摘要 |
In a make-and-break mechanism for use in a circuit breaker, an alarm output plate 56, which is disposed so as to be slidable in the vertical direction along the frame (cover plate) 27 of the make-and-break mechanism, is secured to the engaging projection 27d of the cover plate 27 through a pair of right and left guide holes 57 formed therein. At the same time, one end of a handle spring 59, which, in the trip operation, is used to rotate an operation handle 26 to a trip display position, is caught on the alarm output plate 56. In case where a latch receiver 47 is driven or rotated by the overcurrent detect portion of the make-and-break mechanism and the secured condition of a latch is thereby removed, the electric circuit of the circuit breaker is broken due to the stored energy of a main spring 64 and, in this case, the alarm output plate 56 is driven or slided in the lateral direction and thus the secured condition of the alarm output plate 56 is removed, so that the alarm output plate 56 is driven in the upward direction due to the spring force of the handle spring 59 to thereby operate an alarm contact.
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