Patent ID: 7692113

Claim:
A switch arrangement, comprising: an interrupter unit disposed within a substantially tubular encapsulation enclosure, said tubular encapsulation enclosure having a casing, an end face and a tube axis inclined relative to vertical and relative to horizontal when the switch arrangement is in a ready-to-operate state, said interrupter unit having a main current path with a first end and a second end and a switching gap formed between said first end and said second end, said interrupter unit having a first output line passing out of said end face of said encapsulation enclosure and a second output line passing out of said casing of said encapsulation enclosure, said first and second output lines being electrically conductively connected to said first end of said main current path, said interrupter unit having a third output line being electrically conductively connected to said second end of said main current path.