Patent information:

Patent:Utility 911,973
Patented:February 9, 1909
Applied:August 22, 1908
Title:Insulating High-Voltage Transmission-Lines
Description:Use of steel coil attached to insulator (instead of the conductor) to offer resistance to control lightning surge and protect the insulator
Category:Lightning
Assigned to:The Locke Insulator Mfg. Co.

Patentee Information:

GODDARD, Walter T. Victor, NY

Class and subclass information:

Class:361ELECTRICITY: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
Subclass:133SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS AND DEVICES High voltage dissipation (e.g., lightning arrester) With magnetic means (e.g., electromagnet);
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:42OVERHEAD With conductor vibration damping means;
Class:174ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Subclass:139INSULATORS Combined;

Known specimens:

None known

Drawings:

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