Panelboard with circuit protective devices

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PANELBOARD BEARING A PAIR OF PARALLEL BUS BARS AND A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES DISPOSED CROSSWISE OF SAID BUS BARS, EACH OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES INCLUDING A BODY OF MOLDED INSULATION HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED FASTENING ELEMENTS AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND EACH HAVING A PAIR OF PLUG-IN TERMINALS DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY AND SPACED APART LENGTHWISE AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICE, SAID PLUG-IN TERMINALS BOTH BEING DISPOSED OFF-CENTER RELATIVE TO THE LENGTHWISE SPACING BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINALLY SEPARATED FASTENING ELEMENTS AND A PAIR OF SOLDERLESS CONNECTORS FOR WIRE AT EACH END OF SAID PROTECTIVE DEVICE, SAID PLUG-IN TERMINALS HAVING A SOLID ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO ONE PAIR OF SAID SOLDERLESS WIRE CONNECTORS AT ONE END OF THE CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND SAID BODY OF MOLDED INSULATION HAVING BREAK-AWAY PARTS OBSTRUCTING SAID ONE PAIR OF SOLDERLESS CONDUCTORS, SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICE INCLUDING A PAIR OF MEANS PROVIDING CIRCUIT PROTECTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE SOLDERLESS WIRE CONNECTORS AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID DEVICE, SAID FASTENING ELEMENT ADJACENT ONE OF SAID PAIRS OF SOLDERLESS CONNECTORS INCLUDING A SPRING LOCKING DETENT AND THE OTHER OF SAID FASTENING ELEMENTS BEING IN THE FORM OF A SEPARABLE HINGE ELEMENT INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY OF MOLDED INSULATION, SAID PANELBOARD HAVING TWO ROWS OF CONFRONTING HOOKS PARALLEL TO SAID BUS BARS AND DISPOSED TO COOPERATE RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID SPRING DETENT AND WITH SAID SEPARABLE HINGE, SAID TWO ROWS OF HOOKS BEING SPACED APART ALONG SAID BUS BARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID FASTENING ELEMENTS OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES, SAID HOOKS IN BOTH SAID ROWS BEING COOPERABLE AS MATING HINGE PARTS WITH THE SEPARABLE HINGE ELEMENTS OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES, SAID HOOKS ALSO BEING OF A FORM TO LOCK TO SAID SPRING DETENTS, SAID BUS BARS BEING DISPOSED OFFCENTER BETWEEN SAID ROWS OF HOOKS, SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES BEING ACCORDINGLY REVERSIBLE END FOR END TO ASSUME EITHER OF TWO POSITIONS TRANSVERSE OF THE BUS BARS AND BEING RETAINED BY SAID FASTENING ELEMENTS TO SAID PANEL BOARD IN EITHER DISPOSITION THEREOF, SAID BUS BARS HAVING FORMATIONS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE PLUG-IN TERMINALS OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES AND COOPERABLE THEREWITH WHEN MOUNTED ON SAID PANELBOARD IN ONE OF SAID DISPOSITIONS, SAID PLUG-IN TERMINALS OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES BEING WELL CLEAR OF SAID BUS BAR FORMATIONS IN THE REVERSE DISPOSITION OF SAID CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICES.