electric-circuit controller,the com
bination closed rotary receptacle, con- 65
ducting body therein adapted rotated
independently the receptacle the im
pingement thereon jet stream con
ducting fluid,and means for maintaining such
a jet and directing upon the said conduc- 70
tor, set forth.
4. circuit-controller, the combination
with rotary receptacle support for a
conductor mounted thereon concentrically
with the receptacle and gyrostatic disk car- 85
ried the support and adapted, when rotat
ing, oppose its movement the direction
of rotation the receptacle, set forth.
disk with bearing the said holder and j
having its plane rotation angle to
that the receptacle, the disk being formed
or provided with conducting -vanes, upon
which jet conducting fluid, taken 12a
the tube duct from the receptacle when in
rotation, directed.
As the tubes ducts not take part in
the rotation the fluid, being held the
start the weighted body they také up
the mercury soon carried the
io points where the ducts open and discharge it
upon the vanes the disk this means
the disk set rapid rotation, establishing
the contact between the two sides the re
ceptacle which constitute the two terminals
15 the circuit-controller whenever the two
streams jets fluid are simultaneously in
contact with the vanes, but breaking the con
tact whenever the jets discharge through the
spaces between the vanes. no
7. The chief object
20 employing more than one insulated jet is
to secure higher velocity approach and
separation, and respect the number of
jets thus employed the device may ob
viously modifiedas desired without departure
25 from the invention. The combination with rotary recepta
cle one more tubes ducts, holder or
support therefor mounted bearings within
the receptacle, which permit free rela
tive rotation said receptacle and holder, 11
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The receptacle started rotation, and as
it acquires high velocity the mercury or
other conducting fluid caused centrif
ugal action distribute itself layer over
5 the innerperipheral surface the receptacle.
NIKOLA TESLA.
2. The movement the parts, there
fore, and the operation the device a
whole are very steady and uniform, and ma
terial practical advantage thereby secured.
3..
Having now described invention, what
I claim is—
55 The combination circuit-controller
with closed rotary receptacle, rigid con
ductor mounted within the same and through
which the circuit intermittently estab
lished, and means for directing jet stream
60 fluid which contained the receptacle,
against the said body effect its rota
tion independently the receptacle, set
forth.
The speed the disk will chiefly depend-
35 ent the velocity the streams and pitch
of the blades, and course necessary in
order produce constant speed rotation
of the disk that the velocity the streams
be constant.
It may stated that the jets can pro-
50 duced any other known ways and that they
may utilized any desired manner pro
duce rotation the disk. The disk having ac
quired very rapid rotation, operates pre
vent gyrostatic action any tendency the
body rotate oscillate, such move
ment would change the plane rotation of
30 the disk. 100
6.
5.
Witnesses:
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-. The combination circuit-controller
of rotary receptacle, one more tubes or
ducts and support therefor capable ro
tation independently the receptacle, con-
•ductor mounted said support plane 105
an angle that rotation the receptacle,
and adapted maintained rotation by
a jet fluid taken from the receptacle by
and discharged upon from the said tube or
duct, when the receptacle rotated. circuit-controller, the combination
with rotary receptacle containing con- 90
ducting fluid, support mounted within the
receptacle, means for opposing preventing
its movement the direction rotation of
the receptacle, one more tubes duets
carried thereby and adapted take the 95
fluid from the rotating receptacle and dis
charge the same jets streams, and con
ductor mounted the support and adapted
to rotated the impingement thereon of
said jet jets, set forth. circuit-controller, the combination
with rotary receptacle body part
mounted within the receptacle and concen
trically therewith,a conducting-terminal sup- 75
ported said body and capable rotation
in plane angle the plane rota
tion the receptacle oppose, gyro-
static action, the rotation the support, and
means for directing jet conducting fluid 80
against the said terminal, set forth. This accomplished rotat-
40 ing the receptacle with constant speed; but
when this impracticable and the uniformity
of motion the disk very desirable resort
to special means secure this result, by
providing overflowing-reservoirs in-
45 dicated dotted lines, from which the fluid
issues upon the vanes with constant velocity,
though the speed the receptacle may vary
between wide limits
