Kuhlman Corporation

Kuhlman Electric Corporation

John E Cloyd

John L Fisher

Joe E Curtis, Jr

Stephen D Smith

Clair E Piatt

Ronald F Dornbrock

J Donald Richerson

Douglas Burns

A fuse holder (2) for use in electrical apparatus includes a tubular body (6) having outer and inner ends (10, 16). A first electrical contact element (22) and a mounting flange (8) are secured to the inner and outer ends, preferably using resilient retaining rings (53, 68) engaging circular grooves (52, 20; 62, 20) formed in the opposed surfaces. A tubular second electrical contact element (32) is secured within the tubular body and preferably has a flexible electrical terminal strap (24) which extends out through an opening (23) formed in the tubular body. Fluid-tight seals are provided between the inner surface (14) of the tubular body and the outer surfaces (46, 58, 30) of the first and second electrical contact elements and the mounting flange assembly by using pairs of O-rings (38, 50 and 70); an adhesive (39) is also used to secure these elements to the body.

Method for assembling a fuse holder

Fuse holder and method for assembling

A continuous ribbon of annealed amorphous magnetic core material (4) is removed from a supply spool (14) and wound into an annular cavity (6) defined by a rotating bobbin (8) within a partially assembled toroidal transformer (10). An appropriate tension on the material entering the annular cavity is created by providing a magnet (35) along a guide surface (20) between the supply spool and the annular cavity to create a drag force on the material. Slack in the material between the guide surface and the entrance gap is eliminated by lightly biasing (40) a portion of the guide surface against the core material. The amorphous magnetic core material is preferably subjected to a stress relief annealing operation in the same spiral orientation and with the same inner and outer diameters as the material will assume as the core of the toroidal transformer. To accomplish this the annealed core material is backwound from its annealing spool (44) onto the supply spool and then is wound into the bobbin. The annealing process makes the thin amorphous material quite brittle so that extra care must be taken to keep from damaging the edges. Accordingly, no edge guides are used along the path of the core material from the supply spool to the entrance gap.

Method and apparatus for winding an amorphous magnetic toroidal

A toroidal electrical transformer having a low voltage coil, a high voltage coil and an annular magnetic core is disclosed. The preferred low voltage and high voltage coils are each continuous and form an arcuate elongated passage therethrough. The preferred annular magnetic core is wound in place in said arcuate elongated passage substantially from a continuous strip of magnetic material resulting in a toroidal transformer with continuous windings and a continuous wound core. Various components and sub-assemblies are also disclosed along with various apparatus and methods for producing such toroidal electrical transformers, its components and its sub-assemblies.

Apparatus and method for winding a strip of material into an arcuate

A toroidal elecrical transformer having a low voltage coil, a high voltage coil and an annular magnetic core is disclosed. The preferred low voltage and high voltage coils are each continuous and form an arcuate elongated passage therethrough. The preferred annular magnetic core is wound in place in said arcuate elongated passage substantially from a continuous strip of magnetic material resulting in a toroidal transformer with continuous windings and a continuous wound core. Various components and sub-assemblies are also disclosed along with various apparatus and methods for producing such toroidal electrical transformers, its components and its sub-assemblies.

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Versailles, KY, United States of America

John E Cloyd