Wildlife guard for electrical insulator bushings

Details Wildlife guard for electrical insulator bushings Wildlife guard for electrical insulator bushings

1988-11-04

1989-07-04

Askin, Laramie E.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Electric shock hazard protective devices

Shock protection, grounding devices

174138F, H01B 1758

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048453072

ABSTRACT:
A wildlife guard, designed to prevent an electrically grounded animal, such as a bird or small mammal, from contacting energized electrical equipment. A one-piece construction fabricated from an insulating material, such as a high-density polyethylene, the wildlife guard can be installed on energized electrical equipment using standard live-line tools, thereby obviating the need to shut down the electrical power. The guard includes inner protrusions to fit below the topmost skirt of an insulator bushing, outer protrusions to be grabbed by a live-line tool, and a lengthwise slot through which a conductor is forced during installation.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2263319 (1941-11-01), Treanor
patent: 3238291 (1966-03-01), Bosch et al.
patent: 4234753 (1980-11-01), Clutter
Advertisement: "The Squirrely", H. J. Arnett Industries, Inc., Portland, Oreg., 2 pages, Dec. 16, 1986.

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