Current probe for high tension lines

Claim 1

A CURRENT PROBE FOR DIRECT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE LINE, SAID PROBE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A GROUNDED RELATIVELY ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TUBULAR SHELL HAVING A CLOSED OPERATIVE END AND AN OPEN AND GROUNDED BASE END; A PICKUP COIL MOUNTED WITHIN SAID SHELL ADJACENT THE OPERATIVE END THEREOF; A PAIR OF LEADS CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE TERMINALS OF SAID COIL AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SHELL AND BROUGHT OUT AT THE BASE END THEREOF; WHEREBY A HIGH DIELECTRIC STRESS WILL BE PRESENTED BETWEEN SAID COIL AND A HIGH VOLTAGE LINE IN DIRECT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH SAID PROBE; ALTERNATING LAYERS OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL COMPLETELY COVERING THE OPERATIVE END OF SAID SHELL, THE ENDS OF SAID LAYERS OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL BEING AT PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING DISTANCES FROM THE BASE END OF SAID SHELL RADIALLY OUTWEARDLY OF SAID SHELL; THE ENDS OF THE INNERMOST LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND THE INNERMOST LAYER OF INSULATING MATERIAL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE BASE END OF SAID SHELL, AND THE OUTERMOST LAYER OS INSULATING MATERIAL AND THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL EXTENDING OVER ONLY THE OPERATIVE END OF SAID SHELL; AND ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR MEANS, INCLUDING THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND A CONNECTOR FOR DIRECT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE LINE.