Patent ID: 6104266
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A visible trip indication arrangement for a circuit breaker, wherein the circuit breaker comprises a housing, a line terminal and a load terminal, the line terminal and the load terminal disposed at least in part within the housing, and a circuit trip assembly within the housing, the circuit trip assembly at least for electrically coupling the line terminal and the load terminal when the circuit breaker is in a first condition and electrically decoupling the line terminal and the load terminal when the circuit breaker is in a second condition, the visible trip indication arrangement comprising:a viewing window, the viewing window forming a part of the housing, the viewing window including indicia thereon; anda trip indicator coupled to the circuit trip assembly, the trip indicator movable from a first position when the circuit breaker is in the first condition to a second position when the circuit breaker is in the second condition, the trip indicator further comprising a surface off which light passing through the viewing window is reflected;wherein when the circuit breaker is in the second condition, the trip indicator moves from its first position to its second position causing the indicia on the viewing window to be enhancedly visible by light reflected off the surface of the trip indicator.