Abstract: The drainage device includes a drainage chamber (9) which communicates via an inlet pipe (20) with a compressed air tank and is provided with an outlet orifice (16), elements (5,24) for closing the outlet orifice and elements (5,19,1,21) for opening the outlet orifice while partially closing off the inlet pipe. Application to gas-blast circuit breaker installations.

Abstract: The invention concerns an electric power substation for use at very high voltages.The substation comprises a circuit-breaker (4) connected to a busbar (29) by a vertical isolating switch (15), the projection (31) on the floor plane (1) of the live components (19) of the isolating switch not intersecting that (34) of the circuit-breaker and lying wholly within a circle whose diameter is less than thirty percent of the opening distance (32) of the isolating switch, said components being for the most part located above the circuit-breaker.Application to substations for use at voltages of 245 kilovolts and above.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resistance switch-in device for switching in only when a circuit breaker closes, said switch-in device including a moving arcing contact in an interrupter chamber. The device is characterized in that the switch-in contacts (2 and 3, 32 and 33) are disposed in the interrupter chamber (1) of the circuit breaker and that since at least one (2,32,33) of said switch-in contacts is a moving contact, it moves on a path parallel to that of the moving arcing contact (5). The invention applies in particular to connecting a load to long-distance high-tension circuits that are unloaded.

Abstract: Earthquake protector for protecting apparatus such as a circuit-breaker. The apparatus to be protected is mounted on a support member (2) which is connected to a plate assembly via jack 4. The plate assembly is supported on a base member (8,9) itself firmly connected to a foundation 1 on the ground. The plate assembly comprises a first plate (3) and a second plate (17) which are horizontally movable relative to the base member. The first plate has a first sole plate (5) on its lower surface which engages a second sole plate (7) on the other surface of the base member. Said sole plates are arranged to present a very low coefficient of friction to relative horizontal motion. The second plate (17) is fast with the first plate (3) and is connected therebelow by a connection means (15) passing through corresponding openings in the sole plates (5 and 7).

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of metal-clad bars for a high-tension unit. A metal casing contains an insulating gas and is formed by cylindrical lengths whose ends have flanges to connect them to the adjacent lengths. The set of bars is characterized in that said lengths are disposed in a longitudinal alignment, and at least one of the connection flanges of a length (12) is disposed in a plane which is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the casing (1) and concurrent with the plane of the flange (22) situated at the other end of said length.

Abstract: A stabilizer (1) includes a first passage (20-23) which connects a compressed gas source (2-3) to the circuit breaker and a second passage (9, 16, 34, 22) which makes the circuit breaker communicate with the atmosphere, these passages being normally closed, as well as means (10) for opening the first passage when the gas pressure in the circuit breaker is lower than a first value and means (31, 13) for opening the second passage when the gas pressure in the circuit breaker is higher than a second value. Application to high-tension air blast circuit breaker.

Abstract: A gas-blast circuit-breaker which includes several groups of arc-extinguishing chambers, each group being supported by a support above a base, each support including firstly support pillars fixed at various points of the base and secondly a tubular column which is suitable for conveying the gas of the circuit-breaker and which extend to a single actuator which is integral with the base, these columns including links controlled by the actuator and connected to control rods for opening and closing the arc-extinguishing chambers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a current cut-out circuit for a high-voltage electric installation, a current source being located on an input side and an earth fault possibly occurring on its output side. The circuit is characterized in that between the input and the output, it includes for each phase, in series, a cut-out device (1) with a high arcing voltage, said device opening very rapidly, and a circuit-breaker (2) which opens rapidly and, shunt-connected between the input of the cut-out device with a high arcing voltage and earth, a resistance (4) for limiting an earthing current which passes via an automatic cut-out (3) with a very short closing time and a short opening time.

Abstract: A reciprocating rod bears a bridge which is movable on the rod with initial movement of the rod in a given direction completing closure of bridge carried moving contacts onto stationary contacts for inserting a resistance in a circuit during closure. Linkage between the rod and main contacts functions to subsequently close the main contacts of the cut-out switch, thereby shorting the resistor. Continued movement of the rod in a given direction subsequently causes the bridge borne contacts to move away from the stationary contacts, thereby opening the circuit through the resistors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safety device for protection against the rise of pressure in a pneumo-hydraulic control circuit which includes, upstream, a pressure generator and downstream, a pneumo-hydraulic accumulator. The device is characterized in that it includes, between the generator (3) and the accumulator (1) a non-return valve (6), a first safety valve (4) capable of a discharge at least equal to that of the generator upstream from the non-return valve, a second safety valve (5) downstream from the non-return valve and means for the second safety valve to be subjected to only a small discharge. The invention applies in particular to the pneumo-hydraulic control of very high tension cut-out switches.

Abstract: A valve for the escape of compressed air in order to extinguish the electric arc between the moving contacts of a circuit-breaker. The arrangement includes an intermediate moving structure between the control rod and the compensated force valve with two seats, said structure being constituted by a cylinder integral with one of the seats and a piston which cooperates with the control rod in order to transmit a rapid and reliable control command.

Abstract: A gas-blast circuit-breaker which includes at least one cutout chamber including at least one blast valve with two seats, one of which, when the valve is opened, is situated on the blast-gas exit path. The breaker is characterized in that a moving slide valve is associated with the valve, in such a manner that opening the valve causes a slightly delayed movement of the slide valve in the same direction as the valve and along the same axis, so that it masks said valve seat situated on the exit path of the hot blast-gases arriving from extinguishing the arc when the blast-gases flow towards the outside; the slide valve being opened by compressed gas contained in the gas-blast circuit-breaker.

Abstract: An articulated contact finger of very high voltage gasblast circuit-breaker. It is characterized in that the pin on which the finger is articulated is disposed between the contact piece and a spring which provides the force required at the contact point, a first support of the stationary articulation pin being situated between the articulation pin and the spring, said spring being disposed between said first support and a second support providing fixing means for the flexible connection connected to the contact point.

Abstract: High-voltage interconnection circuit-breaker, having connected in parallel, in the first instance a main chamber, having a cut-out power, comprising a rapid functioning on opening and provided for an opening-closing cycle; in the second instance a very rapid closing chamber having a closing power and resistance to overcurrents which lasts a very short time; and in the third instance in series, a resistor and a cut-out chamber for the current reduced by the resistor.

Abstract: Cell of low-voltage feed and distribution cellular switchboard, characterized in that it comprises, superimposed one above the other, horizontal metallic casings enclosing switching devices and functional units connected therewith.

Abstract: A connector for testing an electric installation by means of a mobile test connector half which is applied to a fixed test connector half, wherein the mobile half carries pins and push fingers and the fixed half carries sockets and mobile bridge contacts and wherein different distances between co-operating elements of the two halves enable switching operations to be graduated during mating. The invention applies in particular to protection installations.

Abstract: A gas-blast circuit-breaker comprises arcing contacts provided with nozzles of the same diameter, operating means ensuring an original movement of a mobile one of the arcing contacts in the opposite direction to that of the mobile main contact at the opening of the device.

Abstract: Electrical equipment cell of the air insulated type, comprising a switch which connects a first plug which is live, to a second plug, on either side of a wall, the switch being arranged in an assembly formed by a metallic tank fixed on the wall and by two bell-shaped insulators which are assembled on the metallic tank to receive the first and second plugs respectively. A dielectric screen connected to ground is placed in the first bell-shaped insulator between the contacts of the switch in the open position, so the, in that open position, a person placed on the same side as the second bell-shaped insulator cannot come directly into contact with a live part.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system of several circuit-breakers controlling separate circuits fed by the same generator and in which the circuit-breakers are provided with a main cut-out chamber (C.sub.1, C.sub.2) in parallel with a series connection of an auxiliary cut-out chamber (E.sub.1, E.sub.2) and of a resistor (R.sub.1, R.sub.2). An operating sequence opens firstly the main chambers (C.sub.2) of all the circuit-breakers of circuits not affected by a failure, then, successively, the main chamber (C.sub.1) and the auxiliary chamber (E.sub.1) of the circuit-breaker of the circuit affected by the failure, and, lastly, closes the main chambers (C.sub.2) of the circuit-breakers of the circuits not affected by the failure.

Abstract: Cut-off chamber of a lightning protector, characterized in that on the one hand, it comprises a wall made of a porous ceramic substance, ensuring the discharge and the cooling of the gases at the periphery of the chamber, at the time of the ignition of an arc between two elctrodes combined in that chamber and that on the other hand, a means for reinforcing the dielectric strength of the wall is arranged perpendicular to the zones subjected to the highest potential gradients.