Patent ID: 8384509
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A holder for receiving fuses, in particular for receiving cylindrical fuses, the holder comprising: a housing in which a guiding mechanism is provided; a receiving shaft with an opening to the receiving shaft, the receiving shaft containing contacts which are provided for contacting at least one fuse inserted into the receiving shaft; a cover which is adjustably arranged in the receiving shaft; a fuse holding device which is adjustably guided in the receiving shaft, wherein the cover is provided with a unit which is engageable with the guiding mechanism of the housing and which functions to hold the cover at a predetermined position within the housing and set apart from the contacts; a spring device for biasing the cover; a coupling device for detachably coupling the cover to the fuse holding device, wherein the cover has openings for receiving the coupling device, wherein the unit of the cover is formed by feet wherein each foot has foot portions at an end of each foot being angled relative thereto wherein the feet protrude laterally from the cover and are engageable with the guides in the housing, and wherein the guiding mechanism comprises stops and/or stop faces which are provided in the guiding mechanism and diagonally relative thereto, and which, by engagement of the foot portions with the stops and/or stop faces in the guiding mechanism, prevent a downward displacement of the cover along the guiding mechanism.