Patent information:

Patent:Utility 438,532
Patented:October 14, 1890
Applied:June 18, 1890
Title:Insulating Appliance for Electric Batteries
Description:Battery jar and large battery rest insulator with upturned cup to hold insulating fluid. Some think the rods (a2) that hold the plates apart are the glass U-shaped ""rods"" known in the hobby, but there is no evidence of this in the patent.
Category:Battery
Assigned to:The United Gas Improvement Co.

Patentee Information:

CURRIE, Stanley C. C. Philadelphia, PA

Class and subclass information:

Class:429CHEMISTRY: ELECTRICAL CURRENT PRODUCING APPARATUS, PRODUCT, AND PROCESS
Subclass:95 
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:30WITH FLUIDS OR VACUUM Insulators;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:138RINSULATORS Special application;

Known specimens:

Number:Specimen known

Drawings:

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