Patent ID: 9064647
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A contact alignment structure for aligning a contact of a dead tank circuit breaker, the circuit breaker including the contact fixed to an elongated conductor, and including a resistor tube having a longitudinal axis, the contact alignment structure comprising: a tube clamp assembly constructed and arranged to be selectively coupled to a periphery of the resistor tube, and a rocker assembly coupled with the tube clamp assembly and constructed and arranged to be coupled with the conductor so that the conductor is supported by the rocker assembly only at one end of the conductor, wherein, when the rocker assembly is coupled to the conductor, the tube clamp assembly can be rotated about the periphery of the resistor tube to change a position of the contact in a first degree of freedom, and at least a portion of the rocker arm assembly that is coupled to the conductor can be moved to change a position of the contact in a second degree of freedom that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the resistor tube.