Abstract: A circuit breaker including a stationary frame, at least a pair of arc contacts, an actuation rod, a compression chamber in which a portion of the dielectric gas is compressed; a cylinder and a piston connected with the rod, which are movable within the stationary frame along main axis, for compressing the portion of the dielectric gas in the compression chamber; a link mechanism connecting the piston to the rod, wherein the stationary frame includes a cylindrical portion with which each of the piston and of the cylinder are radially in gastight contact and which bounds the compression chamber together with the piston and the cylinder.

Abstract: A circuit breaker including a stationary frame, at least a pair of arc contacts, an actuation rod, a compression chamber in which a portion of the dielectric gas is compressed; a cylinder and a piston connected with the rod, which are movable within the stationary frame along main axis, for compressing the portion of the dielectric gas in the compression chamber; a link mechanism connecting the piston to the rod, wherein the stationary frame includes a cylindrical portion with which each of the piston and of the cylinder are radially in gastight contact and which bounds the compression chamber together with the piston and the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit breaker (10) for an electricity transport installation, the circuit breaker comprising a tank (12), a vacuum bottle (20) that has a stationary contact (24), a movable contact (26), and sealing means (40), a casing (30) that is arranged inside the tank (12), that electrically connects the movable contact (26) to an electrical conductor (18), and that co-operates with an outside wall of the vacuum bottle (20) to define a volume (42) that is taken to a pressure close to atmospheric pressure, and feeder means for feeding the inside volume (42) of the casing (30), which feeder means pass through the inside volume (14) of the tank (12), the circuit breaker being characterized in that the feeder means for feeding the inside volume (42) of the casing (30) consist in a tubular element (38, 54, 56) made of insulating material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit breaker (10) for an electricity transport installation, the circuit breaker comprising a tank (12), a vacuum bottle (20) that has a stationary contact (24), a movable contact (26), and sealing means (40), a casing (30) that is arranged inside the tank (12), that electrically connects the movable contact (26) to an electrical conductor (18), and that co-operates with an outside wall of the vacuum bottle (20) to define a volume (42) that is taken to a pressure close to atmospheric pressure, and feeder means for feeding the inside volume (42) of the casing (30), which feeder means pass through the inside volume (14) of the tank (12), the circuit breaker being characterized in that the feeder means for feeding the inside volume (42) of the casing (30) consist in a tubular element (38, 54, 56) made of insulating material.