Plug with a fuse
OwnerTsui-Tuan Fan Wonginventor
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Abstract
A plug has a plug casing, an inner tube received in the plug casing and having two recesses oppositely defined in a top of the inner tube to receive therein a first blade and a second blade, a fuse tube having therein a spring, a fuse retainer with legs extending out therefrom and a fuse. The spring abuts the fuse retainer and the legs securely clamp the fuse. A fuse engaging ring is connected to the fuse tube. A connecting ring is engaged with the inner tube to electrically connect to the first connecting leg of the fuse engaging ring. After the connection of the connecting ring to the inner tube which has the fuse tube, the spring, the fuse retainer and the fuse therein, the fuse electrically connects to the fuse engaging ring and therefore the connecting ring.
Claims5
A plug comprising:
- a hollow plug casing;
- an inner tube received in the plug casing and having two recesses oppositely defined in a top of the inner tube to receive therein a first blade and a second blade respectively;
- a fuse tube received in the inner tube and having an open end and a closed end, the fuse tube having therein a spring, a fuse retainer with legs extending out therefrom and a fuse, wherein the spring is sandwiched between a face of the closed end and the fuse retainer and the legs of the fuse retainer securely clamp the fuse;
- a fuse engaging ring connected to the fuse tube and having a first connecting leg extending out therefrom;
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- a connecting ring engaged with the inner tube and having a second connecting leg extending out therefrom to electrically connect to the first connecting leg,
- wherein a first wire connects the second connecting leg and a second wire connects to the second blade,
- whereby after the connection of the connecting ring to the inner tube which has the fuse tube, the spring, the fuse retainer and the fuse therein, the fuse electrically connects to the fuse engaging ring and therefore the connecting ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.