The remote indication of a circuit breaker status

摘要

A circuit breaker and a status monitor assembly (10) which includes a circuit breaker housing (16) having a circuit breaker mechanism therein and a status monitor (14) fastened to the circuit breaker housing (16). The status monitor (14) has an actuating member located within the circuit breaker housing, a switch operable by the actuating member, and a set of output terminals connected to the switch. The actuating member is displaceable by a component of the circuit breaker mechanism. The invention also provides a circuit breaker status monitor (14) usable with a circuit breaker (12) having a housing (16) with a circuit breaker mechanism therein, to monitor its status. Further, the invention also provides a circuit breaker which has an aperture into which an actuating member of an associated status monitor may be inserted. <IMAGE>