Improved Insulating Material for Electric Conductors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1897-Accepted. 6th Nov.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Insulating Material for Electric Conductors.
I, FREDERICK HAWKINS, Electrician, of 6 Crosby Road, Romford Road, Strat-
ford, E., in the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:--
This invention relates to insulating material for electric conductors of any
description, size, section or material.
For this purpose I use horse-hair which may be spun into threads and then
applied in any convenient manner, or the hairs may be simply wound around
the conductor or placed upon it longitudinally or otherwise. The conductor
when insulated may be further coated with any of the usual protecting or insulating
materials.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Insulating Material for Electric Conductors.
I, FREDERICK HAWKINS, Electrician, of 6 Crosby Road, Romford Road, Strat-
ford, E., in the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to insulating material for electric conductors of any
description, size, section or material.
For this purpose I use horse-hair which may be spun into threads and then
applied in any convenient manner, or the hairs may be simply wound around
the conductor or placed upon it longitudinally or otherwise. The conductor
when insulated may be further coated with any of the usual protecting or insulating
materials.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a view of a conductor, showing the hair covering partially removed.
Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a view of a similar conductor with an outer, insulating or isolating
covering. The coverings being partially removed.
Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Figure 3.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is the metallic conductor, which may be of any section and may be of wire,
or wires, strips or pieces of metal of any suitable number, size, and shape. B is

page_text: the covering of hair, either human, horse or other animal, shown in the drawing
as braided, or matted, but which may be made up in any convenient way. C is
an insulating, isolating or protecting covering of guttapercha, indiarubber, metal
tube or any, desired material.
It is obvious that conductors insulated according to my invention may be
further protected, by means of sheathing etc., or by any of the means usually
employed, in cables for use in aerial, subterranean or submarine work.
Having now particularly described' and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:―
1. The employment" of horsehair as an insulating covering for an electric
conductor.
2. In an electric conductor an insulating covering such as described made of
horse hair.
Dated this 1st day of October 1897
FREDERICK HAWKINS.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.