Fusible circuit protective device

Claim 1

A FUSIBLE CIRCUIT PROTECTIVE DEVICE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RECEPTACLE PART, AND A FUSE PULL-OUT UNIT RECEIVABLE IN SAID RECEPTACLE PART FOR PROVIDING A FUSED CIRCUIT THROUGH THE DEVICE, SAID UNIT HAVING AN INSULATING BODY WITH A HANDLE AT THE FRONT THEREOF AND HAVING TWO PAIRS OF COMBINED FUSE CLIPS AND REARWARD EXTENDING PLUGIN CONTACTS SECURED TO THE REAR OF SAID BODY, THE FUSE CLIPS BEING FORMED TO ENCIRCLE THE CYLINDRICAL END CONTACTS OF A PAIR OF COMPANION CARTRIDGE FUSES, EACH PAIR OF COMBINED PLUG-IN CONTACTS AND FUSE CLIPS FOR A COMPANION FUSE BEING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED AND ALIGNED, THE SPACING BETWEEN THE FUSE CLIPS OF ONE OF SAID PAIRS BEING EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN THE FUSE CLIPS OF THE OTHER OF SAID PAIRS, A RELATIVELY THIN INSULATING BARRIER EXTENDING IN LONGITUDINAL AND FRONT-TO-REAR DIRECTIONS BETWEEN SAID PAIRS OF ALIGNED COMBINED PLUG-IN CONTACTS AND FUSE CLIPS, THE PAIRS OF ALIGNED PLUG-IN CONTACTS AND FUSE CLIPS BEING DISPOSED IN STAGGERED RELATION TO RECEIVE A PAIR OF CARTRIDGE FUSES IN SAID PULL-OUT UNIT IN CLOSELY ADJACENT RELATION, A COMBINED PLUG-IN CONTACT AND FUSE CLIP OF EACH PAIR BEING DISPOSED AT A POINT BETWEEN BUT LATERALLY OFFSET FROM THE COMBINED PLUG-IN CONTACTS AND FUSE CLIPS OF THE OTHER PAIR.