US2142861A - Electric circuit interrupter - Google Patents

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US2142861A
US2142861A US201410A US20141038A US2142861A US 2142861 A US2142861 A US 2142861A US 201410 A US201410 A US 201410A US 20141038 A US20141038 A US 20141038A US 2142861 A US2142861 A US 2142861A
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/76Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid wherein arc-extinguishing gas is evolved from stationary parts; Selection of material therefor

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  • circuit interrupter oi the aforesaid type
  • the arc is drawn in a confining insulating structure, such as a tube composed of material which under the influence of the are heat emits gases or vapors tending to extinguish the arc.
  • Inorganic materials such, for example, as boric acid, ammonium alum, etc., have been proposed as the gas-emitting material.
  • water is chemically combined so that, under the influence of the arc, vapors are released for the arc-extinguishing process. terials cannot be molded or formed satisfactorily the more desirable mechanical characteristics,
  • electric circuit interrupters having insulating structures disposed adjacent and in confining relation to an arc formed upon opening the circuit-comprise a resinous condensation product of a polyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid or an anhydride thereof.
  • condensation products are now commonly known in the resin art as alkyd v resins.
  • the preparation of an alkyd resin from, for example, glycerine and phthalic anhydride may be carried out in accordance :with the method described, for instance, in U. S. Patents 1,108,329 and 1,108,330, issued to Michael J. Callahan on August 25, 1914.
  • Other polyhydric alcohols and other polybasicacids may be caused to react to produce an alkyd resin.
  • Modified alkyd resins also may be used in carrying the present invention into effect, for example oilmodified alkyd resins prepared as described, for example, in U. S. Patent 1,893,873 issued to Roy H. Kienle on January 10, 1 933.
  • circuit breaker having means, such as the stationary contact I and the movable rod contact 2, for opening the circuit so as to form an arc, and an insulating structure 3 forming an arc chamber for closely confining the are between the contacts.
  • the insulating structure 3 con-- sists of a tubular member closed at the fixed contact end and open at the other end for receiving the rod contact.
  • the tube I is formed of, or has at least its inner walls sure faced with a composition comprising an allgd resin such, for example, as a glyceryl-phthalate alkyd resin.
  • an allgd resin such as a glyceryl-phthalate alkyd resin.
  • They may be cast, and may be hardened in a cast'condition, or they may be made in the form of a pressable, heat-hardenable powder, which is molded under pressure, or under heat and pressure, to form the shaped insulating structure.
  • the shaped mass is cured, for instance under heat, to harden it.
  • Tubes for circuit interrupters may be made of alkyd resins in any desired wall thickness and of a wall strength adequate to meet the widest They have the range of service requirements. further desirable feature that they show minimum tendency to cause high voltage surges during the arc-interrupting process.
  • alkyd resins suitably combined with materials which influence the gas vapors evolved from the surfaces of the tube under the heat of the arc and serving to quench the arc.
  • materials which influence the gas vapors evolved from the surfaces of the tube under the heat of the arc and serving to quench the arc.
  • materials are urea, oxalic acid, boric acid, ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium alum or other compounds capable of liberating an arc-interrupting gas.
  • high decomposition velocity and compatibility with alkyd resins', nitro-cellulose (cellulose nitrate) is especially suitable for combining with such resins to form improved arc-extinguishing tubes.
  • the filled or unfilled alkyd resins may be combined with reinforcing materials such, for instance, as linen, paper, wool, spun glass, asbestos, and so forth. Thesematerials in sheet or other form may, for example, be coated and impregnated with an alkydresin composition and shaped into tubular form. Also, alternate layers of such reinforcing materials and sheet alkyd resin may be superposed to form a laminated insulating structure, the innermost layer being formed of alkyd resin. Vulcanized fiber Due to its or other conventional arc-interrupting tubes also may be fitted with an inner liner of a composition composed chiefly of alkyd resin.
  • An electric circuit interrupter comprising means for forming an arc, and an insulating structure disposed adjacent and in confining relation to said are, the walls of said structure in proximity to said are being surfaced with a composition comprising alkyd resin.
  • An electric circuit interrupter comprising means for forming an arc, and an insulating tubular structure within which said are is drawn, said tubular structure being in confining relation to said are and having walls in proximity thereto formed of a material consisting chiefly of glyceryl-phthalate resin.
  • An electric circuit interrupter comprising means for forming an arc, and an insulating structure disposed adjacent and in confining relation to said arc, said insulating structure comprising an alkyd resin suitably combined with other material capable of yielding an arc-interrupting gas under the heat of the are.
  • An electric circuit interrupter comprising means for forming an arc, and an insulating structure disposed adjacent and in confining relation to said arc, said insulating structure comprising a'combination of alkyd resin and cellulose nitrate.
  • An electric circuit interrupter including an arc-confining structure, said structure consisting of a reinforcing material impregnated with a composition comprising an alkyd resin.
  • An electric circuit interrupter including an arc-confining structure, said structure consist- 7 ing of a reinforcing material having an inner resin, the innermost layer being constituted of the said resinous composition.

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  • Arc-Extinguishing Devices That Are Switches (AREA)
  • Organic Insulating Materials (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Porous Articles, And Recovery And Treatment Of Waste Products (AREA)
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