Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Contact moved by sudden release of stored energy
Patent
1991-11-06
1993-07-06
Shoap, Allan N.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Contact moved by sudden release of stored energy,
200401, 335 26, 335 27, 335166, 335167, 335171, 74 2, H01H 500
Patent
active
052245900
ABSTRACT:
A circuit breaker having a contact movable between open and closed positions, includes a closing spring assembly having a closing spring and first and second brackets. The closing spring assembly is chargeable when in a reset position in which the first bracket is hooked by a first hook. The closing spring is charged, manually or electrically, with support of the second bracket being transferred to a second hook. The closing spring is discharged to close the circuit breaker, with the closing spring assembly moving from the reset position to a discharged position in the process. The closing spring assembly is then moved as an integral unit, back to the reset position, with the closing spring again being charged, enabling the circuit breaker to immediately reclose in the event of a trip due to a transient condition. An improved breaker operating mechanism and power operated charging mechanism, are also disclosed.
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Aglietti William Q.
Klimek Edward J.
Lotzmann Mark L.
Milianowicz Stanislaw A.
Remic, Jr. Henry J.
Cronin Stephen
Moran M. J.
Shoap Allan N.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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