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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1977
Filed:
May. 29, 1975
Joachim Amsler, Seon, CH;
Sprecher & Schuh AG, Aarau, CH;
Abstract
A vacuum switch having a housing within which there are arranged axially oriented switching elements and fixedly mounted sheet metal or plate electrodes, wherein between the axially aligned sheet metal members thereof there are left free gaps or spaces and the confronting electrode end surfaces or faces of which serve to take-up the base points of the arc. According to the invention, within the switch housing there are arranged a number of sheet metal electrodes in the form of a column with oppositely situated electrode end surfaces and the sheet metal electrodes form compartments within the switch housing which are separated from one another by metallic chip or shaving layers present in the individual sheet metal electrodes, and the separation gap of the switching elements extends through the compartments past the height of the electrode column.