ES40596U - A multiple fuse holder with rotating drum (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

A multiple fuse holder with rotating drum, essentially consisting of a sleeve, which is screwed directly to the bushing forming the terminals of the circuit to be protected, and a drum fitted inside said sleeve capable of rotating around its common axis, which is the fuseholder element; this drum has a flange or external handle for handling, the fusible filaments being housed in a series of peripheral grooves and uniformly presenting along said drum; each of these filaments is joined at its lower end with a contactor that is part of a general bushing or contactor that covers the base of the drum, which is in constant contact through the bottom of the sheath with the central terminal of the bushing. link to the circuit; The filaments themselves, at their upper ends, are joined to independent contactors fixed in the outer peripheral zone of the drum, and depending on the angular position given to the drum, they may take contact with a fixed terminal in the interior of the case in turn. its wall is extended by the external face thereof to join the threaded sleeve with the screw terminal also threaded from the connection sleeve with the circuit. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)