Applicator for controlling bandages for preserving pole tops

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AN APPLICATOR ADAPTED FOR INSTALLING BANDAGES CARRYING A WOOD TREATING GREASE PRODUCT ON THE TOPS OF POLES COMPRISING A SUPPORT RING HAVING A GAP AT ONE SIDE AND HAVING A LOWER PLANAR SURFACE, A RADIAL ARM ADJUSTABLY ATTACHED TO THE SUPPORT RING FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORTING ROD TO LIFT HT ERING TO POLE TOP HEIGHT, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED TAPERED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTIONS ON THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT RING, A CLAMPING RING HAVING AN UPPER PLANAR SURFACE FOR CLAMPING A BANDAGE AGAINST THE SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT RING AND HAVING OPEN INGS ACCOMMODATING THE PROJECTIONS ON THE SUPPORT RING SO THAT THE PROJECTIONS MAY EXTEND THROUGH OPEINGS IN THE BANDAGE, SAID RINGS FORMED OF AN ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, SPRING HELD LATCHES MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT RING AND HAVING RELEASABLE LATCH FINGERS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY OVER THE OUTER EDGE AND BELOW THE CLAMPING RING FOR HOLDING IT OT CLAMP THE BANDAGE, CONNECTORS ON SAID LATCHES FOR CONNECTING A LANYARD TO RELEASE THE LATCHES AND PERMIT THE CLAMPING RING TO DROP DOWNWARDLY, AND A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE CARRYING LINES CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID RINGS FOR LIMITING THE SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RINGS AND CARRYING THE CLAMPING RING ON THE SUPPORT RING WHEN SAID LATCHES ARE RELEASED.