Thermal fuse for electrical apparatus
OwnerNorbert Weinerinventor
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Abstract
A thermal fuse apparatus comprising an insulating body and a fuse having a fuse body and a pair of connecting wires. The wires are inserted through passages in the insulating body, and the body includes recesses intersecting said passages so that a portion of the fuse wires are exposed exteriorly of the insulating body and excessible to counter contacts in an electrical appliance.
Claims13
A thermal fuse for electrical apparatus, said fuse being insertable, in use, in a holder formed in the apparatus or capable of being fitted therein, and comprising a thermally influenceable fuse element with connecting wires and an insulating body for holding the fuse element, said fuse element being securable to the insulating body by means of its connecting wires in such manner that the connecting wires are contactable by by countercontacts of the holder, the insulating body being provided with insertion passages for receiving the connecting wires and having in a center portion of the length of the insertion passages, at least one opening extending substantially perpendicularly to the axis of the passage, so that the connecting wire introduced into the said at least one insertion passage is located at least partially free in a center portion of its length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.