Abstract:
A device for measuring the quantity of a direct current flow therethrough comprises a glass tube having a body of mercury at each end which serves as an electrode. The two electrodes are separated by an electrolyte such as a mercury-salt solution. For integrating a function of the voltage and current in an electric circuit a transducer such as a Hall generator converts the function into an output current having a direct-current component which is passed through the contents of the tube. The mercurysalt solution then moves in a direction dependent on the direction of the direct current passing therethrough. The position of the mercury-salt solution represents the desired integration. The direction of the current through the tube may be reversed after each reading or it may be reversed when the mercury-salt solution arrives at predetermined positions respectively adjacent the ends of the tube.
Abstract:
An electrical control device or overload relay characterized by relatively movable contacts with means for operating the contacts between open and closed positions and comprising an actuating bar, a plurality of pole units, each pole unit comprising an actuating bimetal element including an intermediate element and an outside element on each side thereof, the bimetal elements being spaced apart and disposed on one side of the actuating bar, a pair of levers between the bimetal elements and the actuating bar, one lever having one end portion in pivotal contact with the actuating bar and having another end portion in pivotal contact with the intermediate bimetal element on the side of the bimetal element opposite the actuating bar, and each lever having an intermediate portion in pivotal contact with the corresponding outside bimetal element and on the side thereof facing the actuating bar.
Abstract:
An improved watthour meter cover is made of a molded plastic material and has a series of index lugs at the front thereof for registering and attaching the cover to a base assembly by a locking means carried on the rear of the cover.
Abstract:
An electric control device of the overload relay type characterized by a plurality of pole units, relatively movable contacts, means for actuating the contacts between open and closed positions and being biased in the closed position, the means comprising a cam shaft rotatable between first and second positions corresponding respectively to the closed and open positions of the contacts and being biased in the first position, overload current responsive means associated with each of the pole units for actuating the cam shaft to the second position when an overload occurs in at least one of the pole units, and manual reset means operatively connected to the cam shaft for rotating a cam shaft to the first position.
Abstract:
A detachable potential indicator circuit asembly for induction watthour meters includes an auxiliary winding coupled to the leakage flux of a meter coil for energizing a low power indicator lamp. In a preferred form, the assembly is self-contained on a mounting bracket which displays the lamp and positions the auxiliary winding adjacent the meter coil.