Single bottle interrupter

1. A vacuum interrupter for interrupting a voltage, the vacuum interrupter comprising:

a vacuum bottle having a pair of contacts, wherein at least one of the contacts is a moveable contact;

a housing; and

a bi-stable mechanism including,

an actuator, and

a cam pivotable by the actuator, the cam moving the moveable contact; and

a bellows assembly positioned above the vacuum bottle and coupled to the housing, the bellows assembly including an outer cylindrical shell surrounding an opening spring, a spring plate, a contact spring, and a bellows, the bellows assembly reciprocating the moveable contact to prevent arcing between the pair of contacts and biasing the pair of contacts apart from each other.

2. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein the vacuum interrupter interrupts a voltage of at least approximately 69 kV.

3. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein the housing is comprised of a polymer epoxy.

4. The vacuum interrupter of claim 3 , wherein the polymer epoxy is a cycloaliphatic polymer epoxy.

5. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein current flows through the contacts in the closed position.

6. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein a flow of current through the contacts is stopped when the contacts are apart from each other.

7. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a conductive operating arm.

8. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein the actuator includes a pair of bumpers.

9. The vacuum interrupter of claim 1 , wherein the cam is a pair of pivotably connected links.

10. A vacuum interrupter for interrupting a voltage, the vacuum interrupter comprising:

a housing;

a vacuum bottle within the housing, the vacuum bottle having,

a fixed contact, and

a moveable contact;

a bi-stable mechanism within the housing, the bi-stable mechanism having a first position and a second position; and

a bellows assembly within the housing, the bellows assembly positioned above the vacuum bottle and coupled to the housing, the bellows assembly including an outer cylindrical shell surrounding an opening spring, a spring plate, a contact spring, and a bellows, the bellows assembly movably connected to the bi-stable mechanism and the moveable contact, the bellows assembly biasing the moveable contact away from the fixed contact when the bi-stable mechanism is in the second position.

11. The vacuum interrupter of claim 10 , wherein the bi-stable mechanism includes an actuator and a pair of pivotably connected links, wherein movement of the actuator moves the pair of pivotably connected links.

12. The vacuum interrupter of claim 11 , wherein the pair of pivotably connected links are connected to the moveable contact, wherein movement of the connected links moves the moveable contact toward the fixed contact.

13. The vacuum interrupter of claim 12 , wherein the pair of pivotably connected links and the moveable contact are connected via a clevis of the bellows assembly.

14. The vacuum interrupter of claim 10 , wherein the vacuum interrupter interrupts a voltage of at least approximately 69 kV.

15. The vacuum interrupter of claim 10 , wherein the housing is comprised of a polymer epoxy.

16. The vacuum interrupter of claim 15 , wherein the polymer epoxy is a cycloaliphatic polymer epoxy.

17. The vacuum interrupter of claim 10 , wherein current flows through the moveable contact and the fixed contact when in the closed position.

18. The vacuum interrupter of claim 10 , wherein current does not flow through the moveable contact and the fixed contact when in an open position.