Patent information:

Patent:Utility 186,503
Patented:January 23, 1877
Applied:August 23, 1876
Title:Improvement in Lightning Rod Connector Clips
Description:Coupling or connector clip composed of flat metal bent around the adjoining rod with external threads formed on the end so the rod can be screwed onto the clip
Category:Lightning Rod Coupling
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

SHOOK, Albert Oswego, IL

Class and subclass information:

Class:403JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
Subclass:190ROD TO MEMBER TO SIDE, E.G., PLATE, ROD SIDE, ETC. Arcuate or multiplanar side;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:133RCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive) Noncircular strand section;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:71RCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Combined Branched;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:94SCONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Combined With joints Bare-conductor Separable;
Class:403JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
Subclass:235ROD END TO TRANSVERSE SIDE OF MEMBER Structure attached to rod end encompasses side Yoke or ring;
Class:411EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER
Subclass:522FASTENER SECURING ELEMENT Resilient metallic Sheet metal Parallel legs, e.g., U-shaped, etc.;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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