Patent information:

Patent:Utility 123,600
Patented:February 13, 1872
Applied:
Title:Improvement in Lightning Rods
Description:Lightning rod made of soft iron flat on the back side and fluted on the front side then covered completely with sheet copper
Category:Lightning Rod
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

WELLS, Warren A. St. Paul, MN
HOUSE, George Gallipolis, OH

Class and subclass information:

Class:428STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
Subclass:599ALL METAL OR WITH ADJACENT METALS Defined configuration of both thickness and nonthickness surface or angle therebetween (e.g., rounded corners, etc.);
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:133RCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive) Noncircular strand section;
Class:428STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
Subclass:676ALL METAL OR WITH ADJACENT METALS Composite i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components (e.g., layers, joint, etc.) Transition metal-base component Group VIII or IB metal-base component Cu-base component Next to Fe-base component;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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