Patent ID: 8159319

Claim:
A double-breaking contact system for a low voltage circuit breaker, comprising: first and second stationary conductors, connected in a closed position via a rotatable contact arm in the form of a double lever, the rotatable contact arm extending along a longitudinal axis and pivotable about a rotation axis which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis; and first and second movable contacts, arranged at free ends of the rotatable contact arm, the first and second movable contacts pointing in mutually opposite directions and interacting with fixed contacts, the fixed contacts being respectively arranged on the first and second stationay conductors, wherein the first and second stationary conductors, in a closed position when the contacts are closed, run transversely with respect to the rotatable contact arm and in an area of the rotation axis, run essentially parallel to one another in the adjacent area, and wherein the first and second stationary conductors are connected to one another via the rotatable contact arm such that current is fed back via the rotatable contact arm, and wherein the current flows in a same direction in areas which run in pairs parallel to the rotating contact arm.