The invention relates to a
circuit breaker used for providing overload and short-
circuit protection for electric circuits and electrical appliances, in particular relating to a bipolar
circuit breaker. The technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows: the bipolar
circuit breaker is characterized in that a
tripping mechanism comprises a rotating wheel, a
tripping frame, a sudden jump frame, a rotating shaft of the sudden jump frame, a spring of the
tripping frame, a position-limiting rotating shaft, a tripping plate and a
torsion spring, wherein a tension spring is arranged in the rotating wheel and a housing of the tripping mechanism, convex columns are arranged on two sides of the rotating wheel, moving contacts are sheathed on the convex columns, one end of the
torsion spring is clamped on the moving contact, and the other end of the
torsion spring is clamped on the rotating wheel. By adopting the scheme, the invention provides the novel bipolar circuit breaker which is simple in structure and can enable the pressure between contact points to meet the requirements of the circuit breaker in circuit environments with different current intensities; and furthermore, the tripping force of the tripping mechanism does not change, the sensitivity of the circuit breaker is not affected, and the universality is wide.