A medium or high voltage electrical device and method of maintaining the composition of an insulating gas mixture in a medium or high voltage electrical device, where the device comprises a sealed chamber, said sealed chamber comprising electrical components; a gas mixture ensuring electrical insulation and/or extinguishing of electrical arcs produced in this chamber, wherein the gas mixture comprises at least one insulating gas and at least one dilution gas; and a receptacle, said receptacle comprising an opening, at least one wall, wherein at least one wall is a heatable wall, and wherein said receptacle is positioned to receive liquefied gas; the device further comprising a heating element for heating the heatable receptacle wall; and a dielectrically and thermally insulating layer located between the heatable receptacle wall and the chamber.

A gas insulated switchgear includes: a gas-tight housing; at least one shaft extending through an opening in the gas-tight housing, which shaft is partially rotatable and/or translatable; a sealing means arranged in the opening for sealing the shaft relative to the gas-tight housing, the sealing means including a sealing bellows having a first mounting rim on one axial end, a second mounting rim on an other axial end, and a bellow body in between the first and second mounting rims; and a mounting ring mounted coaxially to the shaft. The sealing bellows is arranged around the shaft, with the first mounting rim to the housing and with the second mounting rim to the mounting ring.

A gas circuit breaker includes a breaking unit tank incorporating a fixed electrode and a movable electrode, a spring operation device including a breaking spring and a closing spring and configured to move the movable electrode, and a mechanism unit configured to couple the movable electrode side and the spring operation device side and transmit power received from the spring operation device to the movable electrode. The spring operation device is supported by a frame. The frame is fixed to a rear plate provided in a mechanism unit frame of the mechanism unit. A breaking spring case and a closing spring case of the spring operation device are fixed to pedestals via a plate member 38 and a support section 7.

To provide a gas circuit breaker having a space-saving reliable double motion mechanism having a high degree of freedom in design. A double motion mechanism section of the gas circuit breaker is formed of a drive-side connecting rod, a driven-side connecting rod, levers connecting them and a guide regulating operations of the drive-side connecting rod and the driven-side connecting rod. A movable pin is connected to a first grooved cam formed in the drive-side connecting rod, a second grooved cam formed in the guide and third grooved cams formed in the levers respectively, and posture holding members are provided in the movable pin. The movable pin moves in the respective grooved cams by an operation of the drive-side connecting rod, thereby rotating the levers, driving the driven-side connecting rod in an opposite direction of the drive-side connecting rod, and driving the driven-side arcing contact in an opposite direction of the driven-side arcing contact.

A vacuum circuit breaker includes: a vacuum valve that is insulated and supported inside a grounded tank; a movable-side frame connecting a lower end of a movable-side external conductor to a movable conductor; a stationary-side frame connecting a lower end of a stationary-side external conductor to a stationary conductor; a movable-side insulating support tube that supports the movable-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a stationary-side insulating support tube that supports the stationary-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a movable-side flange covering a movable-side end of the grounded tank; and a rubber piece on an inner peripheral surface of the movable-side flange. The movable-side insulating support tube is supported, at an end opposite from an end connected to the movable-side frame, by the movable-side flange via the rubber piece and is movable along an axis and a radius of an arc-extinguishing chamber.

A vacuum circuit breaker includes: a vacuum valve that is insulated and supported inside a grounded tank; a movable-side frame connecting a lower end of a movable-side external conductor to a movable conductor; a stationary-side frame connecting a lower end of a stationary-side external conductor to a stationary conductor; a movable-side insulating support tube that supports the movable-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a stationary-side insulating support tube that supports the stationary-side frame and insulates thereof from the grounded tank; a movable-side flange covering a movable-side end of the grounded tank; and a rubber piece on an inner peripheral surface of the movable-side flange. The movable-side insulating support tube is supported, at an end opposite from an end connected to the movable-side frame, by the movable-side flange via the rubber piece and is movable along an axis and a radius of an arc-extinguishing chamber.

A high voltage electric switch includes contacts with graphite carbon electrode forming the arc gap. In addition, the carbon contacts are located in a chamber containing at least 60% carbon dioxide (CO2) as a dielectric gas to achieve improved arc interrupting performance. In conventional switches, the metallic contacts introduce metallic vapors into the arc plasma that inhibits the ability of the dielectric gas to interrupt high voltage, high current arcs. As the element carbon is inherently present in CO2 gas, the addition of vapors from the carbon electrodes into the dielectric gas does not significantly interfere with the dielectric arc-interrupting performance of the CO2 dielectric gas.

A high voltage electric switch includes contacts with graphite carbon electrode forming the arc gap. In addition, the carbon contacts are located in a chamber containing at least 60% carbon dioxide (CO2) as a dielectric gas to achieve improved arc interrupting performance. In conventional switches, the metallic contacts introduce metallic vapors into the arc plasma that inhibits the ability of the dielectric gas to interrupt high voltage, high current arcs. As the element carbon is inherently present in CO2 gas, the addition of vapors from the carbon electrodes into the dielectric gas does not significantly interfere with the dielectric arc-interrupting performance of the CO2 dielectric gas.

An electromechanical actuator includes an electrically insulating rod, an electrically insulating cover at least partly encompassing the electrically insulating rod, and an elastomeric diaphragm. The electrically insulating rod has a body, a first actuation portion connected to an electromechanical drive mechanism arranged in a first region, and a second actuation portion for actuating an electromechanical actuation mechanism arranged in a second region. The elastomeric diaphragm unit is arranged between the body and the cover. The elastomeric diaphragm unit has a flexible membrane electrically separating the first region from the second region. The elastomeric diaphragm unit is coated on at least one surface of the membrane with a semiconductive layer.

A gas insulated switchgear includes: a gas-tight housing; at least one shaft extending through an opening in the gas-tight housing, which shaft is partially rotatable and/or translatable; a sealing means arranged in the opening for sealing the shaft relative to the gas-tight housing, the sealing means including a sealing bellows having a first mounting rim on one axial end, a second mounting rim on an other axial end, and a bellow body in between the first and second mounting rims; and a mounting ring mounted coaxially to the shaft. The sealing bellows is arranged around the shaft, with the first mounting rim to the housing and with the second mounting rim to the mounting ring.