Insulator Bracket Extension
by Sue Ducro

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire",, December 1970, page 10

In our efforts to gain more technical knowledge about power insulators, we learned that one of our native Ashtabulans (Ohio) has a patent on an extension bracket for insulators of high tension lines.

Joseph C. Amidon of the area power company and engineer Jackson C. Quayle invented the fixture which conserves approximately five feet of pole space and often saves more frequent pole replacement.

The patent abstract briefly describes the purpose of the invention,  pictured with the insulator attached in the accompanying photograph. (In the photograph the Amidon-Quayle extension bracket juts out toward the
viewer.)

Patent No. 3,474,995             October 28,1969

"A Utility Pole Insulator Bracket Extension for safely mounting electrical devices to a utility pole characterized by the absence of wooden cross arms. The  extension permits safety devices, such as lightning arresters and cutout switches, to  be mounted further away from a utility pole than are insulators which provide  tangent
support for line conductors. "