Handle for plug-in protectors

Details Handle for plug-in protectors Handle for plug-in protectors

1999-01-13

2000-09-12

Gaffin, Jeffrey

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

361730, 361732, 174 5054, 439214, H02H 0904

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061186643

ABSTRACT:
A plug-in surge protector having an improved handle for facilitating and isolating the removal of an individual protector from a protector panel without interfering with adjacent protectors. The plug-in protector comprises a body having a front end and a rear end. Extending from the rear end of the body are terminals for plugging into sockets on a protector panel. Extending from the front end of the body is a handle having a reduced width and concave upper and lower surfaces. On the concave surfaces are horizontal teeth running across the width of the handle. It is preferable that the teeth are tilted towards the rear end of the body and against the direction of removal of the protector from the panel. The reduced width of the handle allows the removal of a single protector without touching or interfering with adjacent protectors plugged into the panel. The teeth on the handle increases the frictional surface area to facilitate removal of the protector from the panel.

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