Fusible switching disconnect modules and devices

A fusible switch disconnect module comprising:

• a disconnect housing adapted to receive a fuse therein, the fuse being separately provided from the housing and being removably insertable in the housing;
• a hinged cover coupled to the housing and pivotal between opened and closed positions;
• line side and load side terminals connecting to the fuse when the fuse is inserted into the housing, at least one of the line and load-side terminals comprising a first stationary switch contact provided between the respective line side terminal and load side terminal and the fuse;
• a fuse terminal adapted to engage a conductive element of the fuse when inserted into the disconnect housing, the fuse terminal coupled to a second stationary switch contact;
• a sliding bar within the disconnect housing, the sliding bar provided with first and second movable contacts corresponding to the first and second stationary switch contacts;
• a rotatably mounted switch actuator adapted to position the sliding bar and first and second movable contacts between an open position and a closed position relative to the first and second stationary switch contacts to connect or disconnect an electrical connection through the fuse;
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• a trip mechanism positioned between the switch actuator and the cover, the trip mechanism engaging each of the switch actuator and the cover in a locked position when the sliding bar is in the closed position, and the trip mechanism disengaged from each of the cover and the actuator when the sliding bar is in the opened position.

A fusible switch disconnect switch device comprising:

• a disconnect housing adapted to receive a fuse therein;
• a fuse being removably insertable in the housing;
• line side and load side terminals communicating with the at least one fuse when the fuse is inserted into the housing;
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• at least one stationary contact and at least one movable contact being selectively positionable along a linear axis with respect to the stationary contact between an open position and a closed position to connect or disconnect an electrical connection through the fuse;
• an actuator causing the at least one movable contact to be positioned between the opened and closed position;
• at least one bias element urging the movable contact to the open position;
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• a tripping mechanism counteracting the at least one bias element under normal operating conditions.

A fusible switch disconnect device comprising:

• means for housing at least one fuse, the fuse being removably insertable into the housing;
• means for connecting the fuse to a circuit;
• means for switching the means for connecting to connect or disconnect an electrical connection through the fuse, the means for switching located within the means for housing;
• means for actuating the means for switching and selectively positioning the means for switching in opened and closed positions without removing the fuse from the means for housing;
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• means for tripping the means for actuating when a predetermined circuit condition occurs.