CN1677604A - Arc suppression device for circuit breaker - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an arc-extinguishing device of a circuit breaker for improving breaking performance by making an arc-extinguishing function by arc narrowing effectively act on an arc generated between a fixed contactor and a movable contactor in circuit breaking. A box-shaped arc barrier 5 made of an insulator that surrounds the tip of the contactor including the moving contact 2a and extends toward the fixed contactor 1 is mounted to the movable contactor 2, and the arc Arc generated between a fixed contact and the movable contact in circuit breaking is narrowed inside the arc barrier. The arc barrier is constituted by a U-shaped housing of a slit structure that is made of ceramics with high heat resistance or an insulator of hydrocarbon-based resin that contacts with the high-temperature arc and generates gas. The tips of right and left side walls are mounted to the tip of the movable contactor toward the fixed contactor side.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to the arc-extinction device that assembles on the current interruption portion as the circuit-breaker of object such as Inturruptor for sub-line, residual current circuit breaker.
Background technology
At first, Fig. 3 illustrates the structure (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) that adopts the prior art of extinguishing arc grid body as the arc-extinction device of the current interruption portion of the alleged circuit-breaker of title.On figure, the 1st, make front edge contact portion be configured as the fixed contact of コ font, the 2nd, revolving movable contact, the 3rd, the arc channel (arc runner) that is connected with the contact portion of fixed contact 1, the 4th, have the extinguishing arc grid body of many pieces of flase floor 4a of lamination with gap each other along the disconnection mobile route of movable contact 2 and at it.
As everyone knows, in the above-described configuration, when generally switching on, the travelling contact 2a of movable contact 2 and the fixed contact of fixed contact 1 (hidden 4 li of extinguishing arc grid bodies at Fig. 3, as not describe) are contacted.Here, if the overcurrent of short circuit current flow etc. on main circuit, then the magnetic field by fixed contact 1, movable contact 2 upper reaches overcurrent produces electromagnetic repulsion force between fixed contact 1 and movable contact 2, if this electromagnetic repulsion force surmounts the loading of the contact pressing spring (not shown) of contact, then movable contact 2 breaks away from towards open position and fixed contact 1, and, when moving, the movable contact disconnection extends simultaneously at the interpolar generation electric arc Arc of fixed contact and travelling contact.In addition, the electromagnetic force that electric arc is subjected to flowing through movably, the magnetic field of the electric current of fixed contact produces, make the electric arc point (basic point of electric arc) of fixed contact move to arc channel 3 from fixed contact, then by flase floor 4a disjunction, when arc voltage sharply increases, cooling effect also increases, and in view of the above, current limitation is opened circuit.
Arc-extinction device as circuit-breaker, as everyone knows, use and remember compression extinguishing arc mode down promptly: replace and use aforesaid extinguishing arc grid body 4, composite magnetic body and insulator constitute the explosion chamber, in the slot that the electric arc that produces between fixing/movable contact is expressed to insulator in aforementioned explosion chamber by electromagnetic actuation force on, forms when making current interruption, compression arc, then, make the insulator that is subjected to arc heat produce thermal decomposition gas, also add the abrasive effect of cooling electric arc thereupon, improve arc voltage.(for example, with reference to patent documentation 2).
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, the Inturruptor for sub-line of the arc-extinction device of the prior art of employing aforementioned manner, residual current circuit breaker have problem as follows on aspect structure, the opening performance.That is:
(1) product overall dimension standardization except that framework such as Inturruptor for sub-line, the volume of tie breaker increases limited.Therefore on grid extinguishing arc mode (patent documentation 1) as described in Figure 3, it is also limited to be used to make the extinguishing arc flase floor of space enlargement that the electric arc that produces between fixing/movable contact fully extends and series connection breaking arc to count increase.
(2) in the explosion chamber of patent documentation 2 disclosed insulators, the electric arc that the interpolar of fixing/movable contact is produced is clamp-oned in the slot that insulator forms and is dwindled, yet, since in the arc column diameter expansion that between fixing/movable contact, produces during in current interruption on the circuit-breaker of tens of KVA levels to more than the 10mm, so make the electric arc of such spread be squeezed into essential powerful electromagnetic actuation force in the insulator slit, be quite difficult actually.Bringing into play the electric arc current limitation effect that produces by the extruding in the slit is because the electric arc that produces after the disconnection action beginning of movable contact is subjected to electromagnetic force, be extruded in the slot of insulator, so the time delay in electric arc moves to the insulator slot influences the opening performance of circuit breaker.
In addition, electric arc for the interpolar generation, in fixed contact one side the basic point of electric arc is divided a word with a hyphen at the end of a line on the arc channel, the side drives in the explosion chamber, is subjected to the extinguishing arc effect, yet, because movable contact moves to open position, so at open position by the outside, explosion chamber, on electric arc basic point that the contact from movable contact begins to stretch part, the arc eliminator that the electric arc extruding by the explosion chamber produces is inoperative.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is in view of the premises, its objective is and solve above-mentioned problem, when providing with simple structure to current interruption between fixing/movable contact the electric arc of arcing, unnecessaryly be pressed into driving, even also can bring into play arc eliminator effectively, seek to improve the arc-extinction device of the circuit-breaker of opening performance based on electric arc extruding at the open position of movable contact.
In order to achieve the above object,, provide a kind of circuit-breaker, when the main circuit overcurrent is switched on, movable contact left from fixed contact, carry out current interruption according to the present invention,
According to the 1st invention, on aforementioned movable contact, carry to surround the contact leading section that contains its travelling contact and to the box-shaped electric arc slider of the insulant system of fixed contact one side extension, when current interruption, make the electric arc that between fixed contact/travelling contact, produces in the inner extruding of aforementioned arc slider (inventive aspect 1), as its concrete form, by utilizing the high pottery of thermal endurance or contact the hydrocarbon that produces gas with high-temperature electric arc is that the U font casing arcing of the narrow crack structure that makes of the insulant of resin shields the crack, the front end that makes its left and right sides sidewall is towards the fixed contact side, is installed on the leading section of movable contact (inventive aspect 2).
In addition, in the 2nd invention of the present invention, the box-shaped electric arc slider of insulant system is set on the terminal location of the disconnection mobile route of movable contact, it is accommodated and comprises by disconnecting the contact leading section of contact that action moves to the movable contact of aforementioned terminals position, make the electric arc that when circuit breaker, between fixed contact/travelling contact, produces be incorporated into aforementioned arc slider inside and push (inventive aspect 3) with movable contact, specifically, similarly using by pottery or hydrocarbon with the 1st invention is the electric arc screen crack that the U font casing of the narrow crack structure made of the insulant of resin constitutes, and makes its left and right sides sidewall front end be arranged on (inventive aspect 4) on its open position towards the mobile route of movable contact.
In addition, different with the aforementioned arc slider, at disconnection mobile route configuration extinguishing arc flase floor, can further improve the arc performance (inventive aspect 5) of circuit-breaker by combination extinguishing arc flase floor and electric arc slider along movable contact.
According to above-mentioned formation of the present invention, in the disconnection action of movable contact, the electric arc of arcing carries on movable contact and is extruded in the electric arc slider inside of its contact portion of encirclement between fixing/movable contact, even this state also continues to keep in movable contact moves to open position after fixed contact leaves process, yet, push driving electric arc because there is no need in the insulator slot of the explosion chamber of leaving from contact the arc-extinction device (with reference to patent documentation 2) as prior art, so not free delay, just can bring into play the (compression of clamp-oning by electric arc, cooling) current-limiting function of the electric current that produces, in view of the above, shorten the current interruption time, improved the opening performance of circuit-breaker.
According to the 2nd invention, in case when current interruption, movable contact leaves from fixed contact, move to open position, then be introduced into movable contact and be compressed among the electric arc slider that is disposing on the open position, should be subjected to the extinguishing arc effect that the aforementioned wearing and tearing by the electric arc slider cause here at the electric arc basic point of arcing between fixing/movable contact and elongation.Thereby, by the aforementioned arc slider that on the open position of movable contact, disposes with along the acting in conjunction of the extinguishing arc grid body of the mobile route configuration of movable contact, increased substantially the opening performance of circuit breaker.
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Fig. 1 is the pie graph of the current interruption portion of embodiments of the invention 1, (a) is the stereoscopic figure of installation constitution, (b) is the stereogram that removes under the state of the extinguishing arc flase floor on (a).
Fig. 2 is the stereogram that the circuit breaker portion of embodiments of the invention 2 constitutes,
Fig. 3 is equipped with the stereogram that the current interruption portion of the prior art structure of extinguishing arc flase floor constitutes.
Symbol description: 1 fixed contact, 1a fixed contact, 2 movable contacts, 2a travelling contact, 3 arc channel, 4 extinguishing arc grid bodies, 5 electric arc sliders, Arc electric arc.
Embodiment
Below, according to Fig. 1, each embodiment shown in Figure 2, example of the present invention is illustrated.
Fig. 1 (a) and (b) are to illustrate the embodiment's corresponding with inventive aspect of the present invention 1,2,5.At present embodiment, compare with prior art structure shown in Figure 3, on movable contact 2, carry the electric arc slider 5 of equipment insulant system, so that surround its leading section.This electric arc slider 5 contacts the thermoplasticity that produces a large amount of thermal decomposition gases with the pottery of high-fire resistance or with high-temperature electric arc, the hydrocarbon of Thermocurable is that resin is as material, make the case construction of U font as shown, the front end that makes its left and right sides sidewall is (fixed contact side) downwards, surrounds the leading section of the contact 2a that contains movable contact 2 and across its back side, combination.In addition, electric arc slider 5 makes its left and right sides width D make thickness of slab d equal extent with movable contact 2, forms in the narrow crack of extruding electric arc between the sidewall of the left and right sides, and making the length of the above-below direction of left and right sides sidewall is L, and its front end is extended to fixed contact 1.This electric arc slider 5 also can extend by extreme direction before movable contact, covers movable contact fore-end (left side of Fig. 1).In addition, fixed contact 1 arrives and movable contact 2 thickness of slab d equal extent the front end reduced width, and fixed contact 1a is set in the above.
Different with aforementioned arc slider 5, on the disconnection mobile route of movable contact 2, similarly dispose many pieces of extinguishing arc grid bodies 4 with Fig. 3, by in the groove of the plate face upper shed of this flase floor 4a, make aforementioned arc slider 5 move to open position with movable contact 2.
In above-mentioned formation, under the contact 2a that makes movable contact 2 and engagement state that the contact 1a of fixed contact 1 contacts, electric arc slider 5 surrounds fixed contact 1a and travelling contact 2a.Here, in case the electromagnetic repulsion force that the energising of reason overcurrent produces makes movable contact 2 leave fixed contact 1, then shown in Fig. 1 (b), after the electric arc Arc of arcing between the contact of fixed contact 1 and movable contact 2 begins from the disconnection action, clamp-on between the left and right sides sidewall of electric arc slider 5, be subjected to the cooling effect that produces because of aforesaid abrasive effect simultaneously.And, even move in the way to open position at movable contact 2, clamp-oning state based on the electric arc of these electric arc slider 5 generations also continues to keep, in addition, move with the disconnection of movable contact 2 and to link to each other, and the contact 1a of fixed contact 1 between the electric arc that extends by the electromagnetic force arc channel 3 of dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line, then the part of arc column by extinguishing arc flase floor 4a by disjunction and be subjected to metering function.That is, arcing when current interruption postpones along the electric arc Arc of interpolar elongation is not free, is subjected to the extinguishing arc effect of electric arc slider 5 and extinguishing arc flase floor 4a, in view of the above, eliminates at short time electric arc, and electric current obtains current limliting and opens circuit.
Fig. 2 illustrates the embodiment corresponding with inventive aspect of the present invention 3,4,5.At this embodiment, to be arranged on the open position of movable contact 2 with the U font box-shaped electric arc slider 5 that the described same insulant of previous embodiment 1 is made with extinguishing arc grid body 4 combinations of lamination flase floor 4a, when current interruption, move, the contact 2a of movable contact 2 is incorporated in the narrow crack between the left and right sides sidewall of electric arc slider 5 to open position.In illustrated embodiment, the left side plate 4b that makes flase floor 4a remain on the extinguishing arc grid body of installation site prolongs upward, and here the fixed arc slider 5.
On above-mentioned formation, in case move because of the disconnection of circuit-breaker, movable contact 2 moves to illustrated open position always, and the leading section of the movable contact 2 that comprises travelling contact is entered between the left and right sides sidewall of electric arc slider 5.Thereby, when current interruption, the arc column part of the electric arc Arc of arcing and elongation is a serial electric arc by extinguishing arc flase floor 4a disjunction between fixed contact 1 and movable contact 2, then, on the open position of movable contact 2 to the electric arc basic point part of extending above the extinguishing arc grid body device 4 is incorporated into electric arc slider 5 with movable contact among, here, the narrow crack extruding by between the left and right sides sidewall of electric arc slider 5 is subjected to powerful extinguishing arc effect.Its result, the arc-extinction device of constructing with prior art shown in Figure 3 compares, and can guarantee high opening performance.
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