Patent ID: 6903289
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A circuit breaker comprising: a housing including an opening; separable contacts within said housing; an operating mechanism for opening and closing said separable contacts, said operating mechanism including an operating handle having a portion protruding through the opening of said housing; means for providing a first output when said separable contacts are open and a second output when said separable contacts are closed; a first indicator cooperating with the first output of said means for providing, said first indicator being proximate said operating handle and being illuminated when said separable contacts are open; and a second indicator cooperating with the second output of said means for providing, said second indicator being proximate said operating handle and being illuminated when said separable contacts are closed, wherein said operating handle includes a first position when said separable contacts are open, a second position when said separable contacts are closed, a first surface proximate and illuminated by said first indicator in said first position when said separable contacts are open, and a second surface proximate and illuminated by said second indicator in said second position when said separable contacts are closed, said first surface being distal from said second indicator in said first position, said second surface being distal from said first indicator in said second position, and wherein one of said first and second indicators illuminates said operating handle.