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US 5,295,850 AGranted
Fuse holder with fuse release
AssigneeChallenger Electrical Materials, Inc.
InventorsWalter L. Jeffcoat, Wendell D. Copeland
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Abstract
The tensioned jaws of a fuse clip are spread by a rotating a pin that rests in a slot in each of the jaws. The pin has opposed flat surfaces that define a position at which the jaws are not spread. The pin has a flange that rests in the slots, holding the pin in a fixed orientation.
Claims6
A fuse holder comprising a pair of opposed jaws tensioned to receive a fuse terminal, characterized by:
- means rotatably mounted between the jaws and accessible from a position above the jaws to spread the jaws to a first separation distance from a second separation distance.
A fuse holder comprising a pair of opposed jaws tensioned to receive a fuse terminal, characterized by:
- means rotatably mounted between the jaws and accessible from a position above the jaws to spread the jaws to a first separation distance from a second separation distance, the means comprising a pin extending outward from a location between the jaws with opposed flat surfaces that engage the jaws as the pin is rotated, the pin having at one end a flange and the jaws having opposed slots receiving the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.