Fuse construction in which there is an interconnection between a rod-like terminal and surrounding metallic tube by a flexible conductor in an improved manner

Claim 1

IN A FUSE CONSTRUCTION, IN COMBINATION, AN INSULATING FUSE TUBE, A FIRST TERMINAL AT ONE END OF SAID FUSE TUBE, A METALLIC TUBE EXTENDING AT ONE END INTO THE OTHER END OF SAID FUSE TUBE AND FORMING A SECOND TERMINAL FOR SAID FUSE TUBE, A ROD-LIKE TERMINAL AT ONE END PROJECTING INTO SAID ONE END OF SAID METALLIC TUBE AND MOVABLE FURTHER INTO THE SAME, FUSIBLE MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD-LIKE TERMINAL AND SAID FIRST TERMINAL, A COIL TENSION SPRING IN SAID METALLIC TUBE ANCHORED AT ONE END TO SAID ONE END OF SAID ROD-LIKE TERMINAL AND AT THE OTHER END TO THE OTHER END OF SAID METALLIC TUBE AND BIASING SAID ROD-LIKE TERMINAL THEREINTO, AND A FLEXIBLE CONDUCTOR WITHIN SAID METALLIC TUBE INTERCONNECTING SAID ONE END OF SAID ROD-LIKE TERMINAL AND SAID ONE END OF SAID METALLIC TUBE AND OF A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE INTERCONNECTION ON MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER INTO THE LATTER FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE WITH SUCH MOVEMENT.