Electrical grounding rod driving device
CA 1231145 A · Owner: Mumper, James O. · Inventors: Mumper, James O.; Hecock, J. Edwin
Overview
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The present invention is a double-headed hammer slidingly encompassing a ground rod driving shaft having a single anvil affixed thereto which can be selectively engaged by either hammer. The driving shaft has a recess in each end to receive the grounding rod, depending upon whether the action is to initiate and continue the insertion of grounding rod into the ground or to complete the insertion of the rod in accordance with the provisions of the Code. The present invention does not require the operator to take a position above the ground or to use any other instrument to make the complete and proper insertion of the grounding rod into the ground.
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- Granted January 5, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 5, 2005.
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