Pivotable fuse mount for switching apparatus

Claim 1

IN A SWITCH HAVING COOPERABLE SWITCH MEMBERS INCLUDING A STATIONARY CONTACT AND A MOVABLE ELONGATE TUBULAR FUSE, AND WHEREIN ONE END OF THE FUSE IS SWINGABLE ABOUT THE OTHER END OF THE FUSE IN A PREDETERMINED PATH REARWARD AND FORWARD RESPECTIVELY TOWARD AND FROM SAID STATIONARY CONTACT TO RESPECTIVELY CLOSE AND OPEN A CIRCUIT BETWEEEN THE STATIONARY CONTACT AND SAID ONE END OF THE FUSE, SAID REARWARD DIRCETION BEING THE CIRCUIT CLOSING DIRECTION OF THE FUSE, SAID FUSE HAVING A PERIPHERAL SURFACE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FUSE, MEANS FOR PIVOTABLY SUPPORTING SAID OTHER END OF THE FUSE COMPRISING FORWARD ELEMENT MEANS, AND MOVABLE RESILIENTLY FORWARD BIASED REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS HAVING LIMITED FORWARD MOVEMENT, SAID OTHER END OF THE FUSE BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FORWARD ELEMENT MEANS AND SAID REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS WITH SAID REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS ENGAGING SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACE, SAID FORWARD ELEMENT MEANS HAVING A FULCRUM PORTION IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACE AGAINST WHICH FULCRUM PORTION SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACE PIVOTS WHEN SAID ONE END OF THE FUSE IS SWUNG IN SAID PATH, SAID FORWARD BIAS OF THE REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS FORCING THE REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS FORWARD AGAINST THE FUSE TO GRIP THE FUSE BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE FORWARD AND REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS WHEN SAID ONE END OF THE FUSE IS SWUNG REARWARD TOWARD SAID STATIONARY CONTACT, SAID REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS REACHING ITS LIMIT OF FORWARD MOVEMENT WHEN SAID ONE END OF THE FUSE IS SWUNG FORWARD TO AN OPEN CIRCUIT POSITION, SAID OTHER END OF THE FUSE BEING FREE FROM SAID GRIP WHEN THE REARWARD ELEMENT MEANS IS AT ITS FORWARD LIMIT OF MOVEMENT.