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Abstract

A novel two-piece rejector fuse clip assembly comprised of a rejector clip and a fuse clip in structural combination. A separate and structurally rigid rejector clip includes a pair of opposed and coplanar ears positioned to define an open-ended slot running therebetween, the slot being sized to receive a fuse's grooved ferrule, but to refuse a fuse's non-grooved ferrule when the basic ferrule diameters are equal. The rejector clip's ears are connected, through shoulders, to a rear face disposed parallel to and spaced from the front face, thereby providing a generally C-shaped rejector clip configuration when viewed from the top. The separte fuse clip includes spring legs, vertical slots being provided in those legs to receive the rejector clip's ears, thereby connecting the rejector clip and fuse clip in operable combination. The fuse clip's legs are squeezed inward toward one another to permit assembly of the rejector and fuse clips, the legs springing back outward after assembly to restrict disassembly of the clips. A foot extends from the bottom edge of the rejection clip's rear face, same presenting a mounting hole that overlies a similar mounting hole centered in the fuse clip's base, thereby permitting field assembly of the rejector clip in the fuse clip on an electrically conductive mounting strap of a fuse block, which assembly exhibits uniformity in electrical contact between the fuse clip and mounting strap over the entirety of their mating surfaces.

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