Patent EA-001140-B1 (EA)
Title: Electric arc explosion chamber system
Inventor: PNIOK THOMAS
IPC: H01H9/34
Filed: 1998-04-09
Abstract: 1. A system of electric arc explosion chambers comprising a housing for chambers (1), said chamber is provided with a plurality of grooves (2) on the inner sides of the opposite walls (10) of the housing, and a plurality of electric arc explosion chamber modules (4, 5), which comprise accordingly two side elements lying opposite each other, between which are arranged accordingly a plurality of arc explosion elements (8) made of sheet material, whereby the distance between two side elements of the electric arc explosion chamber modules corresponds to the distance between two or several grooves on the inner walls of the housing, whilst electric arc explosion chamber modules are inserted into the corresponding grooves via the chamber module's side elements. 2. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1, characterized in that said grooves are parallel and equidistantly spaced. 3. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the extreme grooves have the width half of those located farther from the extreme zones. 4. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 3, characterized in that an electric arc probe is provided in the bottom parts of both sides of the housing. 5. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that each module of the electric arc explosion chamber comprises a plurality of the arc explosion elements (8) made of sheet material arranged parallel between two isolating side parts (9). 6. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that each module of the electric arc explosion chamber comprises a plurality of isolating elements (7) arranged between two isolating side parts and beside the arc explosion elements (8) made of sheet material. 7. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that the side parts of the electric arc explosion chamber modules have such dimensions, that they protrude over the arc explosion elements made of sheet material and the isolating elements as a guide element (6), whereby the thickness of the side parts corresponds to the groove width in the extreme zones or half of the width of the grooves, located farther from the extreme zones. 8. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 7, characterized in that the side parts of the electric arc explosion chamber modules and the side walls of the housing for the chambers are made from a electro-insulating, thermal-proof material with high thermal capacity. 9. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 8, characterized in that the distance between two side parts corresponds to N-multiple distance between two adjacent grooves, whereby N is a positive integer. 10. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 9, characterized in that the distance between two side parts and, thus, the width of the arc explosion elements made of a sheet material and the insulating material is selected according to a desirable rupturing capacity. 11. A system of electric arc explosion chambers according to claim 1 to 10, characterized in that a number of the electric arc explosion chamber modules is selected according to the expected working voltage.