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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerd Kummerow, Berlin, DE;
Gunter Prietzel, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
An arcing chamber for electric power circuit breakers is disclosed in which perforated, sieve-like ceramic plates define a wedge-shaped arcing space. An essential part of the disclosure is the use of conical holes in the plates which decrease in diameter from the arcing space sides of the plates toward the outside. The hole size used in areas where the arc travels and is quenched differs from that used in the remaining part of the arcing space. The space where the arc originates is made without holes. The invention is suitable particularly for fast-acting D.C. breakers.