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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Joël Ozil, St Andre de Corcy, FR;
Christophe Creusot, Miribel, FR;
Jean-luc Bourgeois, Lyons, FR;
Christian Lindner, Zürich, CH;
Joël Ozil, St Andre de Corcy, FR;
Christophe Creusot, Miribel, FR;
Jean-Luc Bourgeois, Lyons, FR;
Christian Lindner, Zürich, CH;
Areva T&D SA, Paris la Defense Cedex, FR;
Abstract
This invention relates to a circuit breaker () for high or medium voltages, of the type having a drive bar () coupled to a drive member, and a circuit-breaking chamber () facing it and having two contacts (), each contact () including a main contact (respectively) and an arcing contact (respectively), with one of the two contacts () being fixed to a blast or extinguishing nozzle (). According to the invention, the second contact () and the drive bar () are joined together by coupling means () in such a way that they move together in translation in the same direction, the transmission means () being disposed on the side () of the chamber () that is adjacent to the drive bar (), and are adapted to transmit the motion of the driven second contact () to the first contact ().