Patent · US Expired

Cut-out fuse tube

US4373556A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1981
Grant dateFeb 15, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1369
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns the use of polyester materials in arc quenching applications, particularly in the cutout fuse tube industry. In one embodiment of the present invention a fuse tube is disclosed as comprising a laminate two-layered structure including as its inner layer, (or liner), a polyester filament winding supported in a cured cyclo-aliphatic epoxy resin matrix. The outer layer includes wound glass filaments supported within a cured epoxy resin matrix.

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