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US 5,055,071 AGranted
In-line fuse holder
OwnerRussell L. Carlson, deceased, by Irene L. Carlson, executrixinventors
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Abstract
In-line fuse holders for two-bladed fuses are disclosed which can be fastened in series to an electrical wire by severing the wire in which the holder is to be incorporated, inserting the severed ends of the wire into the holder, and mechanically fastening the wire securely in the holder. Various embodiments are shown including holders in which the wires are connected with sliding guillotine blades, and those in which fastening is secured by crimping. Several of the embodiments include cover flaps which hold fuses inserted in the holders securely in place.
Claims4
An in-line fuse holder comprising:
- a body member having two holes therein capable of receiving inserted electric wires;
- mechanical and electrical connection means associated with said body member for fastening and making electrical contact with electric wires inserted in said holes while maintaining said wires apart from each other,
- said connection means comprising two movable metallic guillotine blades adapted to slide in slots provided in said body member, said slots being spaced from one another in substantially parallel relationship, said blades being positioned at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said wires and extending from the outside of said body member to said holes interior of said body member, wherein each of said guillotine blades has a first slit adapted to receive and thereby connect an electrical wire against which said first slit is forced,
- two blade slots extending from the outside of said body to a location within said body member and being adapted to receive the blades of a double-bladed fuse,
- said guillotine blades each including a second slit being adapted to receive a blade of said double-bladed fuse inserted into a respective one of said blade slots to enable electrical connection to said blades of a double-bladed fuse and which permit each of said blades to effect electrical contact with one of the wires inserted in said holes, thereby completing the electrical connection between said wires and,
- means associated with said body member to retain said double-bladed fuse within said blade slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.