• DocumentCode
    1038857
  • Title

    A Spring Mechanism for Hand Closing of Magnetic Power Air Circuit Breakers

  • Author

    Dickinson, R.C. ; Findley, J.D

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Volume
    70
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1951
  • fDate
    7/1/1951 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    189
  • Lastpage
    193
  • Abstract
    Power air circuit breakers cannot be closed safely on energized circuits by direct manual operation because the force and speed required may, in the case of fault current, exceed the strength of the operator. But in some small installations, manual operation is very desirable. A device is here described, which stores manual work in a spring in easy increments and, when released, closes the circuit breaker with proper speed and power.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Circuit breakers; Costs; Explosives; Fault currents; Gases; Manuals; Pistons; Rectifiers; Springs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-3860
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-AIEE.1951.5060386
  • Filename
    5060386