ISOLATOR SWITCH AND DRIVE APPARATUS FOR AN ISOLATOR SWITCH

Abstract

A drive apparatus for an isolator switch includes a motor and a gear mechanism. The gear mechanism has a drive shaft which can be driven in two opposite directions of rotation by the motor and the gear mechanism has an output shaft. A load torque lock prevents transmission of a load torque which acts on the output shaft to the drive shaft in either direction of rotation. An isolator switch with a drive apparatus is also provided.

Claims

1-9. (canceled)

10. A drive apparatus for an isolator switch, the drive apparatus comprising: a motor; a gear mechanism, said gear mechanism having a drive shaft to be driven by said motor in two opposite rotational directions, and said gear mechanism having an output shaft; and a load torque lock preventing a transmission of a load torque acting on said output shaft to said drive shaft in either rotational direction.

11. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock is disposed on said drive shaft between said motor and said gear mechanism.

12. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock is disposed between said drive shaft and said output shaft in said gear mechanism.

13. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock is disposed on said output shaft downstream of said gear mechanism.

14. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said gear mechanism is a spur gear mechanism.

15. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock includes wrap springs.

16. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock includes clamping bodies.

17. The drive apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said load torque lock includes clamping rollers.

18. An isolator switch, comprising a drive apparatus according to claim 10.

Description

[0015] The above-described properties, features and advantages of this invention and the way in which they are achieved will become clearer and more readily comprehensible in conjunction with the following description of exemplary embodiments which will be described in greater detail in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

[0016] FIG. 1 shows one exemplary embodiment of an isolator switch,

[0017] FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic sectional illustration of a first exemplary embodiment of a drive apparatus for an isolator switch,

[0018] FIG. 3 shows a diagrammatic sectional illustration of a second exemplary embodiment of a drive apparatus for an isolator switch,

[0019] FIG. 4 shows a diagrammatic sectional illustration of a third exemplary embodiment of a drive apparatus for an isolator switch.

[0020] Parts which correspond to one another are provided with the same designations in the figures.

[0021] FIG. 1 shows one exemplary embodiment of an isolator switch 1 in a side view. The isolator switch 1 is configured as what is known as a double-pivot disconnector and comprises two isolator columns 3, 4, a rotary isolator 5 and a drive apparatus 7 according to the invention. The rotary isolator 5 is arranged between the two isolator columns 3, 4, and is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis 8. The isolator columns 3, 4 and the rotary isolator 5 are arranged on a carrier 6.

[0022] At an upper end, each isolator column 3, 4 has a contact connector 9, 10 which is connected to a connector line 11, 12.

[0023] At an upper end, the rotary isolator 5 has two contact arms 13, 14. The rotary isolator 5 can be rotated about the rotational axis 8 between two switching positions. In a first switching position which is shown in FIG. 1, a first contact arm 13 makes contact with the contact connector 9 of a first isolator column 3 and the second contact arm 14 makes contact with the contact connector 10 of the second isolator column 4. In the second switching position, the two contact arms 13, 14 are disconnected from the contact connectors 9, 10 of the isolator columns 3, 4.

[0024] The drive apparatus 7 is arranged on a support 15 of the carrier 6 below the rotary isolator 5. The drive apparatus 7 has an output shaft 17 which is coupled to the rotary isolator 5 and via which the rotary isolator 5 can be rotated between its switching positions by way of the drive apparatus 7. FIGS. 2 to 4 show various exemplary embodiments of the drive apparatus 7.

[0025] FIG. 2 shows a first exemplary embodiment of the drive apparatus 7 in its diagrammatic sectional illustration. The drive apparatus 7 comprises a motor 19, a gear mechanism 21 and a load torque lock 23.

[0026] The motor 19 is configured as an electric motor.

[0027] The gear mechanism 21 is configured as a two-stage spur gear mechanism with the output shaft 17, a drive shaft 15, an intermediate shaft 27 and spur gears 29 to 32. A drive shaft axis 33 which is a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft 25, an intermediate shaft axis 34 which is a longitudinal axis of the intermediate shaft 27, and an output shaft axis 35 which is a longitudinal axis of the output shaft 17 are arranged parallel to one another.

[0028] A first spur gear 29 is connected rigidly to the drive shaft 25, a second spur gear 30 and a third spur gear 31 are connected rigidly to the intermediate shaft 27, and a fourth spur gear 32 is connected rigidly to the output shaft 17. The first spur gear 29 is coupled to the second spur gear 30. The third spur gear 31 is coupled to the fourth spur gear 32. The drive shaft 25, the intermediate shaft 27 and the output shaft 17 are mounted in bearings 37 such that they can be rotated about their respective longitudinal axis, which bearings 37 are arranged on a housing 50 of the gear mechanism 21.

[0029] The drive shaft 25 can be driven by the motor 19 in two opposed rotational directions about the drive shaft axis 33. The rotations of the drive shaft 25 can be transmitted via the intermediate shaft 27 and the spur gears 29 to 32 to the output shaft 17, with the result that the output shaft 17 is rotated in the same rotational direction as the drive shaft 25 by way of rotations of the drive shaft 25.

[0030] The load torque lock 23 is arranged on the drive shaft 25 between the motor 19 and the gear mechanism 21. The load torque lock 23 is configured to prevent a transmission in either rotational direction of a load torque, which acts on the output shaft 17, to the drive shaft 25. To this end, the load torque lock 23 has, for example, wrap springs, clamping bodies or clamping rollers. Load torque locks 23 of this type are already known from the prior art and will therefore not be described in greater detail here. For example, load torque locks 23 with wrap springs are disclosed in DE 102011085851 A1, load torque locks with clamping rollers are disclosed in DE 202016101802 U1, and load torque locks with clamping bodies of other forms are disclosed in EP 3106698 A1.

[0031] FIG. 3 shows a second exemplary embodiment of the drive apparatus 7 in a diagrammatic sectional illustration. Said exemplary embodiment of the drive apparatus 7 differs from the exemplary embodiment which is shown in FIG. 2 substantially only in that the load torque lock 23 is arranged on the intermediate shaft 27 in the gear mechanism 21, and in that the arrangement of the second spur gear 30 and the third spur gear 31 on the intermediate shaft 27 is swapped in comparison with the exemplary embodiment which is shown in FIG. 2.

[0032] FIG. 4 shows a third exemplary embodiment of the drive apparatus 7 in a diagrammatic sectional illustration. Said exemplary embodiment of the drive apparatus 7 differs from the exemplary embodiment which is shown in FIG. 2 substantially only in that the load torque lock 23 is arranged on the output shaft 17 downstream of the gear mechanism 21, the arrangement of the second spur gear 30 and the third spur gear 31 on the intermediate shaft 27 is swapped in comparison with the exemplary embodiment which is shown in FIG. 2, and the drive shaft 25 and the intermediate shaft 27 are mounted on the housing 50 only by way of in each case one bearing 37.

[0033] Although the invention has been described and illustrated in greater detail by way of preferred exemplary embodiments, the invention is not restricted by way of the disclosed examples, and other variations can be derived herefrom by a person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of protection of the invention.