Patent ID: 7244903

Claim:
A vacuum, switchgear comprising: a first vacuum container; a main switching unit accommodated in said first vacuum container and having a stationary electrode and a movable electrode; a bus side conductor and a load side conductor, one of said bus side conductor and said load side conductor being arranged to extend in and out of said first vacuum container; a first wiring conductor connecting said one of said bus side conductor and said load side conductor to said main switching unit in said first vacuum container; a second vacuum container partitioned from said first vacuum container with a spacer, the other side of said bus side conductor and said load side conductor being arranged to extend in and out of said second vacuum container; a second wiring conductor connecting the other of said bus side conductor and said load side conductor to said auxiliary switching unit in said second vacuum container; and shields arranged in said first and second vacuum containers and shielding a part of all of areas where particulate foreign matters are produced by open-close operation of said main and auxiliary switching units, wherein said shields arranged near said bus side conductor and said load side conductor are formed in plate shapes.