Thermal responsive miniature fuse

Claim 1

A THERMAL PROTECTOR SWITCH UNIT COMPRISING: AN OUTER OPEN-ENDED INSULATING SLEEVE, A PAIR OF HOLLOW TERMINALS OPEN AT THEIR ENDS AND FIXED IN PLACE AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF AND INSIDE OF SAID INSULATING SLEEVE IN SPACED APART RELATION, A SOLID FUSIBLE CONDUCTIVE LINK WITHIN SAID INSULATING SLEEVE PHYSICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BY TELESCOPING INTO THE INNER ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS, SAID CONDUCTIVE LINK MELTING AT A GIVEN TEMPERATURE TO BREAK AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, SAID HOLLOW TERMINALS BEING COVERED BY SAID INSULATING SLEEVE SO THAT THERE ARE NO LONGITUDINALLY EXPOSED CONDUCTIVE SURFACES THEREON, AND SAID HOLLOW TERMINALS DEFINING CONDUCTOR-RECEIVING SOCKETS OPENING ONTO THE ENDS OF THE INSULATING SLEEVE TO RECEIVE THE BARED ENDS OF A PAIR OF CONDUCTORS TO BE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BY THE SWITCH UNIT, AND SAID INSULATING SLEEVE BEING INWARDLY DEFORMABLE AND SAID HOLLOW TERMINALS BEING PERMANENTLY CRIMPABLE SNUGLY AROUND THE BARED ENDS OF THE CONDUCTORS FOR FIXEDLY SECURING THE SWITCH UNIT TO THE CONDUCTORS.