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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Georges Bernard, Saint-Egreve, FR;
Pierre Montanier, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
Merlin Gerin, Grenoble, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ;
Abstract
An arc-extinguishing device having a pair of separable electrodes to draw an arc therebetween. A permanent magnet is associated with each electrode and the magnetic fields produced by the magnets are additive to rapidly transfer the arc to diverging parts of the electrodes thereby causing the arc to be lengthened and subsequently quenched. Advantageously the electrodes comprise a pair of offset contact rings.