Miniature circuit breaker
AssigneeZhejiang Chint Electrics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKejun Lu, Xiangyi Gu
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Abstract
A miniature circuit breaker, which includes a circuit breaker housing, a button mechanism, and an indicating apparatus. The circuit breaker housing includes an indicating hole arranged in one side thereof, the button mechanism is in sliding fit with the circuit breaker housing, the indicating apparatus is in driving fit with the button mechanism, and when the button mechanism is pressed to switch on the miniature circuit breaker, the button mechanism drives the indicating apparatus to shield the indicating hole. The indicating apparatus thereof may indicate a switching-on state of the circuit breaker when the circuit breaker is switched on, thus improving a safety of electricity consumption.
Claims10
A miniature circuit breaker, comprising:
- a circuit breaker housing,
- a button mechanism, and
- an indicating apparatus,
- wherein the circuit breaker housing comprises an indicating hole arranged in one side thereof, the button mechanism is in sliding fit with the circuit breaker housing, the indicating apparatus is in driving fit with the button mechanism, and when the button mechanism is pressed to switch on the miniature circuit breaker, the button mechanism drives the indicating apparatus to shield the indicating hole;
- wherein the circuit breaker housing comprises at least one wire insertion hole and at least one wire removal hole which are arranged in one side thereof, the at least one wire insertion hole is matched with the at least one wire removal hole for use, the button mechanism, the at least one wire removal hole, and the at least one wire insertion hole are located at a same end of the circuit breaker housing, and when the button mechanism is pressed to switch on the miniature circuit breaker, the button mechanism drives the indicating apparatus to shield the at least one wire removal hole, so as to use the at least one wire removal hole as the indicating hole.
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