US2347018A - Overload relay - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
- H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
- H01H71/12—Automatic release mechanisms with or without manual release
- H01H71/14—Electrothermal mechanisms
- H01H71/22—Electrothermal mechanisms with compensation for variation of ambient temperature
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
- H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
- H01H71/12—Automatic release mechanisms with or without manual release
- H01H71/14—Electrothermal mechanisms
- H01H71/142—Electrothermal mechanisms actuated due to change of magnetic permeability
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H71/00—Details of the protective switches or relays covered by groups H01H73/00 - H01H83/00
- H01H71/10—Operating or release mechanisms
- H01H71/12—Automatic release mechanisms with or without manual release
- H01H71/40—Combined electrothermal and electromagnetic mechanisms
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- My invention relates to an overload relay particularly useful in protecting: motor from excessive currents and which relay is responsive either to magnetic or thermal effects.
- my invention relates to an overload relay having a heater element of Invar or similar material which loses its magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, and which. is eilective to trip the relay on moderate overloads, and at the same time which relay has an armature which can be attracted by a magnetic core in the event of an excessively high overload.
- An object of my invention is to provide a combination thermal and magnetic relay which is readily adjustable without danger of faulty operation due to misalignment of the remaining parts.
- Another object of my invention is to provide an overload relay which has two independent overload responsive means, one of which is initiated by the change in magnetic properties of a heater element, and the other of which is operated by electromagnetic attraction upon an armature.
- Figure l is a side view of an overload relay ernbodying the principles of my invention.
- Fig. 2 is a side View showing only the core structure included in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged showin of an adjusting element which contacts the Invar heater, taken along line IIIIII of Fig. 2;-
- F'ig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IVIV of Fig. 5;
- Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V of Fig. l;
- Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a detail from Fig. 5.
- Fig. 1 of the drawings numeral denotes a panel or other supporting structure which carries a magnetic core 2, which is surrounded by a magnetic coil 3, the turns of which are separated by insulating spacer members 4 and 5.
- the core 2 forms a magnetic path together with brackets 6 and l, and with an armature 8, element 13 carrying a contacting pin 9, an Invar heating element 59 and a bracket II which is spaced by a small air gap from bracket 1.
- Element it, which has been described as being of Invar, may likewise be of any other material which loses appreciably its magnetic properties upon predetermined heating.
- the Invar heater Ill is connected in series with coil 3 and thereby carries the same current, that is, the overload current (under abnormal load conditions) carried by coil 3.
- the armature 3 is normally biased into the position shown in Fig. 2, that is, with the contacting pin 9 in contacting engagement with the Invar heater M3 by virtue of the magnetic attractive force of the Invar element when relatively cold and by virtue of the small force of spring it.
- Such point of contact may be adjusted along the locus of an are by unscrewing the nut l2, thereby making it possible to move element l3 angularly about pin #4.
- Both the second armature l and armature 8 are pivoted on bracket 6 through a line bearing, that is, through a fulcrum type of bearing in which the bearing surface in cross-section is merely a point, but throughout the width it exists as an interrupted line.
- line bearings By such line bearings, turning cannot be impeded by magnetic forces in the bearing. This eliminates the necessity for nonmagnetic spacing materials in the bearing.
- a spring [6 normally biases armature 8 into its normal position as shown.
- the flux which traverses the magnetic path including armature 8, pin 9, bracket I l, etc., also tends to maintain armature 8 in the position shown due to the magnetic attraction of Invar element l I) when relativelycold.
- this force tending to rotate armature 8 in a counter-clockwise direction about its pivot, and such force is exerted by means of the pole piece 7a.
- this force is normally insuflicient to attract armature 8, due to the magnetic attractive force exerted by the Invar element I0.
- the Invar element I! loses its magnetic properties and its attractive force, thereby allowing sepa ration of elements 9 and H] and allowing the armature to move counter-clockwise under the magnetic influence of pole piece 1a.
- a second method of eifecting counter-clockwise movement of armature 8 is initiated by excessive overload currents which substantially increase the attractive force of core 2 upon armature l5. This effects a small counter-clockwise movement of armature 8 and the separation of the contact which exists between pin 8 and the Invar heater I 0. Upon such separation, however, the magnetic influence of pole piece 1a is sufi'icient to cause the remainder of travel of armature 8 in a'counter-clockwise direction.
- This instantaneous trip at high currents is adjusted by turning of the nut H, which effects variation in the tension of spring I8, thereby making the excessive overload feature adjustable.
- , is provided on bracket 6 to lock nut ll against turning.
- Bolt 32 has a square cross-section cooperating with a'corresponding rectangular slot in armature I5 to keep it from turning. It will be noted that such instantaneous magnetic tripping is independent of the rating adjustment, as determined by the angular adjustment of element I3, which is an important feature.
- Bracket 6 is-made of relatively thin steel so that it saturates at high currents, thereby increasing the attraction between armature I5 and core 2.
- Element [3 is of thin steel to decrease the holding effect of the Invar heater and to facilitate its being knocked free from the at-' traction of the Invar heater by the action of armature [5.
- a thin strip of non-magnetic material 33 is provided on the end of armature.
- FIGs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings show such structure.
- a moldarta or other insulating rod I9 is moved upwardly by armature member It as a result. of overload (see Fig. 2).
- Such rod H! has a shoulder 19a (see Fig. 6) which cooperates with a leaf spring element 26, which spring maintains it in its upward position by virtue of its contacting engagement underneath shoulder i911.
- rod I9 When rod I9 is in its upper or operated position, it is effective to either close or open a pair of contact members, the moving contact member 34 being indicated in section in Fig. 6. The fixed contact is not shown.
- the structure shown in Fig. 4 is arranged to give either electrical reset, in which case the relay is reset when the coil is energized, or electrical latch-out, in which case it is reset when the coil is deenergized.
- the change is effected by simply reversing the mounting of the coil and its associated parts on the supporting bracket 35.
- tube 23 protrudes beyond the soldered washer and is crimped into a neck in a steel core or stop member 27.
- a complete solenoid magnet is formed which may be mounted in either of one of two positions, as previously explained.
- a look screw 29 has its end abutting the end of plunger bolt 2!, therefore, looking it in any adjusted position. Adjustment of the plunger 22 is accomplished by backing the lock screw 29 out of engagement with the flat surface on the end of the plunger bolt. It is then possible to rotate the plunger bolt 2
- the assembly may then be locked to prevent relative position change of the plunger and plunger bolt during plunger actuation by threading the lock screw 29 into sliding engagement with a flat surface on the end of plunger bolt 2 I I am, of course, aware that others, particularly after having had the benefit of the teachings of my invention, may devise other devices embodying my invention, and I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the specific showings made in the drawings and the descriptive disclosure hereinbefore made, but wish to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two parallel magnetic paths, the first of which includes said element, biasing means for normally maintaining said armature in contact relationship with said element, thereby completing said first magnetic path, separate means operable under the magnetic influence of said core upon heavy magnetization thereof due to overload current flowing through said coil for moving said aforementioned armature in opposition to said biasing means and into a position so that it can be moved independently of movement of said separate means by the magnetic attraction ailorded by the flux flowing through the second parallel mag netic path.
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two parallel mag netic paths, the first of which include es said element, biasing means for normally maintaining said armature in contact relationship with said element, thereby completing said first magnetic path, separate means operable under the magnetic influence of said core upon heavy magnetization thereof due to overload current flowing through said coil for moving said aforementioned armature in opposition to said biasing means and into a position so that it can be moved independently of movement of said separate means by the magnetic attraction afforded by the flux flowing through the second parallel ma netic path, said first magnetic path including an air gap which is considerably smaller than the gap normally formed between the armature and the cooperating portion of the second magnetic path while said element is relatively cold.
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two parallel magnetic paths, the first of which includes said element, biasing means for normally maintaining said armature in contact relationship with said element, thereby completing said first magnetic path, a second armature pivotally mounted on said core and operable under the magnetic influence of said core upon heavy magnetization thereof due to overload current flowing through said coil for moving said aforementioned armature in opposition to said biasing means and into a position so that it can be moved independently of movement of said separate means by the magnetic attraction afforded by t e flux flowing through the second parallel magnetic path.
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two parallel magnetic paths, the first of which includes said element, biasing means for normally maintaining said armature in contact relationship with said element, thereby completing said first magnetic path, a second armature pivotally mounted on said core and operable under the magnetic influence of said core upon heavy magnetization thereof due to overload current flowing through said coil for moving said aforementioned armature in opposition to said biasing means and into a position so that it can be moved independently of movement of said separate means by the magnetic attraction afforded by the flux flowing through the second parallel magnetic path, said first magnetic path including an air gap which is considerably smaller than the gap normally formed between the armature and the cooperating portion of the second magnetic path while element is relatively cold.
- An overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, coil and armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing appreciably its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, electrically connected to said coil, means for normally biasing said armature into contacting relationship with said element, a saturable mag- -v entic plate pivotally secured to said armature.
- contacting means secured to said plate for contacting said element, thereby providing an adfustabl'e point of contact with said element over a multiplicity of points, said element having a i progressively changing width so as to form relatively cool and warm spots for selective contact with said adjustable armature portion along the locus of an are so as to selectively change the rating of the device, a pole element on said core which tends to attract said armature away from said normal position and which is effective to move said armature towards it upon a predetermined loss of magnetization of said element as the result of electrical heating thereof due to overload current flowing thercthrough.
- An overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, coil and armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing appreciably its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, electrically connected to said coil, means for normally biasing said armature into contacting relationship with said element, a saturable magnetic plate pivotally secured to said armature, contacting means secured to said plate for contacting said element thereby providing an adjustable point of contact with said element along the locus of an arc, said element having a progressively changing width so as to form relatively cool and warm spots for selective contact with said adjustable armature portion so as to selectively change the rating of the device, a pole element on said core which tends to attract said armature away from said normal position and which is effective to move said armature towards it upon a predetermined loss of magnetization of said element as the result of electrical heating thereof due to overload current flowing therethrough.
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an .rmature, said core including an element having he characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two parallel magnetic paths, the first of which includes said element, biasing means for normally maintaining said armature in contact relationship with said element thereby completing said first magnetic path, the contacting portion of the armature being adjustably secured to the remainder of said armature thereby providing an adjustable point of contact with said element, said element having a progressively changing width so as to form relatively cool and warm spots for selective contact with said adjustable armature portion so as to selectively change the rating of the device, separate means operable under the magnetic influence of said core upon heavy magnetization thereof due to overload current flowing through said coil for moving said aforementioned armature in opposition to said biasing means and into a position so that it can be moved independently of movement of said separate means by the magnetic attraction afforded by the
- An overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, coil and armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing appreciably its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, electrically connected to said coil, means for normally biasing said armature into contacting relationship with said element, a saturable magnetic plate pivotally secured to said armature, contacting means secured to said plate for contacting said element thereby providing an adjustable point of contact over a multiplicity of points with said element along the locus of an arc, said element having a progressively changing width so as to form relatively cool and warm spots for selective contact with said adjustable armature portion so as to selectively change the rating of the device, a pole element on said core which tends to attract said armature away from said normal position and which is effective to move said armature towards it upon a predetermined loss of magnetization of said element as the result of electrical heating thereof due to overload current flowing therethrough, said first magnetic path including an air gap which is considerably smaller than the gap normally formed between the armature and the cooperating portion of the second magnetic path
- a magnetically and thermally responsive overload device comprising an electromagnet having a core, a coil mounted thereon, and an armature, said core including an element having the characteristic of losing, appreciably, its inherent magnetic properties upon predetermined heating, which element is electrically connected to said coil, said core having two magnetic paths, the first of which includes said core, a member of magnetic material secured to said core, an armature pivoted on said member of magnetic material spring biased to engage said element and finally including a pair of brackets in spaced relation forming a fixed air gap therebetween, one of said brackets being connected to said element and the other being connected to said core, the second of which parallel magnetic paths includes said member of magnetic material, said armature and finally including said bracket connected to said core, a second armature pivotally mounted on said member of magnetic material responsive to magnetic efiects only for cooperating with said first mentioned armature to initiate movement in response to excessive overload, saturable magnetic means secured to said first mentioned armature which upon saturation during excessive overload conditions limits the holding efiect
- said saturable magnetic means comprises a thin plate of magnetic material pivotally secured to said first mentioned armature between said armature and said element and having a pin of magnetic material projecting therefrom which during normal operation contacts said element.
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CA432267A CA432267A (en) | 1940-07-26 | Overload relay | |
US347636A US2347018A (en) | 1940-07-26 | 1940-07-26 | Overload relay |
DES31754A DE969872C (de) | 1940-07-26 | 1941-01-25 | Thermische, mit Wechselstrom betriebene Ausloesevorrichtung |
DES9895D DE970329C (de) | 1940-07-26 | 1941-07-27 | Thermische Ausloeseeinrichtung |
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