VACUUM INTERRUPTER WITH VACUUM DEVICE SHIELD

A vacuum interrupter including a nominally cylindrical insulator having a first insulator portion and a second insulator portion defining a gap therebetween and a nominally cylindrical vapor shield having a first ring of a plurality of spaced apart bobbles and a second ring of a plurality of spaced apart bobbles. A gap ring including a series of spaced apart cut-out notches facing the vapor shield is positioned within the gap. The plurality of bobbles in the first and second ring of bobbles are configured so that the bobbles in the second ring pass through the cut-out notches in the gap ring and the bobbles in the first ring rest on the gap ring.