Current limiting circuit breaker

Details Current limiting circuit breaker Current limiting circuit breaker

1974-04-29

1976-03-23

Broome, Harold

Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr

Electromagnetically actuated switches

Automatic circuit-interrupting devices

335 38, 335175, H01H 7710

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039463460

ABSTRACT:
A current limiting circuit breaker having for each pole, a pair of main contacts separable upon operation of a thermally and electromagnetically operable tripping device and a pair of auxiliary contacts for current limiting in series with the main contacts and in parallel with a transformable resistor having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance. The auxiliary contacts are separable when an electromagnet is energized by a fault current which simultaneously energizes a field magnet to produce a transverse magnetic field across the auxiliary contacts and the arc formed between them when separating. This simultaneous action of electromagnet and field magnet coacting for rapid contact separation and lengthening of the arc upon flow of a fault current serves to increase arc voltage almost instantaneously to that of the source, about which time the fault current is totally shunted into the resistor. An armature and armature pin are mounted for reciprocal movement when the electromagnet is energized. The armature pin is operatively connected to the auxiliary contact blades which are mounted for pivotal movement from a contact closed to a contact open position when the armature and armature pin are attracted by the electromagnet. A compression coil spring encircles the armature pin to bias the auxiliary contact blades toward a normally contact closed position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3136921 (1964-06-01), Dorfman et al.
patent: 3663903 (1972-05-01), Kussy et al.

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