Patent information:
| Patent: | Utility 173,962 |
| Patented: | February 22, 1876 |
| Applied: | November 29, 1875 |
| Title: | Improvement in Couplings for Tubing and Lightning Rods |
| Description: | Coupling made of a short hollow piece placed inside both ends of the rod and crimped down through the rod ends to secure the sections |
| Category: | Lightning Rod Coupling |
| Assigned to: | Reyburn, Hunter & Co. |
Patentee Information:
| JOHNSON, Isaac | Chicago, IL |
Class and subclass information:
| Class: | 285 | PIPE JOINTS OR COUPLINGS |
| Subclass: | 382 | DEFORMED; |
| Class: | 15 | BRUSHING, SCRUBBING, AND GENERAL CLEANING |
| Subclass: | 145 | |
| Class: | 174 | ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS |
| Subclass: | 126.1 | CONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS; Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive); |
| Class: | 279 | CHUCKS OR SOCKETS |
| Subclass: | 104 | |
| Class: | 285 | PIPE JOINTS OR COUPLINGS |
| Subclass: | 397 | INTERNAL SLEEVE; |
| Class: | 29 | METAL WORKING |
| Subclass: | 517 | METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE; Assembling or joining; Joining by deforming; Inward deformation of aperture or hollow body wall; Hollow body is axially joined cup or tube; Joined to rod; |
| Class: | 403 | JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS |
| Subclass: | 285 | MEMBER DEFORMED IN SITU; Both members deformed; |
Known specimens:
| None known |
Drawings:
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