Patent information:

Patent:Utility 377,742
Patented:February 14, 1888
Applied:August 25, 1887
Title:Lightning Rod Attachment for Windmills
Description:Lightning rod attached to windmills by means of a standard fixed rod and one that travels around with the windmill to keep the point in continuous contact with the rod conductor to ground
Category:Windmill
Assigned to: 

Patentee Information:

DANIELS, Eugene O. Springfield, OH

Class and subclass information:

Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:2LIGHTNING PROTECTION;
Class:439ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
Subclass:13INTERRELATED CONNECTORS RELATIVELY MOVABLE DURING USE Movement about axis Rotary movement;

Known specimens:

None known

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