Vernon A Gillem

US Patent:

46058141, Aug 12, 1986

Filed:

Oct 22, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/663415

Inventors:

Vernon A. Gillem - Seminole FL

International Classification:

H02G 1300

US Classification:

174 2

Abstract:

A lightning deterrent device is described which consists of a brush-like conductive structure particularly suited to be mounted on the top of a transmission tower. The device includes a central core formed into an annulus having a diameter sufficient to contain the vertical sides of the tower. The central core mounts a plurality of conductive wires captured therein at their midpoints. Sufficient wires are used to form a brush-like structure. The maximum number of wires is 250 per inch. The wires are preferably 10 inches long and have a diameter of about 0. 014 inch. The device has been found to reliably protect against lightning strikes, and in the case of a television transmission tower, increase the signal by over 25 miles.