Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Liquid contact – Time delay
Patent
1979-02-16
1982-04-13
Macon, Robert S.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Liquid contact
Time delay
200145, 335 6, 337 6, H01H 3368, H01H 7500, H02H 704
Patent
active
043249612
ABSTRACT:
An oil-filled distribution transformer having a primary disconnect switch disposed within the housing and utilizing two movable bridging contacts and four stationary contacts for completing a series circuit therethrough. The switch includes a trip mechanism, a bimetal element isolated from the current path through the switch and responsive to the temperature of the oil to activate the trip mechanism upon overtemperature condition, and a float mechanism attached to the switch and cooperating with the trip mechanism so that the float assembly will activate the trip mechanism when the oil level within the housing drops below a predetermined value.
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patent: 1783731 (1930-12-01), Leppert
patent: 2043530 (1936-06-01), Dezotell
patent: 2765383 (1956-10-01), Cooper et al.
patent: 3979704 (1976-09-01), Buckley et al.
patent: 3983454 (1976-09-01), Cotton et al.
Cotton John F.
Ristuccia Donald J.
Converse, Jr. Robert E.
Macon Robert S.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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