Electric circuit breaker arc chute composition
CA 1318339 C · Owner: Lausier, Karen Broadwell · Inventors: Lausier, Karen Broadwell; Goldman, Ira Bernard
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A current limiting circuit breaker having a pair of separable contacts closely spaced for electrodynamic repulsion upon the occurrence of a short circuit overload condition utilizes an arc chute to cool and extinguish the arc that occurs when the contacts become separated. The arc chute contains a plurality of metal arc plates supported by side plates which also assist in cooling and extinguishing the arc. The side plates are formed from a three-layer configuration wherein the two outer layers have excellent arc extinguishing properties while the inner layer has good mechanical support strength.
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- Granted May 25, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 25, 2010.
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