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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1996
Roger Bolongeat-Mobleu, Echirolles, FR;
Hans Schellekens, Meylan, FR;
Schneider Electric SA, , FR;
Abstract
An elongated vacuum cartridge having a cylindrical enclosure blanked off by two end-plates and housing a stationary arcing contact securedly united to one of the end-plates and a movable arcing contact mounted axially and slidingly inside the cartridge thereby providing a closed position and a separated position of the arcing contacts. An axial magnetic field in the arc formation zone is provided by a horizontal component of arcing current having an inclined trajectory with resect to the plane of the contact surfaces of the arcing contacts, the inclined trajectory being provided by angularly offset and alternating conductive and non-conductive sectors on the ends of each of the arcing contacts.