relates to a contactor whose household envelope between the base and the housing a housing capable of receiving the supply terminals of the coil and is characterized in that the envelope has symmetrically to the first housing a second housing also formed between the base and the housing and having a section substantially identical to that of the first housing of so as to receive the side of the coil provided with terminals after turning the coil, the housing opposite to that receiving the terminals being closed.
  • This feature allows the coil to be placed in the desired direction in order to orient the supply terminals on the downstream side or on the upstream side of the contactor.
  • the coil body advantageously comprises on the side of said terminals two additional supply terminals which are each connected electrically with one of the other two terminals.
  • Terminal spacing is determined so that one of the two pairs of terminals is accessible when the contactor is provided with connection pads three-pole and that the second pair of terminals is accessible when the contactor is with four-pole connection pads.
  • the contactor device 1 visible in FIG. 1 comprises an envelope 10 formed of a base 2, of a housing 3 assembled to the base, of a cover 4 mounting above the housing, and determining transverse walls 11 and walls 11a.
  • the housing 3 houses the power poles each intended to establish or cut the current on a contactor line. Each pole ensures a cut double and has two fixed contacts which cooperate with two movable contacts a contact bridge carried by a contact carrier. The fixed contacts are connected to straight connection pads 30 opening onto the outside of the contactor body by openings in the transverse walls 11.
  • the base 2 has a sole 20 suitable for fixing the device to a rail.
  • the base houses a motor assembly equipped with a control electromagnet, visible in Figure 2.
  • the control electromagnet consists of a cylinder head 50 E-shaped forming the fixed magnetic circuit, a coil 51 which surrounds the central branch 50a of the magnetic circuit and which is supplied by a source of current, and an E-shaped movable armature 52 providing the magnetic circuit mobile and mechanically connected to the contact carrier.
  • the coil 51 of the electromagnet comprises a carcass which forms a coil body 53 outside of which the coil wire is wound.
  • the coil body household in its center a recess 53a for engaging the coil on the central branch 50a of the E-shaped fixed magnetic circuit.
  • the coil body carries two parallel conductors 54a, 54b each carrying two at their end supply terminals A1, A1 'and respectively A2, A2', which are therefore respectively electrically connected to each other.
  • the two conductors are connected to their other end respectively at the two ends of the coil wire for coil power.
  • the housing 60 provided in the base 2 for the coil has a symmetrical configuration.
  • a first housing 12 and a second housing 13 of section substantially identical are formed between the base and the housing, projecting from to the transverse walls 11 of the casing of the contactor. They are intended to receive the coil carcass and more particularly the conductors 54a and 54b carrying terminals.
  • the symmetrical configuration of the two housings 12 and 13 and of the housing 60 allows the reel to be turned 180 ° relative to the XX 'axis so that the terminals are arranged upstream in the housing 12 or downstream in the housing 13.
  • Each of the housings 12 and 13 has an opening 14 on the top, and on the sides a longitudinal wall 15 and transverse walls 16. Walls 17 are separated in each housing so as to constitute individual rooms 18 for embedding the supply terminals. In addition, lights 19 are cut in the longitudinal wall 15 and provide access to individual chambers 18 so as to allow the introduction of conductive wires in the terminals.
  • a terminal cover 61 mounts above the various terminals and closes the opening 14 and partly the lights 19 of the housing 12 or 13 receiving the terminals so as to make accessible to the user only the screws of terminals A1, A2, A1 ′ and A2 ′ and to allow the introduction of the conducting wires.
  • the terminal cover 61 is integral with a bracket 55 which is fixed by dismountable coupling 56 on the coil casing. Furthermore, the flanks sides of stirrup 55 bear against the partition walls 17 of the chambers 18. It has 611 clip-on legs on the underside, the edges of which engage on the conductors 54a, 54b so as to ensure a maintenance mechanics of these conductors.
  • a removable full cover 62 is provided to close the opening 14 and the lights 19 of the housing 12 or 13 opposite to that receiving the terminals of so as to close the access to the coil.
  • This cover 62 is attached to the opening 14 when the contactor enclosure is closed.
  • Figure 4 illustrates the association of contactor 1 and a circuit breaker three-pole 7.
  • the contact pads for the contactor and the circuit breaker are connected together and cooperate so that the two devices form a monobloc assembly. This device therefore does not allow access to the terminals of the coil if these are arranged on the side of the circuit breaker. It is then possible to turn the coil over so that the terminals are on the side opposite the circuit breaker to access it as shown in the figure.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the association of FIG. 4 to which is added a thermal relay 8.
  • the relay is associated downstream of the contactor thanks to a block of connection 9 which enables the electrical connection between the ranges of connection 30 of the contactor and the pins of the thermal relay.
  • the block of connection does not lean against the contactor, there is therefore sufficient clearance to access the coil terminals.
  • Figures 6 and 7 respectively illustrate the three-pole contactor and a four-pole contactor.
  • the two pairs of control terminals A1, A2 and respectively A1 ', A2' allow an electrical connection of the coil according to two possible positions of the terminals.
  • terminals accessible in the spaces separating the three connection areas are terminals A1 and A2.
  • the terminals accessible in the spaces separating the connection areas are the terminals A1 'and A2', the other terminals being partly hidden by the connection pads.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un appareil contacteur électromagnétique selon le préambule de la revendication 1 (voir par exemple FR-A-2 579 369), comprenant une enveloppe formée d'un socle et d'un boítier assemblés l'un à l'autre et logeant les pôles de puissance et un électro-aimant pourvu d'une bobine dont le corps présente d'un côté des bornes d'alimentation.The present invention relates to a contactor device electromagnetic according to the preamble of claim 1 (see for example FR-A-2 579 369), comprising an envelope formed by a base and a housing assembled to each other and housing the power poles and an electromagnet provided a coil whose body has power supply terminals on one side.

II est connu de trouver des contacteurs dont les bornes d'alimentation de la bobine sont disposées d'un seul côté, soit en amont ou soit en aval.It is known to find contactors whose supply terminals of the coil are arranged on one side, either upstream or downstream.

Les bornes de la bobine sont généralement situées du côté amont du contacteur; or lors d'un assemblage d'appareillages électriques, par exemple d'un contacteur et d'un relais thermique, le relais étant placé de préférence en aval du contacteur, l'utilisateur ne peut pas regrouper les bornes de la bobine du contacteur et les bornes du relais thermique d'un même côté pour en faciliter leur contrôle. L'utilisateur n'a par conséquent pas le choix de la disposition du câblage de la bobine.The coil terminals are usually located on the upstream side of the contactor; or when assembling electrical equipment, for example a contactor and a thermal relay, the relay being preferably placed downstream of the contactor, the user cannot group the terminals of the contactor coil and the thermal relay terminals on the same side to facilitate their control. The user therefore has no choice of the arrangement of the coil wiring.

En outre, lorsqu'on associe un contacteur et un disjoncteur dont les plages de raccordement respectives coincident entre elles pour leur connexion, les appareils forment un ensemble monobloc, et si les bornes de la bobine sont disposées du côté du disjoncteur, elles deviennent alors inaccessibles.In addition, when a contactor and a circuit breaker are combined whose ranges connection points coincide with each other for their connection, the devices form a one-piece assembly, and if the terminals of the coil are arranged on the side from the circuit breaker, they then become inaccessible.

Actuellement, il est donc impossible pour l'utilisateur de disposer du choix de positionnement des bornes d'alimentation de la bobine au moment de l'installation du contacteur.Currently, it is therefore impossible for the user to have the choice for positioning the coil supply terminals at the time of installation of the contactor.

Un contacteur tripolaire présente, en amont comme en aval, trois plages de raccordement des pôles qui débouchent sur l'extérieur du corps de contacteur et qui sont espacées régulièrement sur la largeur des parois transversales du corps. Les deux bornes de la bobine sont situées de manière à être accessibles pour leur câblage, soit dans les espaces libres entre les plages de raccordement, soit sur les côtés extérieurs aux deux plages d'extrémité.A three-pole contactor has three ranges upstream and downstream of connection of the poles which lead to the outside of the contactor body and which are evenly spaced across the width of the transverse walls of the body. The two coil terminals are located so that they are accessible for their wiring, either in the free spaces between the connection pads, or on the sides outside the two end pads.

Un contacteur tétrapolaire comprend, par rapport au contacteur tripolaire, une plage de raccordement supplémentaire en amont comme en aval, si bien que les plages sont décalées par rapport à celles d'un contacteur tripolaire. II est donc impossible d'utiliser une bobine identique à celle d'un contacteur tripolaire car les bornes ne coincideraient pas avec les espaces libres extérieurs aux plages de raccordement et seraient par conséquent inaccessibles pour leur câblage.A four-pole contactor comprises, with respect to the three-pole contactor, an additional connection range upstream and downstream, so that the ranges are offset from those of a three-pole contactor. It is therefore impossible to use a coil identical to that of a three-pole contactor because the terminals would not coincide with the free spaces outside the beaches of connection and would therefore be inaccessible for their wiring.

Chaque type de contacteur nécessite donc deux bobines distinctes ce qui n'est pas avantageux sur un plan économique.Each type of contactor therefore requires two separate coils which is not economically advantageous.

La présente invention a par conséquent pour but de fournir un appareil interrupteur contacteur pourvu d'une bobine dont les bornes d'alimentation peuvent aussi bien être situées en aval ou en amont du contacteur et dont la disposition des bornes permet un accès aisé à celles-ci quel que soit le type de contacteur.The present invention therefore aims to provide an apparatus contactor switch provided with a coil whose supply terminals can both be located downstream or upstream of the contactor and whose arrangement of terminals allow easy access to them regardless of the type of contactor.

La présente invention concerne un contacteur dont l'enveloppe ménage entre le socle et le boítier un logement apte à recevoir les bornes d'alimentation de la bobine et est caractérisé en ce que l'enveloppe présente symétriquement au premier logement un deuxième logement ménagé également entre le socle et le boítier et présentant une section sensiblement identique à celle du premier logement de manière à recevoir le côté de la bobine pourvu de bornes après retournement de la bobine, le logement opposé à celui recevant les bornes étant obturé.The present invention relates to a contactor whose household envelope between the base and the housing a housing capable of receiving the supply terminals of the coil and is characterized in that the envelope has symmetrically to the first housing a second housing also formed between the base and the housing and having a section substantially identical to that of the first housing of so as to receive the side of the coil provided with terminals after turning the coil, the housing opposite to that receiving the terminals being closed.

Cette caractéristique permet de disposer la bobine dans le sens désiré afin d'orienter les bornes d'alimentation du côté aval ou du côté amont du contacteur.This feature allows the coil to be placed in the desired direction in order to orient the supply terminals on the downstream side or on the upstream side of the contactor.

Le corps de bobine comprend avantageusement du côté desdites bornes d'alimentation deux bornes d'alimentation supplémentaires qui sont chacune reliée électriquement avec l'une des deux autres bornes.The coil body advantageously comprises on the side of said terminals two additional supply terminals which are each connected electrically with one of the other two terminals.

L'écartement des bornes est déterminé de manière qu'une des deux paires de bornes soit accessible lorsque le contacteur est pourvu de plages de raccordement tripolaires et que la seconde paire de bornes soit accessible lorsque le contacteur est pourvu de plages de raccordement tétrapolaires.Terminal spacing is determined so that one of the two pairs of terminals is accessible when the contactor is provided with connection pads three-pole and that the second pair of terminals is accessible when the contactor is with four-pole connection pads.

La présence de deux paires de bornes et leur écartement permettent un accès à au moins deux d'entre elles pour leur câblage, aussi bien pour un contacteur tripolaire que pour un contacteur tétrapolaire. Cette caractéristique permet la fabrication d'une unique bobine.The presence of two pairs of terminals and their spacing allow a access to at least two of them for their wiring, as well for a contactor three-pole than for a four-pole contactor. This feature allows the manufacture of a single coil.

L'invention va maintenant être décrite avec plus de détail en se référant à des modes de réalisation donnés à titre d'exemples et représentés par les dessins annexés sur lesquels:

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un contacteur tripolaire selon l'invention;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective éclatée du socle du contacteur comprenant l'électro-aimant;
  • la figure 3 est une vue de profil de la carcasse de bobine associé à un cache-bornes;
  • la figure 4 représente une association du contacteur tripolaire et d'un disjoncteur;
  • la figure 5 représente une association du contacteur tripolaire, d'un disjoncteur et d'un relais thermique;
  • la figure 6 représente une vue de face du contacteur tripolaire;
  • la figure 7 représente une vue de face d'un contacteur tétrapolaire;
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to embodiments given by way of examples and represented by the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a three-pole contactor according to the invention;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the base of the contactor comprising the electromagnet;
  • Figure 3 is a side view of the coil carcass associated with a terminal cover;
  • FIG. 4 represents a combination of the three-pole contactor and a circuit breaker;
  • FIG. 5 represents a combination of the three-pole contactor, a circuit breaker and a thermal relay;
  • FIG. 6 represents a front view of the three-pole contactor;
  • FIG. 7 represents a front view of a four-pole contactor;

L'appareil contacteur 1 visible à la figure 1 comporte une enveloppe 10 formée d'un socle 2, d'un boítier 3 assemblé au socle, d'un couvercle 4 se montant au-dessus du boítier, et déterminant des parois transversales 11 et des parois longitudinales 11a.The contactor device 1 visible in FIG. 1 comprises an envelope 10 formed of a base 2, of a housing 3 assembled to the base, of a cover 4 mounting above the housing, and determining transverse walls 11 and walls 11a.

Le boítier 3 loge les pôles de puissance destinés chacun à établir ou à couper le courant sur une ligne du contacteur. Chaque pôle assure une coupure double et comporte deux contacts fixes qui coopèrent avec deux contacts mobiles d'un pont de contacts porté par un porte-contacts. Les contacts fixes sont reliés à des plages de raccordement droites 30 débouchant sur l'extérieur du corps de contacteur par des ouvertures ménagées dans les parois transversales 11.The housing 3 houses the power poles each intended to establish or cut the current on a contactor line. Each pole ensures a cut double and has two fixed contacts which cooperate with two movable contacts a contact bridge carried by a contact carrier. The fixed contacts are connected to straight connection pads 30 opening onto the outside of the contactor body by openings in the transverse walls 11.

Le socle 2 présente une semelle 20 adaptée à la fixation de l'appareil sur un rail. Le socle loge un ensemble moteur équipé d'un électro-aimant de commande, visible sur la figure 2. L'électro-aimant de commande se compose d'une culasse 50 en forme de E réalisant le circuit magnétique fixe, d'une bobine 51 qui entoure la branche centrale 50a du circuit magnétique et qui est alimentée par une source de courant, et d'une armature mobile 52 en forme de E réalisant le circuit magnétique mobile et reliée mécaniquement au porte-contacts.The base 2 has a sole 20 suitable for fixing the device to a rail. The base houses a motor assembly equipped with a control electromagnet, visible in Figure 2. The control electromagnet consists of a cylinder head 50 E-shaped forming the fixed magnetic circuit, a coil 51 which surrounds the central branch 50a of the magnetic circuit and which is supplied by a source of current, and an E-shaped movable armature 52 providing the magnetic circuit mobile and mechanically connected to the contact carrier.

La bobine 51 de l'électro-aimant comprend une carcasse qui forme un corps de bobine 53 à l'extérieur duquel est enroulé le fil bobine. Le corps de bobine ménage en son centre un évidement 53a permettant d'engager la bobine sur la branche centrale 50a du circuit magnétique fixe en forme de E. Le corps de bobine porte deux conducteurs parallèles 54a, 54b porteurs chacun à leur extrémité de deux bornes d'alimentation A1, A1' et respectivement A2, A2', qui sont donc respectivement reliées électriquement entre elles. Les deux conducteurs sont reliés à leur autre extrémité respectivement aux deux extrémités du fil de bobine pour l'alimentation de la bobine.The coil 51 of the electromagnet comprises a carcass which forms a coil body 53 outside of which the coil wire is wound. The coil body household in its center a recess 53a for engaging the coil on the central branch 50a of the E-shaped fixed magnetic circuit. The coil body carries two parallel conductors 54a, 54b each carrying two at their end supply terminals A1, A1 'and respectively A2, A2', which are therefore respectively electrically connected to each other. The two conductors are connected to their other end respectively at the two ends of the coil wire for coil power.

Le logement 60 prévu dans le socle 2 pour la bobine présente une configuration symétrique.The housing 60 provided in the base 2 for the coil has a symmetrical configuration.

Un premier logement 12 et un second logement 13 de section sensiblement identique sont ménagés entre le socle et le boítier, en saillie par rapport aux parois transversales 11 de l'enveloppe du contacteur. Ils sont destinés à recevoir la carcasse de bobine et plus particulièrement les conducteurs 54a et 54b porteurs de bornes. La configuration symétrique des deux logements 12 et 13 et du logement 60 permet de retourner la bobine de 180° par rapport à l'axe XX' de manière que les bornes soient disposées en amont dans le logement 12 ou en aval dans le logement 13.A first housing 12 and a second housing 13 of section substantially identical are formed between the base and the housing, projecting from to the transverse walls 11 of the casing of the contactor. They are intended to receive the coil carcass and more particularly the conductors 54a and 54b carrying terminals. The symmetrical configuration of the two housings 12 and 13 and of the housing 60 allows the reel to be turned 180 ° relative to the XX 'axis so that the terminals are arranged upstream in the housing 12 or downstream in the housing 13.

Chacun des logements 12 et 13 présente sur le dessus une ouverture 14, et sur les côtés une paroi longitudinale 15 et des parois transversales 16. Des parois de séparation 17 sont ménagées dans chaque logement de manière à constituer des chambres individuelles 18 pour l'encastrement des bornes d'alimentation. En outre, des lumières 19 sont découpées dans la paroi longitudinale 15 et donnent accès aux chambres individuelles 18 de manière à permettre l'introduction de fils conducteurs dans les bornes.Each of the housings 12 and 13 has an opening 14 on the top, and on the sides a longitudinal wall 15 and transverse walls 16. Walls 17 are separated in each housing so as to constitute individual rooms 18 for embedding the supply terminals. In addition, lights 19 are cut in the longitudinal wall 15 and provide access to individual chambers 18 so as to allow the introduction of conductive wires in the terminals.

Un cache-bornes 61 se monte au-dessus des différentes bornes et ferme l'ouverture 14 et en partie les lumières 19 du logement 12 ou 13 recevant les bornes de manière à rendre accessible à l'utilisateur uniquement les vis des bornes A1, A2, A1' et A2' et à permettre l'introduction des fils conducteurs.A terminal cover 61 mounts above the various terminals and closes the opening 14 and partly the lights 19 of the housing 12 or 13 receiving the terminals so as to make accessible to the user only the screws of terminals A1, A2, A1 ′ and A2 ′ and to allow the introduction of the conducting wires.

Le cache-bornes 61 est solidaire d'un étrier 55 qui se fixe par accouplement démontable 56 sur la carcasse de bobine. Par ailleurs, les flancs latéraux de l'étrier 55 prennent appui contre les parois de séparation 17 des chambres 18. Il présente sur le dessous des pattes 611 clipsables dont les rebords s'engagent sur les conducteurs 54a, 54b de manière à assurer un maintien mécanique de ces conducteurs.The terminal cover 61 is integral with a bracket 55 which is fixed by dismountable coupling 56 on the coil casing. Furthermore, the flanks sides of stirrup 55 bear against the partition walls 17 of the chambers 18. It has 611 clip-on legs on the underside, the edges of which engage on the conductors 54a, 54b so as to ensure a maintenance mechanics of these conductors.

En outre, un cache plein 62 amovible est prévu pour obturer l'ouverture 14 et les lumières 19 du logement 12 ou 13 opposée à celui recevant les bornes de façon à fermer l'accès à la bobine. Ce cache 62 est rapporté sur l'ouverture 14 lorsque l'enveloppe du contacteur est fermée. En variante, il est possible d'utiliser, comme pour le cache 61, un étrier portant le cache 62 et se montant par accouplement démontable sur la carcasse de bobine.In addition, a removable full cover 62 is provided to close the opening 14 and the lights 19 of the housing 12 or 13 opposite to that receiving the terminals of so as to close the access to the coil. This cover 62 is attached to the opening 14 when the contactor enclosure is closed. As a variant, it is possible to use, as for the cover 61, a stirrup carrying the cover 62 and being mounted by removable coupling on the coil casing.

La figure 4 illustre l'association du contacteur 1 et d'un disjoncteur tripolaire 7. Les plages de raccordement du contacteur et du disjoncteur sont connectées entre elles et coopèrent de manière que les deux appareils forment un ensemble monobloc. Ce dispositif ne permet donc pas d'avoir accès aux bornes de la bobine si celles-ci sont disposées du côté du disjoncteur. II est alors possible de retourner la bobine de façon à disposer les bornes du côté opposé au disjoncteur pour y avoir accès comme l'illustre la figure.Figure 4 illustrates the association of contactor 1 and a circuit breaker three-pole 7. The contact pads for the contactor and the circuit breaker are connected together and cooperate so that the two devices form a monobloc assembly. This device therefore does not allow access to the terminals of the coil if these are arranged on the side of the circuit breaker. It is then possible to turn the coil over so that the terminals are on the side opposite the circuit breaker to access it as shown in the figure.

La figure 5 illustre l'association de la figure 4 à laquelle est ajoutée un relais thermique 8. Le relais est associé en aval du contacteur grace à un bloc de connexion 9 qui permet de réaliser la liaison électrique entre les plages de raccordement 30 du contacteur et les broches du relais thermique. Le bloc de connexion ne s'appuie pas contre le contacteur, il reste donc un écartement suffisant pour avoir accès aux bornes de la bobine.FIG. 5 illustrates the association of FIG. 4 to which is added a thermal relay 8. The relay is associated downstream of the contactor thanks to a block of connection 9 which enables the electrical connection between the ranges of connection 30 of the contactor and the pins of the thermal relay. The block of connection does not lean against the contactor, there is therefore sufficient clearance to access the coil terminals.

Les figures 6 et 7 illustrent respectivement le contacteur tripolaire et un contacteur tétrapolaire. Les deux paires de bornes de commande A1, A2 et respectivement A1', A2' permettent un raccordement électrique de la bobine selon deux positionnements possibles des bornes.Figures 6 and 7 respectively illustrate the three-pole contactor and a four-pole contactor. The two pairs of control terminals A1, A2 and respectively A1 ', A2' allow an electrical connection of the coil according to two possible positions of the terminals.

Ainsi, pour le contacteur tripolaire, les bornes accessibles dans les espaces séparant les trois plages de raccordement sont les bornes A1 et A2.Thus, for the three-pole contactor, the terminals accessible in the spaces separating the three connection areas are terminals A1 and A2.

Pour le contacteur tétrapolaire, les bornes accessibles dans les espaces séparant les plages de raccordement sont les bornes A1' et A2', les autres bornes étant en partie cachées par les plages de raccordement.For the four-pole contactor, the terminals accessible in the spaces separating the connection areas are the terminals A1 'and A2', the other terminals being partly hidden by the connection pads.

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  1. Electromagnetic contactor device comprising an enclosure (10) formed from a base (2) and a box (3) assembled to each other, and containing the power poles and an electromagnet fitted with a coil (51), the body of which is fitted with power supply terminals (A1, A2) on one side, the said enclosure (10) including a recess (12) between the base and the box, in which the power supply terminals can be fitted, characterized in that the enclosure (10) contains a second recess (13) symmetric to the first recess (12), also formed between the base and the box and with a cross-section approximately equal to that of the first recess, so that it can contain the side of the coil fitted with the terminals after the coil has been turned over, the recess opposite to the recess in which the terminals are fitted being closed off.
  2. Contactor device according to claim 1, characterized in that the body of the coil comprises two additional power supply terminals (A1', A2') on the same side as the said power supply terminals, each of which is electrically connected to one of the other two terminals (A1, A2).
  3. Contactor device according to claim 2, characterized in that the spacing of the terminals (A1, A2, A1', A2') is determined such that one of the two pairs of terminals (A1, A2) is accessible when the contactor is fitted with three-pole connection strips and the second pair of terminals (A1', A2') is accessible when the contactor is fitted with four-pole connection strips.
  4. Contactor device according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the recesses (12, 13) project out from the transverse walls (11) of the enclosure (10).
  5. Contactor device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the terminals (A1, A1') and (A2, A2') are located at the ends of the two parallel conductors (54a, 54b) on the body of the coil, respectively.
  6. Contactor device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that each recess (12 or 13) has an opening (14) on the top and slots (19) on its longitudinal side (15).
  7. Contactor device according to claim 6, characterized in that each recess (12 or 13) is fitted with separation walls (17) to form individual chambers (18) which provide access to slots (19) and in which the terminals (A1, A2, A1', A2') are fitted.
  8. Contactor device according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that a solid removable cover (62) is provided so as to block off the recess (12 or 13) opposite the recess in which the terminals are fitted.
  9. Contactor device according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that a terminal cover (61) is provided for the recess (12 or 13) in which the terminals are fitted and is rigidly attached to a stirrup (55) which is mounted on the coil casing, using a removable coupling (56).
  10. Contactor device according to claims 6, 8 and 9, characterized in that the terminal cover (61) closes off the opening (14) and partly closes the slots (19) of the recess (12 or 13) in which the terminals are fitted and the solid cover (62) closes off the opening (14) and the slots (19) of the recess (12 or 13) opposite the recess in which the terminals are fitted.
  11. Contactor device according to claims 5 and 9, characterized in that click fitting arms (611) are formed on the bottom of the terminal cover (61), and the raised end of these arms fit onto the conductors (54a, 54b);
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