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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1991
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A repulsion type circuit breaker movable contact device comprising a first movable contact, an opening/closing mechanism which drives the first movable contact for opening and closing, a second movable contact for contacting the first movable contact, the second movable contact being freely pivotable and adapted to receive an electromagnetic repulsion force from said first movable contact, and a contact spring comprising a twisted coil spring disposed with its twisting fulcrum displaced from the rotational pivot of the second movable contact, the contact spring urging the second movable contact into contact with the first movable contact, whereby upon flow of a predetermined amount of electric current through the first and second movable contacts, the electromagnetic repulsion force moves the second movable contact apart from the first movable contact.