Hooked Fuse Barrel

Abstract

A hooked fuse barrel, illustrates a cutout that mounts conventionally on utility poles includes an elongated fusible link contained within a fiber glass fuse barrel; a sieve attached to the upper end of the fuse barrel includes a pull ring which attaches to and extends outwardly from the said sleeve; a fiber glass hook is attached and extends outwardly engage with the switch device. Advantageously, a hooked fuse barrel selectively receiving a long stick for disengaging the fuse body from the connection assembly and cut the amount of work, time and effort needed to replace the fuse on the top of electrical transformer on electrical poles.

Claims

1. A hooked fuse barrel conventional mountained on utility poles comprising: an elongated fusible link contained within a fiber glass fuse barrel; a sieve attached to the upper end of said fuse barrel having a pull ring which attaches to and extends outwardly from the said sleeve; and a fiber glass hook is attached and extends outwardly engage with the switch device.

2. The hooked fuse barrel of claim 1, wherein said barrels having the rubber coating.

3. The hooked fuse barrel of claim 1, wherein said barrels are covered with the reflector tape.

4. The hooked fuse barrel of claim 1, wherein said hook is covered with the fluorescent paint for better visibility.

5. The hooked fuse barrel of claim 1, wherein said pull ring having 1% in diameter, which effectively provides both a target and a cooperating means for the engagement of the functional end of a long stick.

6. Method of operating hooked fuse barrel attached to electrical distribution equipment mounted on poles of electrical distribution systems, comprising the steps of: (a) Engaging a long stick with a hook attached to a first end of a fuse body that is engaged to a connection assembly of a fuse barrel; and (b) Moving the long stick to cause the first end of the fuse body to move outwardly from engagement with the connection assembly.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

[0025] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hooked fuse barrel with a prior art pull ring feature,

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0026] In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that the embodiments may be combined, or that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural, logical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

[0027] FIG. 1 depicts a hooked fuse barrel, which illustrates a cutout that mounts conventionally on utility poles. The hooked fuse barrel includes an elongated fusible link contained within a fiberglass fuse barrel. The function of the fusible link in cutout assemblies is well known and does not form a part of the present invention. A sleeve 1 attached to the upper end of the fuse barrel, also known as a ferrule, includes a pull ring 2 which attaches to and extends outwardly from the sleeve. The long stick goes into the opposite end toward to the pull ring. The hook is designed to be hooked on neutral wire to take old barrel down and rotate over to barrel hanging on neutral wire and set it in bottom of switch and close. To operate the device the long stick is opened and closed once The hook is positioned on the same side as pull ring at bottom of barrel curling up toward pull ring.

[0028] The long stick, allowing a lineman to access the fusible link by pulling down on the pull ring with the long stick to effectuate the temporary removal of the fuse holder from the cutout assembly. Along with said assembly a fiberglass hook 3 is attached and extends outwardly, which is part of the present invention.

[0029] In another embodiment the fiber glass fuse barrels are coated with the rubber coating.

[0030] Furthermore, a reflective tape 4, 5 is Positioned where fuse barrels are hanging down in blown position which can illuminate it in the night and provides proper visibility to the lineman for easy insertion of the long stick.

[0031] Referring further to FIG. 1, the hooked fuse barrel of the present invention is provided which is covered with the fluorescent paint for better visibility. Also, a pull ring is made of around 1% in diameter, which effectively provides both a target and a cooperating means for the engagement of the functional end of a long stick.

[0032] Method of operating hooked fuse barrel attached to electrical distribution equipment mounted on poles of electrical distribution systems, comprising the steps of:

[0033] (a) Engaging a long stick with a hook attached to a first end of a fuse body that is engaged to a connection assembly of a fuse barrel; and

[0034] (b) Moving the long stick to cause the first end of the fuse body to move outwardly from engagement with the connection assembly.

[0035] Accordingly, the present invention provides an improved and effective structure that makes the operation of long sticks easier and faster while reducing the level of skill and patience necessary to place long sticks into pull ring actuators. The present invention as disclosed herein results in an improved switch arrangement that provides operational control of cutout switches or fuse bodies by long stick handling tools. The novel structural features of the apparatus include a hook member engaged to a connection assembly of a fuse barrel. Further, the present invention is readily installed as a retrofit application to existing installed cutout switches. Once the hook of the present invention is installed, the cutout switch may be operated without finding and placing the long stick into a pull ring. Instead, the improved manipulating apparatus allows a lineman to engage the long stick to the switch of the cutout device by sliding the long stick into the hook, and moving the long stick in the desired direction, to open or close the switch in order to remove or replace a blown fuse in the cutout device. Thus, the switch may be operated with less difficulty and engagement attempts with long sticks with less precision than that needed for inserting long sticks into prior art pull rings.

[0036] It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive, or example, the above-discussed embodiments may be used in combination with each other. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description.

[0037] The benefits and advantages which may be provided by the present invention have been described above with regard to specific embodiments. These benefits and advantages, and any elements or limitations that may cause them to occur or to become more pronounced are not to be construed as critical, required, or essential features of any or all of the embodiments.

[0038] While the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, it should be understood that the embodiments are illustrative and that the scope of the invention is not limited to these embodiments. Many variations, modifications, additions and improvements to the embodiments described above are possible. It is contemplated that these variations, modifications, additions and improvements fall within the scope of the invention.