Claims
- 1. A device for extinguishing electric arcs comprising:
- a first electrode, and
- a second electrode
- wherein
- an electric arc burns between said first and second electrodes,
- said first electrode is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said first electrode with electrical conductivity, and
- a non-metallic substance having the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of the electric arc, and
- said second electrode is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said second electrode with electrical conductivity, and
- a non-metallic inorganic substance having a melting point higher than the melting point of the non-metallic substance of which said first electrode is composed, said non-metallic inorganic substance having the property of reducing current flow while itself giving off no volatile arc-extinguishing gases.
- 2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said second electrode is further composed of a non-metallic substance having the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of the electric arc.
- 3. A device according to claim 2, wherein said first electrode is further composed of a non-metallic inorganic substance having a melting point higher than the melting point of the non-metallic substance of which said first electrode is composed, and having the property of reducing current flow while itself giving off no volatile, arc-extinguishing gases.
- 4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said non-metallic inorganic substance is a substance selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, alumina, steatite, and dolomite.
- 5. A device according to claim 4, wherein said non-metallic substances are bound together by a cured artificial resin.
- 6. A device according to claim 5, wherein said resin is a cured epoxy resin.
- 7. A device according to claim 1, wherein said arc extinguishing gases include electronegative gases.
- 8. A device for extinguishing electric arcs comprising:
- first and second electrodes displaceable with respect to one another with a first electric arc being established therebetween; and
- third and fourth electrodes displaceable with respect to one another with a second electric arc being established therebetween;
- wherein
- each of said first and second electrodes is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said first and second electrodes with electrical conductivity, and
- a non-metallic substance having the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of said first electric arc, and
- each of said third and fourth electrodes is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said third and fourth electrodes with electrical conductivity, and
- a non-metallic inorganic substance having a melting point higher than the melting point of the non-metallic substance of which said first and second electrodes are composed, said non-metallic inorganic substance having the property of reducing current flow while itself giving off no volatile, arc-extinguishing gases.
- 9. A device according to claim 8, wherein said first and third electrodes are displaceable with respect to said second and fourth electrodes, respectively, and further including fifth and sixth electrodes having the same composition as and disposed adjacent said second and fourth electrodes, respectively, and with respect to which said first and third electrodes are displaceable, so that upon movement of said first and third electrodes away from said second and fourth electrodes and toward said fifth and sixth electrodes, respectively, said first and second electric arcs are transferred from between said first and second electrodes and said third and fourth electrodes to between said first and fifth electrodes and said third and sixth electrodes.
- 10. A device for extinguishing electric arcs comprising
- first, second and third electrodes, said second electrode being displaceable with respect to said first and third electrodes, with an electric arc being established between said first and second electrodes when said second electrode is in the proximity of said first electrode and said electric arc being transferred from between said first and second electrodes to between said second and third electrodes when said second electrode is displaced away from the proximity of said first electrode to the proximity of said third electrode, and
- wherein
- a portion of each of said first, second and third electrodes is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said first, second and third electrodes with electrical conductivity, and
- a non-metallic substance having the property of giving off a volatile, arc-extiguishing gas due to the heat of said electric arc, and wherein
- a portion of at least one of said electrodes is composed of
- a metallic substance providing said at least one of said electrodes with electrical conductivity; and
- a non-metallic inorganic substance having a melting point higher than the melting point of said non-metallic substance, said non-metallic inorganic substance having the property of reducing current flow while itself giving off no volatile, arc-extinguishing gases.
- 11. A device according to claim 10, wherein said at least one of said electrodes comprises each of said first, second and third electrodes.
- 12. A device according to claim 10, wherein said at least one of said electrodes is only said first and second electrodes.
- 13. A device for extinguishing electric arcs comprising
- a first electrode, and
- a second electrode,
- wherein
- an electric arc burns between said first and second electrodes,
- said first electrode being composed of a solid mixture of a prescribed amount by weight of a non-metallic particulate substance which has the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of said electric arc, a prescribed amount by weight of a metallic particulate substance providing said first electrode with electrical conductivity, and a prescribed amount by weight of a resin which binds said metallic and non-metallic particulate substances together to form said first electrode, and
- said second electrode being composed of a solid mixture of a prescribed amount by weight of a non-metallic inorganic particulate substance having a melting point higher than the non-metallic particulate substance of which said first electrode is composed and which has the property of reducing current flow, while itself giving off no volatile, arc-extinguishing gases due to the heat of said electric arc, a prescribed amount by weight of a metallic particulate substance providing said second electrode with electrical conductivity, and a prescribed amount by weight of a resin which binds said metallic and non-metallic inorganic particulate substances together to form said second electrode.
- 14. A device according to claim 13, wherein said solid mixture of which said second electrode is composed further contains a prescribed amount by weight of a non-metallic particulate substance which has the property of giving off a volatile, arc-extinguishing gas due to the heat of said electric arc.
- 15. A device according to claim 14, wherein the metallic particulate substance within at least one of the solid mixtures of which said first and second electrodes are composed is at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel, silver, copper and alloys thereof.
- 16. A device according to claim 14, wherein the non-metallic particulate substance, giving off a volatile, arc-extinguishing gas, within at least one of the solid mixtures of which said first and second electrodes are composed is at least one selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluorethylene powder, calcium fluoride, sulfur, ferric ammonium sulfate, and barium sulfate.
- 17. A device according to claim 14, wherein the non-metallic inorganic particulate substance within the solid mixture of which said second electrode is composed is one selected from the group consisting of quartz meal, alumina, steatite, and dolomite.
- 18. A device according to claim 15, wherein the non-metallic particulate substance, giving off a volatile, arc-extinguishing gas, within at least one of the solid mixtures of which said first and second electrodes are composed is at least one selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene powder, calcium fluoride, sulfur, ferric ammonium sulfate, and barium sulfate.
- 19. A device according to claim 18, wherein the non-metallic inorganic particulate substance within the solid mixture of which said second electrode is composed is one selected from the group consisting of quartz meal, alumina, steatite, and dolomite.
- 20. A device according to claim 19, wherein said resin is one selected from the group consisting of phenol resin, urea resin, melamine resin and epoxy resin.
- 21. A device for extinguishing electric arcs comprising
- a first electrode, and
- a second electrode,
- wherein
- an electric arc burns between said first and second electrodes,
- said first electrode being composed of a solid mixture of 10 parts by weight of a non-metallic particulate substance which has the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of said electric arc, 44 or 60-65 parts by weight of a metallic particulate substance providing said first electrode with electrical conductivity, and 14.5 parts by weight of a resin which binds said metallic and non-metallic particulate substances together to form said first electrode, and
- said second electrode being composed of a solid mixture of 30 parts by weight of a non-metallic inorganic particulate substance having a melting point higher than the non-metallic particulate substance of which said first electrode is composed and which has the property of reducing current flow, while itself giving off no volatile, arc-extinguishing gases due to the heat of said electric arc, 44 parts by weight of a metallic particulate substance providing said second electrode with electrical conductivity, 10 parts by weight of a non-metallic particulate substance which has the property of giving off a volatile, arc extinguishing gas due to the heat of said electric arc, and 14.5 parts by weight of a resin which binds said metallic and non-metallic inorganic particulate substances together to form said second electrode.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 289,256 filed Sept. 15, 1972 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 670,666, filed Sept. 26, 1967.
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Continuations (1)
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