US 5,113,056 AGrant

Stored-Spring-Energy Actuator Mechanism for a High-Voltage Circuit Breaker

Issue Date:1992-05-12

•11 Claims

•1 Drawing Sheets

Abstract

The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism (210) for the high-voltage circuit breaker (218) has a spiral spring (216) which can be loaded by means of the loading device (212). The high-voltage circuit breaker (218) can be switched on once and off once with the energy stored in the loaded spiral spring (216). The energy stored in the fluid-pressure accumulator (258) is sufficiently great to charge the spiral spring (216) at least once. The working-stroke movement of the piston rod (242) in arrow direction (A) is transformed via the gear segment (236) into a rotation through 360.degree. of the gear (232) meshing with this gear segment (236). The spiral spring (216) is thereby loaded via the loading lever (230). When the three-way valve (256) is changed over, the cylinder-piston unit (214) is hydraulically connected to the low-pressure reservoir (266), as a result of which the gear segment (236) is pivoted back under the force of the restoring spring (250), and the piston-cylinder unit (214) is moved back into the inoperative position. Unloading of the spiral spring (216) is prevented by the backstop (232), and the coupling between the loading lever (230) and the gear (232) is neutralized by a free-wheel. It is possible to drive the cylinder-piston unit (214) with thin-bodied hydraulic oil, which permits reliable working in a wide temperature range.

Metadata

Assignee

Sprecher Energie AG

Inventor

Max Kuhn

Application Information

Application Number:US 5507596

Filing Date:1990-07-10

Priority Date:1987-12-14

Art Unit:243

Classifications

IPC:

H01H 500H01H 3538

Field of Search:

20018574400;501;82 R;81 R;82 C40 R89.18;89.19

Patent Drawings (1 sheets)

Claims

I claim:

1. A stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism for a high-voltage circuit breaker, comprising a spring-energy accumulator (216) which can be charged by means of a loading device (212) having a fluid-drive element (214), means adapted to connect said spring-energy accumulator to said high voltage circuit breaker, the energy of the spring-energy accumulator (216) being sufficient for switching the high-voltage circuit breaker on and off once, and a controlled valve arrangement (256) for connecting the fluid-drive element (214) to a pressurized fluid-pressure accumulator (258) whose storable energy content corresponds at least to the stored energy of the spring-energy accumulator (216), wherein the fluid-drive element has a cylinder-piston unit (214) which performs a single working stroke for charging the spring-energy accumulator (216).

2. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said single-acting cylinder-piston unit (214) can be moved against a direction (A) of the working stroke into the inoperative position by means of a restoring element.

3. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the valve arrangement has a three-way valve (256), the three way-valve is connected to the single-acting cylinder-piston unit (214), to the pressurized fluid-pressure accumulator (258) and to a low-pressure reservoir (266), in order to connect, for charging the spring-energy accumulator (216), the pressurized fluid-pressure accumulator (258) to the cylinder-piston unit (214), and, for returning to the inoperative position, the cylinder-piston unit (214) to the low-pressure reservoir (260).

4. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism for a high-voltage circuit breaker, comprising a spring-energy accumulator (216) which can be charged by means of a loading device (212) having a fluid-drive element (214), the energy of the spring-energy accumulator (216) being sufficient for switching the high-voltage circuit breaker on and off once, and a controlled valve arrangement (256) for connecting the fluid-drive element (214) to a fluid-pressure accumulator (258) whose storable energy content corresponds at least to the stored energy of the spring-energy accumulator (216), wherein the fluid-drive element has a cylinder-piston unit (214) which performs a single working stroke for charging the spring-energy accumulator (216) wherein the spring-energy accumulator has a spiral spring (216), one end of which is connected to a rotatable and lockable shaft (224), which can be brought to act on a movable switch contact (220) of the high-voltage circuit breaker (218), and the other end of which is connected to a loading lever (230) mounted on the same axis as the shaft (224), and the loading lever (230), for loading the spiral spring (216), can be pivoted by means of the cylinder-piston unit (214).

5. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the spiral spring (216) has an inner end connected to the shaft (224) and an outer end connected to a spring cage (228), the spring cage sits in a freely rotatable manner on the shaft (224) and, by means of a backstop (332), is prevented from rotating against a rotational direction (B) for loading the spiral spring (216).

6. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the loading lever (230) is connected to the cylinder-piston unit (214) via a gear drive (234).

7. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 6, wherein a free-wheel effective against a rotational direction (B) for loading the spiral spring (216) is provided between the loading lever (230) and the cylinder-piston unit (214).

8. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the gear drive (234) has a gear (232) which is coupled to the loading lever (230) via the free-wheel and is operatively connected to a gear segment (236) which is mounted on an axis parallel to the shaft (224) and can be pivoted by means of the pistoncylinder unit (214).

9. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 8, wherein the gear segment (236) meshes with the gear (232) and the transmission ratio is such that the gear (232) rotates through about 360.degree. during a working stroke of the cylinder-piston unit (214).

10. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 8, wherein the piston-cylinder unit (214) is pivotably mounted at one end in a fixed position and acts at the other end on a crank (240) connected to the gear segment (236).

11. The store-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein the restoring element has a restoring spring (250) acting on the crank (240).

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Abstract

Claims

I claim:

6. The stored-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the loading lever (230) is connected to the cylinder-piston unit (214) via a gear drive (234).

11. The store-spring-energy actuator mechanism as claimed in claim 10, wherein the restoring element has a restoring spring (250) acting on the crank (240).

Patent

Date

Inventor

Cited By

US2769874

1956-11-01

Coggeshall et al.

US2820119

1958-01-01

Miller et al.

US3062934

1962-11-01