Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical arc interruption chamber, in particular for fluid-quenched circuit breakers, in which, inside a tightly sealed insulating encasing, containing an arc-quenching gas, provided are current-bearing connections, respectively supporting a movable main contact and a stationary main contact, each one of the main contacts being provided with its respective arc contact, and wherein the movable arc contact of the tulip type is positioned inside a wall element of insulating material, having, e.g., the shape of an upside-down bell, the movable contact and the bell-shaped element being housed inside the body of the movable main contact, in order to define a first chamber for the passage of the arc-quenching gas between the said body and the said insulating element, defined being furthermore a second chamber for the passage of the arc-quenching gas, which is movable between the movable arc contact and the bell-shaped element.

Abstract: In an arc contact system for electrical circuit breakers, in particular of the type using an arc extinguishing fluid, comprising a stationary contact and a movable contact, one of the two arc contacts is formed by a tubular cylindrical body bearing a hollow sleeve of arc resistant material at its end destined to cooperate with the other arc contact; and the other arc contact is formed by a substantial cylindrical rod provided with at least one central longitudinal cut, suitable to render elastically yielding in the radial direction said rod, destined to be inserted inside the tubular cylindrical body of said first arc contact.

Abstract: In an electric circuit breaker of the type using an arc quenching fluid with pressure self-generating by the breakdown of the fluid due to the same arc, comprising, inside a tightly sealed insulating casing filled with the extinguishing fluid, in particular with such a gas as sulphur hexafluoride, two plate-shaped current bearing connections, of which one supports a stationary main contact and a tubular stationary arc contact, and the other is provided with a guide for a stem supporting a movable main contact and a rod-shaped movable arc contact, a drive mechanism for moving said stem from a closure position to an opening position of the contacts and vice-versa, a first extinguishing fluid collecting and compression chamber surrounding the stationary arc contact and having an outlet opening suitable to be closed by said movable arc contact, at least a further collecting and compressing chamber having an outlet opening, as well as means for closing said outlet opening of said further chamber, the outlet openin

Abstract: A high-voltage electric switch is proposed comprising an arc extinguishing device using self-generation of a quenching fluid pressure. Inside a container there is formed a compression chamber surrounded by fixed main contacts cooperating with mobile main contacts carried by a movable rod. Movable to a limited extent by said rod during its closure travel against elastic means, there are disposed in said chamber a first pair of arcing contacts for forming an auxiliary arc the main purpose of which is to generate a pressure in the quenching fluid contained in the compression chamber, and a second arcing contact which cooperates with the rod in order to form a main interruption arc which is blasted at the appropriate time by the thus compressed fluid, the arcing contacts being in series with each other and in parallel with the main contacts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical circuit breaker with arc extinguishing compressed fluid, in which the compression of the extinguishing fluid is caused in a mixed way, by the pneumatic action of a compressing piston solid with the movable contacts of the circuit breaker and by pressure self-generation, following the action of the electrical arc, which decomposes and heats the fluid.