Fuseholder for blade-type fuses

A fuseholder unit adapted to be joined to other identical units at either lateral side thereof to form an elongated array of such units to be mounted in an elongated aperture in a mounting panel, each unit to house a fuse having spaced terminals, said fuseholder unit comprising:

• an electrically insulating body forming a housing for insertion of a fuse from the front of said mounting panel, said body having passage means containing a pair of fuse terminal engaging contacts and communicating with a fuse insertion opening in the forward face of said housing to allow insertion of said fuse where said contacts engage with said terminals of the fuse, complementary fuseholder interconnecting means on the opposite lateral sides thereof for joining other identical fuse holder units thereto to form said array of units so that a closely fitting array of units of any desired length can be formed, and mounting means for mounting said fuseholder body in said elongated panel aperture, said mounting means including resilient clip means projecting from at least one margin of said body transverse to said lateral sides thereof and which when compressed fit into said mounting aperture from one side of the panel and spring out to make engagement with the opposite side of the panel when passed through said aperture;
• and insertion limiting means for engaging said one side of the panel to limit the insertion distance of the fuseholder unit at least when said clip means make such spring-out engagement with said panel, said insertion limiting means being rigid projecting means projecting from one lateral side of said fuseholder unit body, and complementary recess means on the opposite lateral side of the body for receiving therein the projecting means of the insertion limiting means of the adjacent fuseholder unit so that the adjacent unit can be closely nestled together.