Patent information:

Patent:Utility 190,391
Patented:May 1, 1877
Applied:February 24, 1877
Title:Improvement in Lightning Rods
Description:Lightning rod made of a central galvanized iron rod twisted around with several galvanized rods all soldered together then intertwined with strips of copper that are soldered to the core
Category:Lightning Rod
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

VAN LOON, Nicholas St. Cloud, MN

Class and subclass information:

Class:57TEXTILES: SPINNING, TWISTING, AND TWINING
Subclass:215 
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:128.1CONDUITS, CABLES OR CONDUCTORS Conductor structure (nonsuperconductive) Plural strand;
Class:57TEXTILES: SPINNING, TWISTING, AND TWINING
Subclass:212 
Class:57TEXTILES: SPINNING, TWISTING, AND TWINING
Subclass:216 

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

Drawing page 1

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