Patent information:

Patent:Utility 201,059
Patented:March 5, 1878
Applied:December 29, 1877
Title:Improvement in Lightning Rod Connections
Description:Coupling for lightning rod with matching male and female threads applied to the ends of rods and then the whole galvanized to make one continuous rod section
Category:Lightning Rod Coupling
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

SMITH, Charles H. Chicago, IL

Class and subclass information:

Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:94SCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Combined With joints Bare-conductor Separable;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:133RCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive) Noncircular strand section;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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