Patent information:

Patent:Utility 173,963
Patented:February 22, 1876
Applied:November 30, 1875
Title:Improvement in Lightning Rods
Description:Lightning rod with solid supporting rod fitted inside and screwed into the rod coupling on each end
Category:Lightning Rod
Assigned to:Reyburn, Hunter & Co.

Patentee Information:

JOHNSON, Isaac Chicago, IL
PRICE, David A. Chicago, IL

Class and subclass information:

Class:52STATIC STRUCTURES (E.G., BUILDINGS)
Subclass:726.1SHAFT (I.E., ELONGATED RIGID STRUCTURE) End-to-end connected sections;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:130CONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive) Plural strand Annular;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:94SCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Combined With joints Bare-conductor Separable;
Class:403JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
Subclass:285MEMBER DEFORMED IN SITU Both members deformed;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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