Patent information:

Patent:Utility 156,713
Patented:November 10, 1874
Applied:December 13, 1873
Title:Improvement in Machines for Making Tubular Lightning Rods
Description:Machine for making lightning rods by make metal tubes from sheet metal and wrapping the tubes around a central core
Category:Lightning Rod Machine
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

SCHOONMAKER, John C. Winona, MN

Class and subclass information:

Class:29METAL WORKING
Subclass:33DPLURAL DIVERSE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS FOR METAL SHAPING OR ASSEMBLING Tube making;
Class:29METAL WORKING
Subclass:728MEANS TO ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE Means to place sheath on running-length core;
Class:29METAL WORKING
Subclass:745MEANS TO ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE Means to assemble electrical device Conductor;
Class:57TEXTILES: SPINNING, TWISTING, AND TWINING
Subclass:13 
Class:57TEXTILES: SPINNING, TWISTING, AND TWINING
Subclass:59 

Known specimens:

None known

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