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Self-blast circuit breaker with control body

  • US 20080135523A1
  • Filed: 02/08/2008
  • Published: 06/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A self-blast circuit breaker with an inner contact and an outer contact, wherein the outer contact is arranged around a center axis of the inner contact, wherein, with the circuit breaker switched on, the outer contact is in contact with a contact area of the inner contact, wherein, for interrupting the circuit breaker, the inner contact and/or the outer contact can be moved along an axis, in such a manner that an arcing zone is produced between the contacts, and with an extinction chamber which is in contact with the arcing zone via at least one extinction duct, in such a manner, that gas can be moved to and fro between the arcing zone and the extinction chamber, wherein at the inner contact, a control body insulated from the contacts is arranged which extends from the contact area of the inner contact along the axis toward or into the outer contact, respectively, and wherein the arcing zone extends around the control body, wherein the control body has a first section having a first diameter and a second section having a second diameter different than the first diameter, wherein the second section is arranged on a side of the first section facing the inner contact, in such a manner that when the circuit breaker is interrupted, first the second section and then the first section reaches a mouth of the extinction duct.

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