Fuse terminal
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorZdenek Krec
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A series or multiple-contact terminal having a socket in which stationary contacts are arranged for cooperative engagement with switching contacts on an operating element. The switching contacts are formed through a retainer for fuse inserts with two contact elements which are located spaced apart opposite each other on a fuse carrier; wherein the fuse carrier is retained so as to be rotatable and lockable within a guide member, with the guide element being guided within the base so as to displaceable and withdrawable therefrom; and wherein the fuse carrier cover the stationary contacts in the socket secure against touching by means of cover rails in the inserted as well as in the raised position, and whereby in the raised and transversely rotated position these rails provide an access for the retention of the fuse insert.
Claims15
A fuse terminal having a socket including stationary contacts, an operating element having a fuse carrier and switching contacts cooperating with the stationary contacts, said fuse carrier having said switching contacts formed thereon through a retainer for fuse inserts, said fuse inserts including two oppositely spaced switching contact elements, a guide member having said fuse carrier locked therein, said fuse carrier being rotationally mounted in said guide member, said guide member being displaceably and raisably supported in said socket, cover rails covering said fuse carrier and the stationary contacts in the socket against touching in the inserted as well as in the raised position thereof, and whereby in the raised and transversely rotated position said cover rail providing an access to the retainer for the fuse insert.
A fuse terminal comprising:
- a socket including stationary contacts for holding a fuse insert;
- an operating element having a fuse carrier for holding a fuse insert in a retainer thereon, said fuse insert having spaced switching contact elements that cooperate with said stationary contacts;
- a guide member having said fuse carrier rotationally mounted therein, said guide member being displaceably and raisably supported in said socket, so that said fuse carrier may be lowered and raised to insert and remove said fuse inserts from said stationary contacts and said fuse carrier while in said raised position may be transversely rotated to remove and insert a replacement fuse insert in said fuse carrier;
- and
- cover rails covering said fuse carrier and said stationary contacts in said socket against touching in the inserted as well as in the raised position thereof, and whereby in the raised and transversely rotated position said cover rail providing an access to the retainer for said fuse insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.