Patent information:
| Patent: | Utility 357,050 |
| Patented: | February 1, 1887 |
| Applied: | June 2, 1886 |
| Title: | Lightning Protector for Electrical Conductors |
| Description: | Barbed wire as a conductor for lightning protection placed above the electrical conductors on poles |
| Category: | Lightning |
| Assigned to: |
Patentee Information:
| VAIL, Jonathan H. | New York, NY |
Class and subclass information:
| Class: | 361 | ELECTRICITY: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES |
| Subclass: | 117 | SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS AND DEVICES; High voltage dissipation (e.g., lightning arrester); |
| Class: | 174 | ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS |
| Subclass: | 2 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION; |
| Class: | 256 | FENCES |
| Subclass: | 10 | ELECTRIC; |
| Class: | 313 | ELECTRIC LAMP AND DISCHARGE DEVICES |
| Subclass: | 351 | ELECTRODE AND SHIELD STRUCTURES; Multipointed or serrated edge electrode; |
Known specimens:
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