In-line fuse holders

Claim 1

A UNIVERSAL IN-LINE FUSE HOLDER FOR INCORPORATING ANY ONE LENGTH CARTRIDGE-TYPE FUSE OF A VARIETY OF LENGTHS OF SUCH FUSES INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, WITHOUT ANY SUBSTITUTION OF PARTS OF THE HOLDER, EACH SUCH FUSE HAVING A BODY AND CONDUCTIVE END CAPS, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED SLEEVE ENCLOSING THE BODY OF THE FUSE, A PAIR OF OPPOSED SOCKETS EACH ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A DIFFERENT END OF THE FUSE, TWO MOUNTING MEANS EACH MOUNTING AN ASSOCIATED SOCKET ON A DIFFERENT END OF THE SLEEVE, A PAIR OF CONTACTS EACH ENGAGED BY A DIFFERENT SOCKET AND EACH ABUTTING AND THUS ELECTRICALLY ENGAGING A DIFFERENT END CAP OF THE FUSE, INSULATED WIRES EACH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT CONTACT AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED INTO THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, AND SPRING MEANS BIASING THE CONTACTS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE END CAPS OF THE FUSE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING POSITIONING MEANS SELECTIVELY DETACHABLY FIXING THE ASSOCIATED SOCKET IN ANY ONE OF PLURAL PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE END OF THE SLEEVE SO AS TO VARY THE EFFECTIVE GAP BETWEEN THE SOCKETS WITHIN THE SLEEVE WHEREBY TO ACCOMMODATE FUSES OF VARIOUS LENGTHS.