Current limiting fuse

Claim 1

A FUSE, COMPRISING: A TUBULAR FUSE HOLDER HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED TERMINAL MEANS THEREIN; FUSIBLE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTED MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FUSIBLE CONDUCTORS SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER; INTERRUPTER MEANS DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID FUSIBLE MEANS, SAID INTERRUPTER MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED PLATES OF A PREDETERMINED THICKNESS OF GAS EVOLVING MATERIAL, SAID PLATES EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APERTURES EACH PROVIDING AN ARC PRESSURE CHAMBER WITHIN THE INTERRUPTER MEANS, SAID PLATES EACH ENCIRCLING THE FUSIBLE CONDUCTORS AT A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT SPACED POINTS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE FUSIBLE CONDUCTORS SO THAT THE ARC FORMED UPON FUSION OF EACH FUSIBLE CONDUCTOR WITHIN THE ASSOCIATED APERTURE IS SUBJECTED TO A LONGITUDINAL GAS BLAST WITHIN EACH APERTURE PROVIDING PRESSURE WITHIN EACH PRESSURE CHAMBER TO MAINTAIN THE ARC VOLTAGE WITHIN EACH APERTURE AT A HIGH VALUE AND TO REMOVE THE CONDUCTING PRODUCTS OF THE ARC TO ESTABLISH AN INSULATING CONDITION; AND A GRANULAR ARCQUENCHING MATERIAL IN PROXIMITY WITH THE PRESSURE CHAMBER MEANS.