Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Multiple circuit control – Pivoted contact
Patent
1984-06-07
1985-08-06
Scott, J. R.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Multiple circuit control
Pivoted contact
200 11B, H01H 2162
Patent
active
045337977
ABSTRACT:
A low voltage tap changer including a dielectric base fabricated from flat insulating sheet, a number of control decks mounted on the base, each deck including a corresponding number of cylindrical contacts, a continuous insulating shaft extending through each of the decks and being mounted for rotary motion with respect thereto, a number of pairs of curved contacts formed from flat copper sheet, mounted on the shaft and being positioned to engage the contacts, each of the pairs being self-aligning and biased to operatively engage the contacts and a Geneva drive assembly for rotating the shaft in a step-by-step manner and for locking the shaft in each position.
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Boivin, Jr. Wallace E.
Kranich, II Neil J.
ASEA Electric, Inc.
Barry Ronald E.
Scott J. R.
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