Sace S.p.a. Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche

Giuseppe Muscaglione

Gianpietro Talpo

The present invention relates to an electrical arc interruption chamber, in particular for fluid-quenched circuit breakers, in which, inside a tightly sealed insulating encasing, containing an arc-quenching gas, provided are current-bearing connections, respectively supporting a movable main contact and a stationary main contact, each one of the main contacts being provided with its respective arc contact, and wherein the movable arc contact of the tulip type is positioned inside a wall element of insulating material, having, e.g., the shape of an upside-down bell, the movable contact and the bell-shaped element being housed inside the body of the movable main contact, in order to define a first chamber for the passage of the arc-quenching gas between the said body and the said insulating element, defined being furthermore a second chamber for the passage of the arc-quenching gas, which is movable between the movable arc contact and the bell-shaped element.

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Pontirolo Nuovo, Italy

Giuseppe Muscaglione