Fuse holder for accommodating wide range of lengths of cartridge-type fuses

Claim 1

AN IN-LINE FUSE HOLDER FOR INCORPORATING ANY ONE LENGTH CARTRIDGE-TYPE FUSE OF A VARIETY OF LENGTHS OF SUCH FUSES INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, EACH SUCH FUSE HAVING A BODY AND CONDUCTIVE END CAPS, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING AN OPEN END AND A CLOSED END AND RECEIVING THE BODY OF THE FUSE, A SOCKET, MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTING THE SOCKET ON THE OPEN END OF THE CASING SO AS TO PERMIT SELECTIVE ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CASING FOR REPLACEMENT OF OR INSERTION OF A FUSE THEREIN, A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONTACT CARRIED BY THE SOCKET AND ABUTTING AND THUS ELECTRICALLY ENGAGING AN ASSOCIATED END CAP OF THE FUSE, AN INTERNAL WALL MEMBER WITHIN THE CASING, POSITIONING MEANS LOCATING THE WALL MEMBER IN ANY SELECTED ONE OF SEVERAL PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINALLY SPACED LOCATIONS NEAR THE CLOSED END OF THE CASING, A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONTACT SUPPORTED BY THE WALL MEMBER AND ABUTTING AND THUS ELECTRICALLY ENGAGING THE OTHER END CAP OF THE FUSE, INSULATED WIRES EACH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT CONTACT AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED INTO THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, AND MEANS BIASING THE CONTACTS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE END CAPS OF THE FUSE, THE LOCATION OF THE WALL MEMBER IN ANY ONE OF SAID PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS VARYING THE EFFECTIVE GAP BTWEEN THE WALL MEMBER AND THE SOCKET WITHIN THE SLEEVE, WHEREBY TO ACCOMMODATE FUSES OF VARIOUS LENGTHS.