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- the object of my invention is to protect overhead lines of conductors, especially those of electric-lighting systems, from lightning. Ordinarily during a thunder-storm such lines will become charged with atmospheric electricity which will finally discharge itself, and so injure the generators or the lamps in an electric-lighting system or such apparatus as may be used in other electrical systems. To obviate this ground-connections have been provided through a high resistance, usually an airspace, so that the discharge will take place to earth across such resistance without. injury to the apparatus. It is found, however, in practice that with such an arrangement the lightning is not always carried off with sufficient quickness to prevent the injurious effect mentioned.
- My invention consists, mainly, in employing one or more conductors separate from the circuit-conductors and placed aboveor otherwise in proximity to such conductors, and connected at intervals by low resistance-connections with the earth, so that the separate conductor or conductors accumulate the atmospheric electricity and cause it to be conveyed continually and safely to the earth.
- Figure 1 is a view of an overhead line provided with my invention, where only one lightning-conductor is used; Fig. 2, an elevation of a pole, showing an arrangement where several are used; and Fig. 3, an illustration of a form of barbed wire which I may use.
- A. A represent poles, which support in the usual manner circuit-wires B B. These are the wires of electric-lighting systems or other electrical systems in which round metallic circuits or circuits without ground-connections are employed.
- 0 C are the conductors for the lightning or atmospheric electricity.
- Such conductors may be of ordinary barbed wire--such, forinstance, as shown in Fig. 3or the pointsor spurs a a may be secured upon the wire in any other suitable way. I may, however, use wires unprovided with any such points orspurs.
- Fig. 1 only one lightning-conductor is shown, the same being supported upon the tops of the poles above the circuit-wires upon suitable insulators.
- This conductor is connected at intervals to the ground by wires D, such wires being preferably connected to copper plates E, buried in the earth at a sufficient depth to be always subject to moisture.
- Fig. 2 a number of lightningconduetors are shown placed upon insulators above, be low, between, and by the, side of the circuitwires, so that such wires are surrounded by the lightning-conductors. All these lightning-conductors are connected to the groundwires 1). Such ground-wires are placed at suitabledistances apart. There may be one at each pole or at alternate poles, or connections may be made to earth between the poles, if desired.
- The.lightning-conductors may be of copper, of galvanized iron, or of other suitable metal. I prefer copper, because of its superior conductivity.
- the points may be plated with nickel or other metal not likely to be corroded by exposure, as shown at b, Fig. 3.
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J. ,H. VAIL.
LIGHTNING PROTECTOR FOR ELEGTRIGAL GONDUGTORS.
Patented Feb. 1, 1887."
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JONATHAN H. VAILT. OF NEW YORK, Y.
. LIGHTNING-PROTECTOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,050, dated February 1, 1887.
7 Application filed June 2,1886. Serial No. 203,901. (No model.)
To aZZ whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, JONATHAN H. VAIL, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lightning-Protectors for Electrical Conductors, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to protect overhead lines of conductors, especially those of electric-lighting systems, from lightning. Ordinarily during a thunder-storm such lines will become charged with atmospheric electricity which will finally discharge itself, and so injure the generators or the lamps in an electric-lighting system or such apparatus as may be used in other electrical systems. To obviate this ground-connections have been provided through a high resistance, usually an airspace, so that the discharge will take place to earth across such resistance without. injury to the apparatus. It is found, however, in practice that with such an arrangement the lightning is not always carried off with sufficient quickness to prevent the injurious effect mentioned.
My invention consists, mainly, in employing one or more conductors separate from the circuit-conductors and placed aboveor otherwise in proximity to such conductors, and connected at intervals by low resistance-connections with the earth, so that the separate conductor or conductors accumulate the atmospheric electricity and cause it to be conveyed continually and safely to the earth. I prefer to provide such lightning-conductors with numerous projecting points, whereby they will more readily collect the electricity, and to this end I may make such conductors of wire of the nature of ordinary barbed fence- Wire.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a view of an overhead line provided with my invention, where only one lightning-conductor is used; Fig. 2, an elevation of a pole, showing an arrangement where several are used; and Fig. 3, an illustration of a form of barbed wire which I may use.
A. A represent poles, which support in the usual manner circuit-wires B B. These are the wires of electric-lighting systems or other electrical systems in which round metallic circuits or circuits without ground-connections are employed.
0 C are the conductors for the lightning or atmospheric electricity. Such conductors may be of ordinary barbed wire--such, forinstance, as shown in Fig. 3or the pointsor spurs a a may be secured upon the wire in any other suitable way. I may, however, use wires unprovided with any such points orspurs.
In Fig. 1 only one lightning-conductor is shown, the same being supported upon the tops of the poles above the circuit-wires upon suitable insulators. This conductor is connected at intervals to the ground by wires D, such wires being preferably connected to copper plates E, buried in the earth at a sufficient depth to be always subject to moisture.
In Fig. 2 a number of lightningconduetors are shown placed upon insulators above, be low, between, and by the, side of the circuitwires, so that such wires are surrounded by the lightning-conductors. All these lightning-conductors are connected to the groundwires 1). Such ground-wires are placed at suitabledistances apart. There may be one at each pole or at alternate poles, or connections may be made to earth between the poles, if desired.
' The.lightning-conductorsmay be of copper, of galvanized iron, or of other suitable metal. I prefer copper, because of its superior conductivity. The points may be plated with nickel or other metal not likely to be corroded by exposure, as shown at b, Fig. 3.
What I claim is-- 1. The combination of one or more overhead cireuit-conductors having no* groundconnections with one or more independent grounded lightning conductors situated in proximity thereto, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination, with a line of poles, of circuit-conductors having no ground-connections and independent grounded lightningconductors supported thereby, substantially as set forth. Y
3. The combination, with overhead circuitconductors having no ground-connections, of
several independent grounded lightning-eonduetors surrounding said circuit-conductors, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination, with one or more overhead circuit-conductors having no ground-eonnections, of one or more independent lightning-conductors situated in proximity thereto and wires extending at intervals from said lightning-conductors to the earth, substan- 1o tially asset forth.
5. The combination, with one or more over-
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US2683765A (en) * | 1948-12-16 | 1954-07-13 | Frederick H Luecke | Ground plate and connector |
US2801823A (en) * | 1951-12-29 | 1957-08-06 | Clements Paul Bernard | Portable electric fence |
US4605814A (en) * | 1982-10-22 | 1986-08-12 | Gillem Vernon A | Lightning deterrent |
US5043527A (en) * | 1988-04-11 | 1991-08-27 | Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. | Dissipation array systems for lightning protection |
US5365398A (en) * | 1992-07-24 | 1994-11-15 | Richard Briet | Lightning protection system |
US6069314A (en) * | 1997-05-16 | 2000-05-30 | Varela; Manuel Domingo | Emitter of ions for a lightning rod with a parabolic reflector |
US7236341B1 (en) | 2006-04-19 | 2007-06-26 | Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. | Lightning termination preventer |
US20120168192A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Center of Composite Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereof |
US20120168194A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau Of Guangdong Power Grid Corp | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Inner Side of Composite Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereof |
US20120168193A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Outer Side of Composite Material Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereoff |
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US2683765A (en) * | 1948-12-16 | 1954-07-13 | Frederick H Luecke | Ground plate and connector |
US2801823A (en) * | 1951-12-29 | 1957-08-06 | Clements Paul Bernard | Portable electric fence |
US4605814A (en) * | 1982-10-22 | 1986-08-12 | Gillem Vernon A | Lightning deterrent |
US5043527A (en) * | 1988-04-11 | 1991-08-27 | Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. | Dissipation array systems for lightning protection |
US5365398A (en) * | 1992-07-24 | 1994-11-15 | Richard Briet | Lightning protection system |
US6069314A (en) * | 1997-05-16 | 2000-05-30 | Varela; Manuel Domingo | Emitter of ions for a lightning rod with a parabolic reflector |
US7236341B1 (en) | 2006-04-19 | 2007-06-26 | Lightning Eliminators & Consultants, Inc. | Lightning termination preventer |
US20120168192A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Center of Composite Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereof |
US20120168194A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau Of Guangdong Power Grid Corp | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Inner Side of Composite Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereof |
US20120168193A1 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2012-07-05 | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | Method for Vertically Grounding and Leading Down from Outer Side of Composite Material Pole Tower and Pole Tower Thereoff |
US8785769B2 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2014-07-22 | Shenzhen Power Supply Burea of Guangdong Power Grid Corp. | Method for vertically grounding and leading down from inner side of composite pole tower and pole tower thereof |
US8785768B2 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2014-07-22 | Shenzhen Power Supply Burea of Guangdong Power Grid Corp. | Method for vertically grounding and leading down from outer side of composite material pole tower and pole tower thereof |
US8859895B2 (en) * | 2009-09-08 | 2014-10-14 | State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | Method for vertically grounding and leading down from center of composite pole tower and pole tower thereof |
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