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(No Model.)

L. STIERINGER & J. H. VAIL.

WIRING INTERIORS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

Patented May 12, 1885.

, INVENTORS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

LUTHER STIERINGER AND JONATHAB H. VAIL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES F. HANINGTON AND RICHARD N. DYER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

WiRlNG INTERIORS FOR ELECTRlC LlGt-i'lz'i.

.JPECIFILCATEOE" forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,879, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed July 14, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUTHER STIERINGER and JONATHAN H. Van, both of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wiring Interiors for Electric Lights, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

The object we have in view is a simple and efficient method of running and supporting wires used in the wiring of houses, vessels, and other interiors for electric lights.

Heretofore the simplest manner of running and supporting wires has been to secure them at intervals by metal staples; but these are objectionable for many reasons. They are liable to be driven against metal and to form a source of trouble in producing leaks to ground or cross connections. The metal staples are subject to oxidation, and when oxidized injure the insulating covering of the wire, and from careless driving of the staples the insulation is liable to be abraded. e overcome these objections by the use of staples, loops, or hooks of insulating material, which are inserted into the supporting wood-work or other insulating backing at intervals, and are held by wedges of insulating material, or by glue or cement; or both the wedges and the glue or cement can be employed Holes are made by a suitable tool to receive the staples, hooks, or loops, and the wedges or cementing material, or both, hold them firmly. The staples, hooks, or loops can be made of tough wood, such as hickory or the heart of apple, bent or out in proper form; or whalebone, horn, or other suitable insulating material can be employed. Loops of cord might be used, but we prefer staples, hooks, or loops of a material having more rigidity than cord. This feature of the invention is applicable to both concealed and exposed work.

A further object of our invention is to pro vide means for doing work in a neat and sub stantial manner.

The wood or metal work of some structures, such as vessels, is exposed constantly to moisture, and conducting-wires for electric lights, if run in inclosed channels under moldings where the moisture may collect, are inj uriously affected. By this part of our invention we provide a molding orinsulating back forsilpporting the wires off of the structure, and of sufficient width to give the wires a proper separation. This molding has parallel face or side grooves which receive the wires, and in 5 5 which they may be held in any suitable way, but preferably by means ofour insulating fastenings. The molding is made of wood, strawboard, paper, or other similar insulating material. The wires being exposed, the moisture which may collect about them is evaporated, while the insulating-covering is protected by the sides of the grooves. \Viring done in this way also presents a neat appearance. The face grooves in the molding are formed so that they will shed water and protect the wires.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a face view of a length of molding with wires secured thereto; Fig.

2, a section on a larger scale through one fast- 73 ening, Figs. 3 and 4, separate views of the loop and hook, Figs. 5 and 6, cross-sections of molding for wall and ceiling.

Arepresents the staple or loop of insulating material, a number of which are used to fasten 75 the wires B O to the supporting insulatingbacking D. These are secured upon the wires at short intervals and form a secure fastening. Wherever a'staple, A, is to be inserted, holes are made in D, and the staple is forced into theholes by liand,straddling the wire. W edges a are then forced ordriven into one or both holes and are broken off.

Glue or cement may be used with or with out the wedges, and the staples or wedges, or both, may be dipped in glue or cement before being forced into the insulating-support.

Hooks E may be used instead of loops, and short lengths of cord, held at their ends by the wedges, may be employed.

The insulating-backing D is preferably a molding secured to the wall or ceiling F of the interior, and having parallel face or side grooves, c, for securing and protecting the wires B G, as explained.

The grooves are formed to shed water, as shown. This feature of the invention relates especially to molding for side walls, as shown in Fig. 5. The wire grooves have their lower sides inclined so that moisture cannot collect in the grooves as it would if the grooves had horizontally-projecting sides, while the upper sides of the grooves are horizontal and form, with the face of the molding, overhanging edges from which the water will drip without entering the grooves.

The molding is made in lengths of wood, straw-board, paper, or other similar insulating material.

WVhat we claim is 1. The combination, with supporting insulation, of electrical conducting-wires secured thereto at intervals by staples, hooks, or loops, of insulating material, substantially as set forth.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, staples or hooks, of stiff insulating material, for securing electrical conducting-wiresto a wood or other insulating backing or support, such staples or hooks being constructed to embrace the wires and secure them to the insulating backing or support by having their points forced into holes in such insulating backing or support, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with supporting insulation, of electrical conducting-wires secured thereto at intervals by staples, hooks, or loops and fastening wedges, of insulating material, substantially as set forth.

4. A side-wall molding of insulating material for supporting electrical conductors, having exposed face-grooves for the wires,said grooves being inclined on their lower sides to permit moisture to run from them, substantially as set forth.

5. Aside-wall molding of insulating material for supporting electrical conductors, having exposed face-grooves for the wires, said grooves being inclined on their lower sides to permit moisture to run from them, and having overhanging edges on their upper sides, substantially as set forth.

6. A molding of insulating material having exposed parallel "face or side grooves, in combination with electrical conductingwires, secured in such grooves by fastenings of insulating material, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28th day of June, 1884.

LUTHER STIERINGER. JONATHAN I-l. VAIL. Witnesses:

ALFRED W'. KIDDLE, EDWARD G. ROWLAND.

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