Contact spring clip for a cartridge fuse blown fuse light indicator
AssigneeFIC Corporation
InventorJohn C. Linton
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Abstract
A contact spring clip for a cartridge fuse blown fuse light indicator wherein the spring clip is manually squeezable for the installation and removal of the clip on the barrel of a cartridge fuse. The spring clip is provided with a track for holding an electrical contact assembly connected to the ferrules of the cartridge and which can either be connected to a blown fuse light indicator positioned at a location remote from the fuse, or connected to a blown fuse light indicator mounted on the electrical contact assembly.
Claims9
A contact spring clip for a blown fuse light indicator for a cartridge fuse having a barrel and a ferrule at each end thereof, comprising, a resilient member having a planar base portion, depending arcuate leg portions having upper end portions integral with the base portion adapted to be snapped onto the barrel of the cartridge fuse, outwardly extending arm members integral with the upper end portions of the leg portions adjacent the base portion, said arm members being manually squeezable to thereby spread the leg portions to facilitate the installation and removal of the clip on the barrel of the cartridge fuse, inwardly extending flange members integral with and upwardly spaced from the base portion forming a track on the base portion of said clip, electrical contact means mounted in said track, a blown fuse light indicator, and electrical conductor means operatively connected between the electrical contact means and the blown fuse light indicator.
A contact spring clip for a cartridge fuse blown fuse light indicator comprising, a cartridge fuse having ferrules at each end thereof, a contact connected to the ferrule at each end of said cartridge fuse, each contact having a pair of terminal ends, one terminal end being bifurcated and engaging a respective fuse ferrule, the other terminal end connected to a spade terminal of a remote blown fuse light indicator, and an insulated handle extending between and connected to the contacts at each end of said fuse, whereby the spring clip can be handled as a unit when being removed from or applied to the cartridge fuse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.