Patent ID: 7623011

Claim:
A device adapted for remote operation of a circuit breaker apparatus, the circuit breaker apparatus having a trip device and a reset device operably engaged therewith, the trip device and the reset device being configured to be externally accessible with respect to an enclosure enclosing the circuit breaker apparatus, and the trip device being separate with respect to the reset device, said device comprising: a pair of linear actuators capable of being operably engaged with the circuit breaker apparatus, externally to the enclosure, and one of the linear actuators being configured to be capable of physically engaging the trip device and the other of the linear actuators being configured to be capable of physically engaging the reset device, each of the trip device and reset device being operatively responsive to a substantially perpendicular axial force directed thereto by the respective linear actuator; and a controller device in communication with the linear actuators and capable of being remotely disposed with respect thereto, the controller device being capable of selectively actuating the linear actuators to impart the substantially perpendicular axial force toward the respective trip device and reset device from a remote location with respect to the circuit breaker apparatus, so as to at least one of actuate the trip device to trip the circuit breaker apparatus and actuate the reset device to reset the circuit breaker apparatus.