Blown fuse indicator
AssigneeFIC Corporation
InventorsJohn C. Linton, William Gingras
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AssigneeFIC Corporation
InventorsJohn C. Linton, William Gingras
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A blown fuse indicator for a cartridge fuse wherein conductive brackets are mounted between electrical insulating end caps and the ends of a tube housing a lamp and associated resistors. Each conductive bracket includes a disc portion having a polygonal aperture for receiving a sleeve integral with the cap, the sleeve having a polygonal cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the disc aperture. The free ends of the lamp and resistor leads extend through the disc portion of the conductive bracket and are pressed and gripped between the cap and conductive bracket. The conductive bracket also includes a blade portion which may have a planar surface, a corrugated surface or a reversely bent portion to provide direct and positive contact with the end walls of the fuse ferrules, whether they be flat, concave or convex.
In a blown fuse indicator for a cartridge fuse wherein a lamp and associated resistors are housed within a tube, an end cap mounted on each end of said tube, and having an integral sleeve portion extending axially therefrom into the tube and engaging the inner wall surface thereof, and an integral outer annular flange portion provided on the cap concentric with the sleeve and extending over a portion of the outer peripheral wall surface of the tube, the improvement comprising a conductive bracket mounted at each end of the tube between the end of the tube and the cap, said conductive bracket being formed with a disc portion, an aperture provided in said disc portion, the cap sleeve extending through said aperture, said sleeve having a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of said aperture, whereby the conductive bracket is fixedly mounted on the cap and associated sleeve, means for electrically connecting the resistor leads and lamp leads to the conductive brackets, and a depending blade integral with the disc portion of each conductive bracket adapted to engage a respective end wall of the cartridge fuse ferrule.
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