The remote indication of a circuit breaker status

(19)

(11)

EP 1 372 177 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/08

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/51

(21)	Application number: 03253746.6

(22)	Date of filing: 13.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01H 71/46

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

(30)

Priority:

13.06.2002 ZA 200204768

(71)	Applicant: Circuit Breaker Industries Limited
	Germiston, Gauteng 1429 (ZA)

(72)	Inventors:
	Bagalini, Dante Waverley 2090, Gauteng (SA) Wiggins, Ian David Edenglen, Gauteng Province (SA)

(74)	Representative: Mounteney, Simon James
	MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	The remote indication of a circuit breaker status

(57) 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.

Search report