Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Liquid contact – Time delay
Patent
1989-04-03
1990-11-27
Macon, Robert S.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Liquid contact
Time delay
200144R, H01H 3318, H01H 3320
Patent
active
049738054
ABSTRACT:
Briefly, the present invention relates to a molded case circuit breaker. The molded case circuit breaker includes at least one pair of separable main contacts, mounted on upper and lower contact arms. One end of the lower contact arm is formed as a U-shaped portion defining depending leg portions and a bight portion forming a reverse current loop. Disposed adjacent the lower main contact on the lower contact arm is an arc runner assembly which directs the arc resulting from a separation from the upper and lower main contacts into an arc chute to quench the arc. The arc runner assembly includes an arc runner and a support block. The arc runner may be formed from steel and is carried by the support block, disposed between depending leg portions of the lower contact arm. The support block is formed from an electrically insulating material, such as a glass polyester. The support block fixes the arc runner adjacent the main contact on the lower contact arm and also prevents bending of the lower contact arm due to repeated operations of the circuit breaker which can affect the normal contact pressure between the main contacts. The arc runner is provided with a downwardly extending retaining boss received in an aperture in the support block to provide mechanical retention of the arc runner with respect to the support block. The support block is mechanically positioned relative to the lower contact arm.
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Grunert Kurt A.
Paton Charles R.
Sisson Glenn C.
Macon Robert S.
Moran M. J.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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