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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald R Kurtz, West Chester, PA (US);
Carl C Popadick, West Chester, PA (US);
Joseph C Sofianek, Broomall, PA (US);
Joseph L Talento, Media, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200270 ;
Abstract
A vacuum-type circuit interrupter rated to interrupt currents of 30,000 amperes r.m.s. and highercomprises a pair of separable contacts having arcing portions between which arcs are formed upon disengagement of said contacts. These arcing portions are of a material consisting essentially of beryllium formed from a vacuum-cast ingot that has been subjected to hot working by extrusion to produce a microstructure characterized by grains much smaller on the average than the grains of the as-cast ingot.