Abstract: An electric high-voltage circuit breaker is provided with two coaxially arranged contact members, which are movable relative to each other, with one rated-current contact (5, 7) and one burning contact (5, 7) each. The rated-current contact (7) and burning contact (7) of one movable one of the two contact members are frictionally joined to each other via a support part. The end, turned away from a stationary one of the two contact members, of the rated-current contact of the movable contact member is in contact, in a sliding manner, with a current supply of this contact member. This breaker is to be further developed in such a manner that the use of an additional sliding contact between the burning contact and the current supply can be omitted even when switching extremely large currents.

Abstract: A contact arrangement for an isolating switch used as a ground connection of a switch system includes two switch pieces which are movable relative to one another, one of which is a knife and the other is a gripper. The gripper includes two contact pieces which are located opposite and parallel to one another and which engage the knife in the cutting-in state. Each contact piece is in turn formed by a plurality of adjacent contact elements. Such a contact arrangement is simple and economical to produce, while providing reliable contact-making for both high and low currents in spite of only slight static contact pressure. This result is achieved because the contact elements are U-shaped contact lamellae. Each lamella includes first and second legs connected via a curved part, the first leg being supported on the knife in the cutting-in state and the second leg being supported on current terminals formed on the contact pieces.