Fuse assembly with a rotatable carrier for holding a plurality of fuses
OwnerDerick V.J. Benitoinventor
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Abstract
A fuse holder which has a plurality of fuses to be automatically and sequentially connected into an electrical network on failure of an operatively positioned fuse so that transient current surges can be prevented from damaging equipment in the network and from unnecessarily closing down the network for manual repair, the fuse holder having a carrier biased for relative rotation with respect to contacts in the network and fuses with latching contact mechanisms releasable on rupture of the fuse to permit rotation of the carrier.
Claims7
A fuse assembly comprising a fuse carrier biased for relative rotation with respect to contacts to be connected in an electrical supply, said carrier comprising a plurality of fuses, each said fuse having first and second ends and comprising a fuse element and a biased contact latching mechanism, wherein said contact latching mechanism is at said first end and is held in an operative position by said fuse element and said second end of said fuse is arranged for direct connection into the electrical supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.