JPH0127555Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a remote control type circuit breaker.

In a conventional remote control type circuit breaker of this type, the operation terminal 198 and the auxiliary terminal 199 for remote control are located above the power supply side terminal 200 and the load side terminal 201, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25. It is provided in a substantially step-like position near the handle 202. As a result, compared to, for example, JP-A No. 48-13868, the installation area of the breaker can be reduced, and compared to Utility Model Publication No. 55-42364, the connection of the main terminal is not obstructed by operation terminals, etc. becomes easier. However, if this circuit or disconnector is installed on a distribution board, etc., the flash plate 20
If the surfaces other than the handle portion were coated with No. 3, the distance between the flash plate 203 and the terminals 198 and 199 would become short, which would pose an insulation problem.

In response to this, for example, from Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-144267, it was considered to provide a terminal cover on the top surface of the operation terminal, but the mounting structure of the terminal cover was complicated and it was not easy to connect the wires after the terminal cover was installed. There was a drawback.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a remote control type circuit breaker which has a simple terminal cover mounting structure and which facilitates wiring connections after the terminal cover is mounted.

This idea consists of a vertically divided structure of the shingle cutter main body, which has a main body case with an opening on the side, a side case that covers the opening, and a handle exposure hole formed in the approximate center of the top surface; Main terminals provided on both sides of the cutter body, and operation terminals provided in a stepped manner with respect to the main terminals near the handle exposure hole at the upper side of the cutter body. , an upper cover that covers the upper surface of the shredder main body and has a handle hole that aligns with the handle exposure hole, and is integrally connected to a hinge portion formed with a thin wall on the side of the upper cover to perform the operation. It is equipped with a terminal cover that covers the terminal so that it can be opened and closed.

According to the configuration of this invention, the operating terminal is provided in a step-like manner with the main terminal near the handle exposure hole on the top surface of the breaker body, so the installation area of the breaker is not increased. Moreover, it does not interfere with the connection of the main terminals. In addition, since the shisha cutter body has a vertically divided structure, it is easy to assemble internal parts, and the upper cover covers the top surface of the shisha cutter body, concealing the division of the shiyashiya cutter body. It can improve the appearance. Furthermore, the terminal cover can be integrally connected to the upper cover via the hinge, which simplifies the terminal cover mounting structure and
Since the terminal cover can be opened and closed, it is easy to connect the terminals after installing the terminal cover.

An embodiment of this invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 23. First, let me explain the structure of one pole.This is a 30 ampere frame type, which detects line overcurrent and short circuit current and performs trip operation, and also turns on, off, and resets the line using handle and remote control operation signals. I am able to operate it.

The outer shell A mainly consists of a cutter main body having a main body case 1 having an opening on the side and a side case 3 covering the opening as shown in FIG. 11, and an upper body cover 4. 1 is covered with a middle case 2 having a top plate 11a and an upright plate 11b that substantially close the lateral and upward openings of the main case 1, and a side case 3 is placed on the outer surface of the middle case 2 to form the main case 1. and three connection holes 5 to 7 on the side case 3.
The inner case 2 is held together by an eyelet pin 8 that passes through the inner case 2. The upper cover 4 is made of elastic plastic and is attached to mounting walls 9, 10 stepped at the upper ends of the main case 1 and side cases 3, and to both end edges of the top plate 11a of the middle case 2. By extending the terminal cover 12 further outward and forming a thin wall 12a at the base thereof, a hinge portion 13 that can be elastically rotated upward is formed. By combining in this way, a flat box-shaped outer shell A is constructed, and the shoulders on both sides in the width direction of the outer shell A are tapered into tapers 14, and the both sides of the outer shell A have step-like stepped portions 15. - 18 are formed by the main case 1 and the inner case 2, and the main case 1 has a mounting groove 19 formed at the lower end of the outer shell A for attaching a cutter or disconnector to a distribution board or the like.

The terminals are mainly the main terminal 2 for the electrical circuit as shown in Figure 7.
0, 21, an operation terminal 22 for remote control operation signals, and an auxiliary terminal 23, and the main terminals 20, 21 consist of a power supply side terminal device 21 and a load side terminal device 20. These terminal devices mainly consist of terminal plates 24, 25, a washer 26 with a presser protrusion, a spring washer 27, a square nut 28, and a terminal screw 29 as shown in FIG.
A screw through hole 30 is formed in the terminal screw 29, and the washer 27 and washer 26 are passed through the terminal screw 29.
is passed through the screw through hole 30 and screwed into the nut 28 on the lower surface. Each terminal plate 24, 25 has one side edge bent downward to form a hanging piece 31, 32, and each terminal device 20, 21 has a lower stepped portion 15 on both sides of the outer shell A, 16. Therefore, these stepped portions 15 and 16 have screw/nut loose insertion grooves 33 that open in the upper surface and in the lateral direction of the main body case 1.
and hanging piece insertion slits 34, 35 are formed. Insert each terminal device 20, 21 into the stepped portions 15, 16 from the opening side of the main body case 1 as shown in FIG.
Pass the hanging pieces 31, 32 through the slits 34, 35,
The inner case 2 and the side case 3 are clamped by passing the terminal screw 29 and nut 28 through the groove 33 and closing the inner case 2 and the side case 3. For wiring, connect the electric wire (not shown) with washer 26.
and the terminal plates 24 and 25, and the terminal screw 29
This is done by tightening the terminal screw 29.

The operation terminal 22 has a terminal screw 37 screwed into the upper part of the U-shaped terminal frame 36, and is made up of three pieces in consideration of three-wire remote control, and has a smaller shape than the terminal device described above, and is a terminal on the power supply side. It is attached to the upper step 18 formed in the inner case 2 of the step 16 where the device 21 is located, at a position separated by an insulating partition plate 38. That is, the fixed slit 39 is provided in the stepped portion 18.
The three terminal frames 34 are inserted into the slits 39, and are clamped and fixed to the stepped portion 18 by the spring action of the terminal frames 36. In addition, the auxiliary terminal 23 is connected to the load side terminal device 2.
It is provided in the upper step portion 17 on the 0 side. This auxiliary terminal 23 is for transmitting detection signals of on/off and trip operations of the circuit and disconnector to an external alarm lamp or buzzer. This is a Z-shaped terminal plate 40 with a screw 41 screwed into the lower piece.
It is installed between the insulating partition plates 42 of the stepped portion 17 of the middle case 2, and is held by inserting the upper piece 40a into the holding groove 17a. The operation terminal 22 and the auxiliary terminal 23
The terminal cover 12 is located exactly on the top surface, and when the disconnector is installed on a distribution board or the like and the top surface is covered with a flash plate, insulation between the flash plate and the terminals 22 and 23 can be ensured. That's what I do. The connections to these terminals 22 and 23 are made by opening the terminal cover 12 upward and tightening it with a driver P as shown in FIG.

The electrical circuit between the main terminals 20 and 21 mainly includes a contact portion 43, a plunger type electromagnet device 44, and a bimetal 45 as shown in FIG. Arranged. The contact section 43 controls opening and closing of the electric circuit, and is composed of a movable contact 48 having a fixed contact 46 and a movable contact 47. In order to position this contact portion 43, a partition plate 50 having a height of about 1/3 of the height of the main body case 1 is erected at the center of the bottom plate 49 of the main body case 1 to open the lateral side of the main case 1. When viewed from above, the arc extinguishing chamber 51 is formed on the left side, the operating electromagnet storage chamber 52 is formed on the right side, and the fixed contact plate 53 is bent into an inverted U shape along the surface of the partition plate 50. It is pushed in while being guided by the partition plate 50 from the lateral opening side, and positioned by abutting the back end of the width plate 54 provided at the end on the storage chamber 52 side against the back surface of the main body case 1 when viewed from the lateral opening side. Ru. The fixed contact 46 is fixed to the arc extinguishing chamber 51 side of the fixed contact plate 53. Further, the width plate 54 in the main body case 1
A slit 55 is formed in the lower part of the storage chamber 52 between the hanging piece 32 of the terminal plate 25, and the slit 55
A stranded copper wire 56 or a conductive plate is inserted into the slit 55, and the width plate 54 and the hanging piece 32 are connected by welding as shown in FIG. The movable contact 48 includes a movable contact plate 57, a contact frame 58, a contact pressure applying spring 59, and a movable contact 47 as shown in FIG.
The movable contact plate 57 and the contact frame 58 are pivotally connected at the upper part by a pin 60, and as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. A pressure applying spring 59 is installed in a compressed state. Due to this spring 59, the intermediate portion of the contact plate 57 comes into elastic contact with the lower end portion 61 of the contact frame 58, resulting in a stable state. The movable contact 47 is fixed to the lower end of the movable contact plate 57, and a pothole 62 for forced contact opening is formed above it. A pin 63 is passed through a support hole 61a above the pothole hole 62 at the lower end of the contact frame 58, and the movable contact 48 is pivotally supported by a latch link 64, which will be described later, as shown in FIG. The movable contact 47 is connected to the fixed contact 46
to face.

The plunger type electromagnet device 44 detects short circuit current, and mainly uses the yoke 65 as shown in FIG.
, the coil 66 , the coil tube 67 , and the fixed iron core 6
8, a return spring 69, a plunger 70, and a movable rod 71 as constituent parts. First, the yoke 65 consists of a U-shaped frame 72 and a stop plate 73, and the stop plate 73 has a protrusion 76 and a square hole 77 fitted between an upper piece 74 and a lower piece 75 on the opposite side of the vertical piece 72a of the U-shaped frame 72. The construction is fixed by crimping. This yoke 65 integrally forms a frame 79 of a mechanism section 78, which will be described later.
One side plate 80 of the frame 79 is raised above one side edge of the upper piece 74, and the upper piece 74 and the standing piece 72
A protrusion 81 is formed on the other side of a, and the square hole 83 of the opposite side plate 82 of the frame 79 is fitted, and the opposite side plate 82 is erected to face the one side plate 80 by caulking. Further, the arc traveling plate 84 is
is bent and extended, and is located below the lower piece 75 of the U-shaped frame 72, with an insulating plate 85 interposed therebetween. The frame 79 is arranged such that the lower piece 75 of the yoke 65 is placed on the support base 1a provided on the main body case 1, and the arc travel plate 84 is positioned on the lower surface of the support base 1a to sandwich the support base 1a. Two pins 87 and 88 constituting a mechanism section 78, which will be described later, are installed between support holes 89 and 90 in the main case 1 and the middle case 2, and these pins 87 and 88 pass through holes 91 and 92 in the frame 9. The yoke 65 and the frame 79 are held in place by the yoke 65 and the frame 79, and the side of the inner case 2 abuts the opposite side plate 82 of the frame 79 (FIG. 9), thereby determining the posture of the yoke 65 and the frame 79. The fixed iron core 68 has a through hole 68a, is fitted from the inside into a hole 93 formed in the vertical piece 72a of the U-shaped frame 72, and is fixed by caulking.
is longer than the fixed iron core 68 and is slidably inserted into the through hole 68a. The coil tube 67 has a small diameter portion 94 at one end, and the small diameter portion 94 is fitted into a mounting hole 95 formed in the backing plate 73, and the other end is fitted onto the fixed iron core 68 for construction. The plunger 70 is slidably fitted into the coil tube 67, and a forced opening rod 96 protrudes from one end of the plunger 70, which protrudes outward from the small diameter portion 94 of the coil tube 67, and has a collar 97 at its tip.
is formed and passes through the large diameter side of the pothole 62 of the movable contact plate 57 facing the fixed contact 46 and is located on the small diameter side thereof (FIG. 7). The return spring 69 is compressed and installed between the fixed iron core 68 and the plunger 70. The coil 66 has a large wire cross-sectional area, so it has rigidity, and the hole of the coil 66 is fitted into the coil tube 67, and one end thereof is folded back in the axial direction to connect to the terminal plate 24 of the load-side terminal device 20. It is welded to the hanging piece 31. With this configuration, in this electromagnet device 44, the operation of the plunger 70 is limited by the spring force of the return spring 69 when only the rated current or overcurrent flows through the coil 66, but when a short circuit current flows, the operation of the plunger 70 is restricted by the fixed iron core 68. The magnetic flux between the plungers 70 increases, the force of the return spring 69 is overcome, the plunger 70 is attracted to the fixed iron core 68, and the plunger 70 operates. This causes the movable rod 71 to move toward the plunger 70.
is pushed outward from the vertical piece 72a of the U-shaped frame 72, and the collar 97 of the forced opening rod 96 engages with the small diameter side of the pothole 62, thereby acting to draw the movable contact plate 57 together.

The bimetal 45 detects overcurrent, and its main body is made up of two thin plates with different coefficients of thermal expansion that are superimposed together.As shown in FIGS. 7 and 11, it consists of a horizontal piece 98 and a diagonal piece 99. A gap adjustment screw 100 is screwed into the upper end of the diagonal piece 99, a caulking hole (not shown) is formed in the horizontal piece 98, and the horizontal piece 98 is caulked to the lower end of the side plate 82 of the frame 79. (welding is also acceptable). This bimetal 45
The other end of the coil 66 and the upper end of the bimetal 45 are welded and connected by a flexible copper stranded wire 101. Then, the side plate 82 of the frame 79 and the upper end of the movable contact plate 57 are welded together by the flexible copper stranded wire 102, and when a current flows between the copper stranded wire 101 and the coil 66, it is heated by its own Joule heat, resulting in high expansion. Since the side is located on the terminal device 20 side, the diagonal piece 99 is bent in the direction away from the terminal device 20. The curved operation is set to operate with an overcurrent several times the rated current.

From the above configuration, the electric circuit is sequentially formed from the power supply side terminal device 21 to the connecting copper stranded wire 56, the fixed contact plate 53,
Fixed contact 46, movable contact 47, movable contact plate 57,
It is connected to the load side terminal device 20 via the copper stranded wire 102, the side plate 82 of the frame 79, the bimetal 45, the copper stranded wire 101, and the coil 66. Opening and closing are controlled by the contact portion 43. Further, the arc extinguishing chamber 51 is designed to extinguish the arc generated in the contact portion 43 in the event of a short circuit or disconnection by quickly separating it from between the contacts 46 and 47. Exhaust port 103 at the bottom of the terminal device 20
The arc travel plate 104 is continuously extended from below the fixed contact 46 of the fixed contact plate 53 to form an arc extinguishing chamber 5.
1 along the partition plate 50 and bottom plate 49,
This is placed opposite the upper arc traveling plate 84, and the exhaust port 1
A de-ion grid 105 is placed between the arc traveling plates 84 and 104 inside the de-ion grid 105, and an exhaust plate 106 with many holes is erected on the back side of the de-ion grid 105, and is also fixed to the de-ion grid 105. Arc-extinguishing side plates 107 are provided on both sides between the contact plates 53 to protect the main case 1 and the inner case 2 from arcs and to form a return path for arc gas. Further, a protruding rib 108 is provided on the center line of the arc traveling plate 104 from the fixed contact 46 to the deion grid 105 to facilitate the traveling of the arc and avoid sticking. The operation of the arc extinguishing device as described above is as follows:
When an arc occurs between the contacts 46 and 47 due to the opening of the contact plate 53, the current path containing the arc is
Since the fixed contact 46, the arc, the movable contact 47, and the movable contact plate 57 form a U-shape, an electromagnetic driving force that drives the arc toward the grid 105 is generated.
As a result, the arc leaves the contacts 46 and 47 and travels on the arc running plates 84 and 104, and when it approaches the de-ion grid 105, it is attracted and enters the de-ion grid 105. The gas is divided and cooled to extinguish the arc, and the gas is exhausted from the exhaust port 103 through the exhaust plate 106. In this way, short-circuiting and disconnection can be made faster.

The mechanism section 78 for turning on, off, tripping and resetting the movable contactor 43 includes a trip link 109, a latch link 64, an operating link 110, and a handle 111, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.
and an operating electromagnet device 112. The trip link 109 consists of a vertical piece 113 and a side piece 114 integrally connected at the intermediate part of the vertical piece 113, as shown in FIG. A shaft hole 116 is formed in the ear piece 114 and the ear piece 115, and the bimetal 45 of the side pieces 80 and 82 of the frame 79 is connected by a pin 87.
It passes through a hole 91 at the side end, and both ends are pivotally supported in support holes 89 formed in the main case 1 and the middle case 2. As shown in FIG.
The upper end portion is located in front of the gap adjustment screw 100 of the bimetal 45. Further, the side piece 114 stands obliquely upward, and has a downwardly directed hook portion 119 formed on the obliquely upper edge side of its upper end, and the upper end edge is formed into an arcuate surface 120 . This trip link 10
A torsion coil spring 121 for return is attached to the pin 87 of 9.
is fitted and supported, and its one end 121a is connected to the side piece 11.
4, and the other end 121b is fixed to the lower edge of the yoke 6.
The trip link 10 abuts and locks on the upper piece 74 of 5.
9 in the counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG.
The lower end of 13 contacts the movable rod 71 and the fixed iron core 6
It is designed so that it can be locked on the protruding surface of 8. The latch link 64 is formed by a pair of elongated side pieces 122, 123 facing each other, and connecting the upper left side edge (FIG. 12) with a latch bridging piece 124.
The pin 88 is passed through the hole 125 in the middle part of the frame 79, and the pin 88 is passed through the hole 92 on the movable contact 48 side of the side pieces 80, 82 of the frame 79, and both ends are used to support the main case 1 and the middle case 2. It is pivoted to the hole 90. A return torsion coil spring 1 is attached to the pin 88.
27 is supported, and one end 127a thereof is connected to the yoke 6.
5, and the other end 127b is locked to the upper piece 74 of the side piece 1.
22, 123, and its spring action urges the latch link 64 to rotate clockwise in FIG. I have to. The upper end of this latch link 64 and the upper end of the trip link 109 intersect, and the latch 1 at the lower end of the bridging piece 124
28 is located above the hook portion 119 of the trip link 109 in the rotating direction. Therefore, when the latch link 64 is rotated to the left against the spring force of the torsion coil spring 127, the latch portion 128 slides on the arc surface 120 of the trip link 109, and the trip link 109 is rotated to the right against the spring action. The latch portion 128 locks onto the hook portion 119. As a result, the trip link 109 and the latch link 64 are brought into a reset state, and the posture of the trip link 109 becomes the detection position of the bimetal adjustment screw 100 and the movable rod 71 by the vertical piece 113. When the trip link 109 operates, the latch link 64 is disengaged and released, resulting in a trip state. The pin 63 supporting the movable contact 43 is connected to the hole 12 at the lower end of the latch link 64.
9. Note that the lower piece 7 of the yoke 65
An opposing plate 126 is formed integrally with the main body case 1 above the contact plate 53, facing the caulking protrusion 76b of 5, and a contact plate 57 hangs down between the two, and the contact plate 57 can rotate through the interval. maximum spacing,
This prevents the arc from moving upward.

The handle 111 is made of an insulating material and has an eleventh
As shown in the figure, it is inserted into the handle groove 130a that is formed slightly to the right of the center of the top plate 11a of the middle case 2 and forms the handle exposure hole together with the main case 1, and the handle hole 130b of the upper cover 4. It is rotatably supported at the lower part by a shaft 131 between the holes 131a of the main case 1 and the middle case 2. This handle 111 has operation unevenness 111a formed on both sides of the portion protruding from the upper cover 4 in the rotational direction, and an arc plate-shaped ON display plate 111b (with "ON" written on the surface) on both sides of the lower side of the upper cover 4. display) and an off display plate 111c (displaying "OFF" on the surface), and a connecting hole 133 is provided at the lower end of the handle 111 with the shaft 131 in between.
(FIG. 13), and as shown in FIG.
Figure). In this way, the handle 111
is in the on position as shown in Figure 14, the handle hole 1
30b, the word "ON" on the on display board 111b can be read, and when the handle 111 is in the off position as shown in FIG. 15, the word "OFF" on the off display board 111c can be read from the handle hole 130b. You can check whether it is on or off. The operation link 110 is an H-shaped flat plate with both sides bent in the same direction, and consists of both side pieces 136 and a bridging piece 137. One end of the both side pieces 136 is connected to the connecting hole 133 by a pivot pin 138, and the other a pivot pin 60 whose end supports the movable contact plate 57 and the contact frame 58;
connected to. The posture of the handle 111 in FIG. 14 (tilt to the right) is in the on state, and by tilting to the right in this way, the operation link 110 is pushed, the movable contact 48 is pushed, and the latch link 64 is latched to the trip link 109. Therefore, the movable contact 48 rotates around the pin 63, and the movable contact 4
7 contacts the fixed contact 46. Furthermore, handle 1
11 to the home position, since the movable contact 47 is in contact with the fixed contact 46, the movable contact plate 57
rotates about the pin 60, which compresses the contact pressure applying spring 59, thereby applying contact pressure. In this way, the contact portion 43 is closed, resulting in an on state, and this state is maintained by the operating electromagnet device 112, which will be described later. FIG. 15 shows the handle 111 in the off state (tilted to the left). In this case, too, the movable contact 48 rotates about the pivot pin 63 of the latch link 64, and when the handle 111 is tilted to the left, the operating link 111 is rotated. is pulled and the operation link 110
Since the upper end of the movable contact 48 is pulled, the movable contact 47 separates from the fixed contact 46 and opens. This off operation also resets the latch link 64 after the trip operation. That is,
In the trip-free state, the latch link 64 is released from the trip link 109 and rotates around the pin 126 by the spring 127, so the latch link 64 is in the state shown in FIGS. When the operation link 110 is pulled, the movable contact 48 is pulled up as a whole toward the handle 111, so that the latch link 64 pulls the spring 12 around the pin 126.
The latch portion 12 rotates to the left against the spring force of 7.
8 slides on the arcuate surface 120 of the trip link 109 and is engaged with the hook portion 119.

The trip display device 139 displays a trip when a trip operation is performed due to an abnormal current, and consists of a display link 139a and an interlocking link 139b as shown in FIG. Display link 1
39a has a lower end pivotally supported by the handle shaft 131,
An arc-shaped trip display board 139c ("TRIP" is displayed on the surface) is provided at the upper end.
The interlocking link 139b has both ends bent in the same direction to form an axis, and the display link 139a and the latch link 6
It is connected to the upper end of 4. This trip display device 139 is located in a position retracted from the off position of the handle 111 when the latch link 64 is in the reset state as shown in FIGS.
When the latch link 64 becomes tripped, the latch link 64 rotates clockwise, and the interlocking link 139b
Press to rotate the display link 139a and move the trip display plate 139c to the ON display plate 1 of the handle 111.
11b (the handle 111 is always in the on position during the tripping operation). As a result, when viewed from the handle hole 130b, the word "TRIP" on the trip display board 139 can be read, and the display "ON" is hidden.

The operating electromagnet device 112 is inserted into the storage portion 52 in an upright position with respect to the bottom plate 49 of the main body case 1 with the side from which the plunger 140 is projected as the top, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 14. 1
40 is connected to the plunger connecting hole 135 of the handle 111 via a U-shaped pin 141. This electromagnet device 112 is of a bistable polar type, and as shown in FIG.
44, a coil 147 is wound between the upper and lower flanges 145, 146, and a pair of inner yokes 148 are attached to the left and right sides of the coil frame 143.
a and the lower piece 148b, the both side edges of the yoke 148 are engaged between the flanges 145 and 146, and a pair of permanent magnets 149 magnetized in the thickness direction are attracted to the outer surface of the inner yoke 148 (the magnetic poles are (displayed as N, S),
Furthermore, a pair of outer yokes 150 are attracted to the outer sides of the permanent magnets 149, respectively. The plunger 140 slidably passes through the square hole 144 of the coil frame 143, and the inner yoke 148 is attached to the upper and lower ends of the plunger 140.
and collars 151, 15 between the outer yoke 149
2, a connecting portion 153 protrudes from the upper surface of the collar 151, and a U-shaped pin 141 is provided at the upper end of the connecting portion 153.
An engagement hole 153a is formed to receive the bearing. A buffer plate 154 is interposed between the lower ends of the outer yoke 150 to provide buffering during movement of the plunger 140. Since the magnetic poles N and S of the permanent magnet 149 have the same polarity facing each other as shown in FIG. The magnetic poles N appear and are facing each other. Therefore, both ribs 151 and 152 of the plunger 140 are the first
In either position shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 15, it is attracted and latched. In addition, the coil frame 14
3 and the arm 134 of the handle 111, and its spring force is weaker than the attraction force of the plunger 140, but when the handle 111 is turned off manually or by the magnet device 112, this spring action is applied. works, opening the contacts 46 and 47 vigorously. This electromagnet device 112 is
When the handle 111 is manually turned on or off in a non-energized state, the force moves the plunger 140 up and down, and as described above, the upper and lower positions of the plunger 140 are moved by the magnetic force of the permanent magnet 149. As a result, the on and off states of the handle 111 are maintained, respectively, so that the movable contact 48 is maintained in contact with the fixed contact 46 with contact pressure as shown in FIG. It is maintained in the open state shown in FIG. On the other hand, the end of the coil 147 and the operation terminal 22
As shown in FIG. 21, a pair of rectifying diodes 156, 157 and a switching contact portion 158 are interposed and connected to each other, so that this electromagnet device 112 can be driven with alternating current. That is, these parts are disposed in a recess 159 formed between the middle case 2 and the side case 3 on the middle case 2 side. First, the U-shaped fixed contact plate 160 is fitted onto the fixed protrusion 161,
A pair of switching contact plates 162 and 163 are attached to the fixed protrusion 16
The slit 165 of the support protrusion 164 facing 1
a, 165b, and is in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the fixed contact plate 160. Further, an arcuate hole 166 is formed between the fixed protrusion 161 and the support protrusion 164, and a switching contact drive bar 167 integrally formed on the side surface of the arm 134 of the handle 111 passes through the arcuate hole 166 and connects the switching contact plate 162. ,16
3 and the on position of the handle 111 (the 8th
14), the lower switching contact plate 163 is opened from the fixed contact plate 160, and when the handle 111 is in the OFF position (FIG. 15), the upper switching contact plate 163
is being developed. Then, as shown in FIG. 21, the end of the coil 147 is connected to the fixed contact plate 160 and one operation terminal 22, and
Diodes 156 and 157 are connected to the terminals 62 and 163 so that the polarities are opposite to each other, and each diode 15
6,157 are connected to the remaining operation terminals 22. In FIG. 21, 167 is an AC power supply;
8 is an external changeover switch. In this way,
For example, when the external changeover switch 168 is turned on, a unidirectional current flows through the diode 156 to the coil 147, and the plunger 140 moves from the upper position in FIG. 15 to the lower position in FIG. 14 and is held there. At this time, the drive lever 167 rotates downward and the movable contact plate 162 contacts the fixed contact plate 160,
The movable contact plate 163 is separated from the fixed contact plate 160, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 21b. Therefore, when turning off the external changeover switch 168, the coil 147 is energized in the opposite direction to drive the plunger 140 upward, and the handle 11 is turned off.
1 to the off position, and the lever 167 switches the movable contact plates 162 and 163. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned trip state, the latch link 64 is released from the trip link 109 and rotates by its spring 127 as shown in FIGS. The movable contact 48 rotates via the contact 110, and trip-free operation is performed in which the movable contact 47 is opened from the fixed contact 46 without operating the handle 111 and the plunger 153 of the electromagnetic device 112.

The above is a case of a three-wire system, but in the case of a two-wire system, as shown in FIG.
0 may be provided, and the operating principle is the same as that of the 3-wire system. Of course, the electromagnet device 112 can be driven by further applying a DC voltage.

The trip test button 171 is used to arbitrarily test the trip operation of the mechanism section 78. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 11, a button hole 172 and a mounting groove 173 are formed on the left side of the handle 111 of the inner case 2 and the upper cover 4,
A test button 171 is inserted into this through the side opening of the inner case 2, and is rotatably supported by a shaft portion 174. This test button 171 has a fixed arm 173a extending in the rotation direction within the mounting groove 173, and the fixed arm 173a is positioned in the horizontal groove 175 of the mounting groove 173, and the fixed arm 173a By elastically locking the protrusion 177 at the tip of the test button 177, the test button 177 is fixed, and when the test button 171 is rotated to the left in FIG. The lower end 171a of the test button 171 faces the front side of the upper edge of the trip link 109. Therefore, when the test button 171 is rotated, the lower end of the test button 171 pushes the side piece 114 of the trip link 109, causing the trip link 109 to rotate to the right, thereby releasing the engagement with the latch link 64.
A tripping operation is performed.

The option switch 178 is used for external alarms, etc., and is installed in a recess 179 formed on the side of the middle case 2 between the middle case 2 and the side case 3, as shown in FIG. This recess 179 and the recess 159 in which the diodes 156 and 157 are located are formed by the difference between the width space occupied by the electromagnet device 112 and the width space occupied by the mechanism section 78 and the handle 111. This option switch 178 is connected to the auxiliary terminal 23, and is activated by detecting the tripping operation of the latch link 64 of the mechanism section 78 by a member 178a.

The remote control type circuit breaker with the above configuration houses each component in the outer shell A as described above, and the mechanism section 78 includes an electromagnetic device 44 that performs an instantaneous tripping operation, a bimetal 45, a movable contact 48, The arc traveling plate 84, handle 111, remote control electromagnet device 112, and trip display device 139 are housed in one block in the main body case 1. In addition, this bow disconnector is used with the bottom plate 49 of the main body case 1 attached to the vertical mounting surface.
At this time, the plunger 1 of the operating electromagnet device 112
40 assumes a horizontal posture with respect to the ground and moves in the horizontal direction. Furthermore, this remote control type circuit breaker shows the structure for one pole; in the case of multiple poles, the same structure is installed side by side on the side and the caulking pins are passed through the connecting holes 5 to 7. This allows them to be connected together. In the case of three poles, the first
As shown in Fig. 9, instead of the upper cover 4, a three-pole upper cover 180 is placed over the three pole disconnectors, and three single-pole pole disconnectors are simply arranged in a distribution board or the like. In order to distinguish it from the other poles, only one handle hole 181 and one trip test button hole 182 are opened, the protrusion that becomes the knob of the handle of the other pole is removed, and the test button 171 is removed. In addition, in the case of multi-pole, one on/off interlocking rod for handle interlocking and trip interlocking.
83 and trip interlock rod 184 are applied.
The trip linking rod 184 shown in FIG. 20 penetrates each pole through a through hole 185 formed in the frame 79 inside the intersection of the trip link 109 and the latch link 64 as shown in FIG. A latch link sensing protrusion 186 and a trip link tripping protrusion 187 that face each other extend out, and both ends thereof are rotatably supported by the side plates of the outer shell A. For example, if an abnormal current flows in a single-pole circuit and a trip occurs,
As the upper end of the latch link 64 is rotated upward by the spring 127, the latch link sensing protrusion 186 is pushed and rotated to the left in FIG. Push in the direction. As a result, the other poles also trip at the same time. On the other hand, on/off interlocking rod 1
83 is a hole 183 at the display plate position of each handle 111.
A is formed and communicated with these so that when the handle of one pole is turned on or off by hand or by the electromagnetic device 112, the handle of the other pole is also turned on or off at the same time. Furthermore, by connecting the coils 147 of each pole of the operating electromagnet device 112 in series, using the operating terminal 22 for only one pole, and sending an operating signal to the operating terminal 22,
Electromagnetic devices 112 can work simultaneously to perform the same operation.

Next, we will summarize the operation of this remote control type circuit breaker. That is, the on state is shown in FIG. 18a and FIG. 14.
In this case, latch link 64 is trip link 1
09, the handle 111 is tilted to the right, and the movable contact 48 comes into contact with the fixed contact 46.
Also, the plunger 140 of the operating electromagnet device 112
moves downward and is held by the permanent magnet 149. As mentioned above, for this holding, the handle 1
11 and the movable contact 48 are held in the on position. Note that this ON operation may be performed by directly operating the handle 111 or by sending a signal to the operating terminal 22 to drive the plunger 140 downward.

The off state is shown in FIGS. 18b and 15. As before, the latch link 64 is latched and the handle 111 is tilted to the left, so that the movable contact 4
8 is an open state. Also, the operating electromagnet device 11
The second plunger 140 is moved to the upper position and held there. Its working relationship and operation mode are the same as in the on state.

Among the trip states, overcurrent trip is shown in FIG. 18c and FIG. 16. That is, the first
When an overcurrent flows through the electric circuit in the ON state shown in FIG. 4, the trip link 109 is gradually pushed due to self-heating of the bimetal 45, and the latch link 64 is released, causing the latch link 64 to rotate. As a result, the movable contact pivot pin 63 moves downward, and since the handle 111 remains held by the plunger 140, the movable contact 47 separates from the fixed contact 46, and the electric path is finally severed. As described above, the reset after tripping occurs when the handle 111 is turned to the OFF position from the state shown in FIG. rotate to
Latch portion 128 is latched to hook portion 119 of trip link 109. Of course, the operation terminal 15,
A signal may be applied to 16 to actuate electromagnetic device 112 to actuate handle 111 to the off position.

The short circuit trip is shown in FIGS. 18d and 17. That is, in the on state, when a short circuit current flows through the electric circuit, the plunger 9 of the electromagnetic device 44
6 is attracted to the fixed iron core 68. As a result, the movable rod 71 is pushed out and pushes the lower end of the trip link 109, and since the trip link 109 rotates, the latch link 64 is released, and the movable contact 48 is opened as described above. However, before the movable contactor 48 is opened by such link interlocking, that is, at the exact same time as the plunger 70 operates, the collar 97 of the forced opening rod 96 engages with the contact plate 57 and pulls it. The movable contact 47 is connected to the fixed contact 4
Separate from 6. That is, the latch link 64
Just before the contact plate 57 is tripped, the contact plate 57 rotates about the pin 60 in a direction that compresses the contact pressure applying spring 59 and performs an opening operation. The reset operation is the same as described above.

In these tripping operations, when the latch link 64 rotates, the display link 139a rotates,
A trip display board 139c is located on the upper surface of the ON display board 111b to perform a trip display.

As mentioned above, the remote control type circuit breaker of this invention is installed in a stair-like manner with the power supply side terminal etc. from the center of the upper surface of the breaker body. It does not increase the area and does not get in the way of the power supply side terminals, etc. Moreover, although the disconnector body has a vertically divided structure, the upper cover covers the top surface of the disconnector body. The separation of the main body of the device can be hidden without deteriorating the appearance, and since the terminal cover is attached to the top cover via a thin hinge, the installation structure of the terminal cover is simple and can be opened and closed, making it easy to connect the terminals. There is an effect that it can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, Fig. 3 is a front view, Fig. 4 is a rear view, Fig. 5 is a side view of the main body case, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the device. Figure 7 is a side view of the inner case seen from inside, Figure 7 is a side view with the inner case removed, Figure 8 is a sectional view with the side case removed, Figure 9 is a partially cutaway plan view, Figure 10
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the movable contact, electromagnet device, and mechanism, and FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the operating electromagnet device and handle. , FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the on state, FIG. 15 is a sectional view of the off state, FIG. 16 is a sectional view of the bimetal trip state, and FIG.
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the trip state caused by the electromagnetic device.
Fig. 18 is an operation diagram, Fig. 19 is a plan view of a three-pole type circuit breaker, Fig. 20 is a perspective view of a trip interlocking rod, and Fig. 21 is a three-wire drive circuit diagram of an operating electromagnet device. , Fig. 22 is a two-wire drive circuit diagram, Fig. 23 is a cutaway side view showing the connection state of the operation terminal, Fig. 24 is a cutaway side view of the conventional example in its installed state, and Fig. 25 shows its flash plate. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the removed state. 1...A main body case that forms the breaker main body, 2
...Same side case, 4...Top cover, 12...
Terminal cover, 13... Hinge part, 20, 21...
Main terminal, 22... Operation terminal, 130a... Handle groove forming a handle exposure hole, 130b... Handle hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vertically divided structure of the shaya disconnector body, which has a main body case having an opening on the side and a side case that covers the opening, and has a handle exposure hole formed approximately in the center of the upper surface, and both sides of the shaya disconnector main body. a main terminal provided in each of the main terminals, an operation terminal provided in a stepped manner with respect to the main terminal near the handle exposure hole at the upper part of the side part of the shield breaker body; an upper cover that covers the upper surface of the disconnector body and has a handle hole that aligns with the handle exposure hole; and an upper cover that is integrally connected to a thin hinge portion formed on the side of the upper cover so that the operation terminal can be opened and closed. A remote-controlled circuit disconnector with a terminal cover that encloses the terminal cover.