Cooper Power Systems, Inc.

Rte Corporation

Charles M Martin

Dean J Schemmel

Wayne W Lien

Augusto D Hernandez

Apparatus for detecting the sufficiency and quality of an amount of dielectric material contained in the cavity of a transformer bushing is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a collar assembly which when placed over the bushing forms a capacitive element, a tunable signal producer for applying a signal to the capacitive element, a circuit for receiving, amplifying and rectifying the output signal from the capacitive element, and an indicator to detect and indicate the dielectric condition or capacitance of the capacitive element and thus the sufficiency and/or quality of the dielectric material within said bushing assembly. The collar assembly in one embodiment comprises a pair of electrically conductive segments which are hinged together for positioning about the bushing. The interior surfaces of the collar assembly are shaped to conform substantially to the outer shape of the transformer bushing.

Electrical feed-through bushing cavity insulation detector

Apparatus for detecting the sufficiency and quality of an amount of dielectric material contained in the cavity of a transformer bushing is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a collar assembly which when placed over the bushing forms a capacitive element, a tunable signal producer for applying a signal to the capacitive element, a circuit for receiving, amplifying and rectifying the output signal from the capacitive element, and an indicator to detect and indicate the dielectric condition or capacitance of the capacitive element and thus the sufficiency and/or quality of the dielectric material within said bushing assembly.

A core shunt packet for reducing the telephone influence factor in a transformer of the type having a core formed from strips of magnetic material arranged in end-to-end relation forming a series of staggered gaps at one end of the core, the core shunt packets including one or more steel laminations mounted in an envelope, the envelope being mounted on the side of the core in a position to bridge the gap area on the core with a sheet of insulation located between the envelope and the side of the core.

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Waukesha, WI, United States of America

Charles M Martin