(EN) A FUSE HANDLING DEVICE (50) FOR USE WITH A FUSE UNIT HAVING A PAIR OF CONTACTS BETWEEN WHICH A FUSE HAVING FUSE TERMINALS WHICH ACT AS SWITCHING CONTACTS MAY EXTEND IN USE. THE HANDLING DEVICE (50) COMPRISES AN ACTUATING LEVER (53) OPERABLE INTO A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION, A CHARGING MEANS (56,57) OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE ACTUATING LEVER (53) AND A DRIVE MEANS (65) OPERABLY CONNECTED TO THE CHARGING MEANS (56,57). THE HANDLING DEVICE (50) IN USE IS MOUNTED ON THE FUSE UNIT. THE DRIVE MEANS (65) ATTACHES TO THE FUSE AND OPERATION OF THE ACTUATING LEVER (53) INTO THE FIRST POSITION CHARGES THE CHARGING MEANS (56,57) TO CAUSES THE DRIVE MEANS (65) TO EXTRACT THE FUSE FROM THE PAIR OF CONTACTS AND OPERATION OF THE ACTUATING LEVER (53) INTO THE SECOND POSITION CHARGES THE CHARGING MEANS (56,57) TO CAUSE THE DRIVE MEANS (65) TO INSERT THE FUSE INTO THE PAIR OF CONTACTS. THE FUSE MOVES IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO A PLANE OF ITS SWITCHING CONTACTS. (FIGURES 5A AND 5B)
