UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
GEORGE FLOYD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Letters Patent No. 64,654, dated May 14, 1867.
IMPROVEMENT IN INSULATORS.
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.
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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be
it known that I, GEORGE FLOYD,
of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have
invented a new and useful Insulator; and I hereby declare the following
to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. The
object of this invention is a construction of glass insulating bulb and
its shank, which enables the ready renewal of the former when broken, or
of its temporary removal and replacement for any purpose. A
is an axial section, and B a horizontal section, at the line X X of my
glass insulator; D, a transverse section at the line Y Y of my shank,
which shank may be of brass, steel, or iron, and be parted, D, at the
top, and terminate in two similar tapering heads, E E', adapted for
insertion up the axial aperture F of the insulator proper and having
shoulders G G', adapted to engage over ledges H H', forming the bottom
of the enlarged termination of the chamber I of said aperture.
The chamber I and bevelled head E E', being oblong in their
transverse section, effectually prevent any rotation of the bulb upon
its shank, and hold it firmly in position for the application of the
telegraph wire, for which the customary groove J is provided.
The aperture F flares or expands outwardly for the double purpose
of facilitating the admission of the shank in the act of insertion, and
of permitting of the application of a vise or pair of pincers to
compress together the two heads E E’ so as to enable the removal of a
cracked or otherwise imperfect insulator. I
claim herein as new, and of my invention-- The
chambered insulator, provided with ledges H H’, approached by a
flaring aperture, F, in the described combination, with the two-parted
and shouldered shank, the said shank and chamber being oblong in their
horizontal section, all substantially as set forth. In
testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.
GEO. FLOYD. Witnesses:
GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. |