A circuit breaker including a stationary frame, at least a pair of arc contacts, an actuation rod, a compression chamber in which a portion of the dielectric gas is compressed; a cylinder and a piston connected with the rod, which are movable within the stationary frame along main axis, for compressing the portion of the dielectric gas in the compression chamber; a link mechanism connecting the piston to the rod, wherein the stationary frame includes a cylindrical portion with which each of the piston and of the cylinder are radially in gastight contact and which bounds the compression chamber together with the piston and the cylinder.

The present invention relates to a device for interrupting non-short circuit currents only, and in particular relates to a disconnector, more particularly high voltage disconnector, or to an earthing switch, more particularly make-proof earthing switch, and further relates to a low voltage circuit breaker. The device comprises at least two contacts movable in relation to each other between a closed state and an open state and defining an arcing region, in which an arc is generated during a current interrupting operation and in which an arc-quenching medium comprising an organofluorine compound is present. According to the application, a counter-arcing component is allocated to the arcing region, the counter-arcing component being designed for counteracting the generation of an arc and/or being designed for supporting the extinction of an arc.

The present invention relates to a device for interrupting non-short circuit currents only, and in particular relates to a disconnector, more particularly high voltage disconnector, or to an earthing switch, more particularly make-proof earthing switch, and further relates to a low voltage circuit breaker. The device comprises at least two contacts movable in relation to each other between a closed state and an open state and defining an arcing region, in which an arc is generated during a current interrupting operation and in which an arc-quenching medium comprising an organofluorine compound is present. According to the application, a counter-arcing component is allocated to the arcing region, the counter-arcing component being designed for counteracting the generation of an arc and/or being designed for supporting the extinction of an arc.

Disclosed is a gas insulated circuit breaker having enhanced insulation properties. A gas insulated circuit breaker comprises: a fixed cylinder unit of which a movable contact point has an internal space; a movable piston unit which is slidably inserted into the inner space of the fixed cylinder unit; a fixing unit provided in a rear of the fixed cylinder unit in the internal space of the fixed cylinder unit; a puffer chamber which is formed by having the movable piston unit, fixed cylinder unit and fixing unit, surrounding the puffer chamber; and a gas inlet unit which forms a path, between the puffer chamber and the outer part of the fixed cylinder unit, through which a gas flows.

Disclosed is a gas insulated circuit breaker having enhanced insulation properties. A gas insulated circuit breaker comprises: a fixed cylinder unit of which a movable contact point has an internal space; a movable piston unit which is slidably inserted into the inner space of the fixed cylinder unit; a fixing unit provided in a rear of the fixed cylinder unit in the internal space of the fixed cylinder unit; a puffer chamber which is formed by having the movable piston unit, fixed cylinder unit and fixing unit, surrounding the puffer chamber; and a gas inlet unit which forms a path, between the puffer chamber and the outer part of the fixed cylinder unit, through which a gas flows.