Fuseholder

Claim 1

A FUSEHOLDER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BODY MOLDED FROM INSULATING MATERIALS HAVING AN OPEN END CAVITY FORMED THEREIN FOR RECEIVING STANDARD CARTRIDGE TYPE FUSES OF THE SAME LENGTH, BUT WITH CONTACT FERRULES OF DIFFERENT OUTSIDE DIAMETERS, A BOTTOM TERMINAL CONTACT EXTENDING WITHIN THE CAVITY OF SAID BODY FOR HAVING CONTACT WITH ONE FERRULE OF THE FUSE WHEN INSERTED THEREIN, A REMOVABLE CAP FOR CLOSING THE OPEN END OF THE CAVITY WITHIN SAID BODY, A FUSE SOCKET CARRIED BY SAID CAP AND HAVING AN OPEN END RECESS FROMED THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE OPPOSITE FERRULE OF SAID FUSE SAID FUSE SOCKET HAVING DETACHABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SAID SIDE TERMINAL, AN ANNULAR SHOULDER FORMED WITH SAID FUSE SOCKET AND EXTENDING INWARDLY WITHIN THE OPEN END OF THE RECESS FORMED THEREIN, A CONICAL COIL SPRING INSERTABLE WITHIN THE RECESS FORMED WITHIN SAID FUSE SOCKET, THE LARGE COIL HAVING A PRESET DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF THE INTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE OPEN END RECESS FORMED WITHIN SAID FUSE SOCKET WHEREBY WHEN INSERTED WITHIN SAID FUSE SOCKET WILL HAVE FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH THE LATTER AS TO SUPPORT SAID COIL SPRING AND HAVE ITS SMALLER COILS SUSPENDED THEREFROM, A FUSE CLIP HAVING ONE END IN A PRESET UNSTRESSED POLYGONAL CONFIGURATION IS CROSS-SECTION ASSUMING AND MAINTAINING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME RECTILINEAR ELEVATIONAL CONFIGURATION UPON FLEXED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FUSE SOCKET WHEN INSERTED THEREIN TO MAINTAIN AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE LATTER, A PLURALITY OF ARMS FORMED WITH AND EXTENDING FROM SAID END OF SAID FUSE CLIP HAVING A POLYGONAL CONFUGURATION IN CROSS-SECTION EACH ARM BEING PRESET IN AN OUTWARDLY FLARED CONFIGURATION WHEREBY THE INNER FACE OF THE MEDIAL PORTION OF EACH ARM WILL HAVE DIRECT ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE FERRULES OF FUSES HAVING DIFFERENT OUTSIDE DIAMETERS WHEN A FUSE OF EITHER DIAMETER IS INSERTED WITHIN SAID FUSE SOCKET, THE OUTER FREE EXTREMITIES OF EACH ARM BEING BENT OUTWARDLY IN A PRESET POSITION WHEREBY THOSE EXTREMITIES WILL ENGAGE THE INNER WALL OF SAID FUSE SOCKET AND BE PREVENTED AGAINST WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LATTER WHEN CONTACTING SAID ANNULAR SHOULDER, SAID FUSE CLIP HAVING FREE SLIDING MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID FUSE SOCKET, SAID COIL SPRING WHEN COMPRESSED WILL EXERT PRESSURE UPON THE FUSE FOR FORCING THE LATTER IN CONSTANT ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID BOTTOM TERMINAL AND WHEN COMPLETELY EXPANDED WILL RELEASE ITS PRESSURE UPON THE FUSE PERMITTING SAID ARMS OF THE FUSE CLIP TO MAINTAIN THEIR GRIP UPON THE FUSE WHEREBY THE LATTER CAN BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CAVITY WITHIN SAID BODY WHEN REMOVING SAID CAP THEREFROM, AND SAID COIL SPRING BEING SUSPENDED WITHIN SAID FUSE CLIP AND OUT OF DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LATTER.