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Automated moisturized grounding electrode system

US4861940A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 1988
Grant dateAug 29, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/66
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A grounding electrode which is automatically moisturized from a solar powered humidifier that produces the required moisture through solar radiation to which it and its component parts are exposed. The generation of moisture is therefore a function of the available sunlight, the thereby radiated heat and the soil dryness. A unit operating on utility power is also described.

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