When the impulses are long and all the
same direction, and even when they are al
ternating, but sufficiently long duration
and sustained electromotive force, the
65 brushes and may adjusted to
bear the parts the cylinder or
the cylinder and its brushes may omitted
and the terminals the condenser connected
directly the plates and P'. this way receivers va
riety forms maybe made respond effect
ively impulses too feeble detected or
to made produce any sensible effect in
any other way which aware, result 85
of great value various applications prac
tical use. The method transmitting and utiliz
ing electrical energy herein described, which
consists producing electrical disturbances
or effects capable being transmitted a
distance through the natural media, charg- 125
ing condenser distant receiving-station
for succeeding and predetermined periods of
time, with energy derived from such effects
or disturbances, and using for periods time
predetermined succession and duration, 130
the accumulated energy obtained oper
ate receiving device. also evident
55 that device such have already referred
to which offers more ready passage im
pulses one sign permits only impulses of
the same sign pass may also used to
perform this selective function many cases
60 when alternating impulses are received. 120
3. The method hereinbefore described of
producing arbitrarily varied intermitted
. The method transmitting and utiliz
ing electrical energy herein described, which
consists producing arbitrarily varied in- 100
termitted electrical disturbances effects,
transmitting the same distant receiving-
station, charging, for succeeding and prede
termined periods time condenser with
energy derived from such effects disturb- 105
ances, and operating receiving device by
discharging arbitrary intervals, the accu
mulated potential energy obtained, set
forth. 2.
4.
It will seen that the use in- 70
vention results hitherto unattainable util
izing disturbances effects transmitted
through natural media may readily at
tained, since however great the distance of
such transmission and however feeble at- 75
tenuated the impulses received enough en
ergy may accumulated from them stor
ing the energy succeeding impulses for
a sufficient interval time render the sud
den liberation highly effective operát- 80
ing receiver.085,953
same conditions regard synchronism as
before, that the succeeding impulses will
be permitted pass into the condenser, but
prevented from returning the ground or
5 transmitting medium during the intervals
between them, owing the interruption dur
ing such intervals the connections leading
from the condenser-terminals the plates.
I not claim herein apparatus means
of which the above-described method or
may practiced either the special form 90
herein shown other forms which are
possible, having made claims such appa
ratus another application, Serial No.
Obviously the special appliances used in
40 carrying out invention may varied in
many ways without departing from the spirit
of the same.
729,812, filed Septembers, 1899, division
of the present case.
Operated this manner and assuming the
speed rotation cylinder the same,
the apparatus will now evidently adapted
for number impulses per unit time
so twice great the preceding case.
Another way using the apparatus with
io impulses the same direction take off
one pair brushes, disconnect the plate
P from brush and join directly the ter
minal the condenser, and connect
brush with brush o'. In
all cases evidently important adjust
the duration contact segments and s'
with brushes the manner indicated.
2. 95
What claim invention, and desire
to secure Letters Patent, is—
1.
It observed that the function
of the cylinder with its brushes and con-
45 nections, render the electrical impulses
coming from the plates and suitable for
charging the condenser (assuming them be
unsuitable for this purpose the form in
which they are received) rectifying them
50 when they are originally alternating direc
tion selecting such parts them as
are suitable when all are not, and any other
device performing this function will obvi
ously answer the purpose.
When the method and apparatus have de-
25 scribed are used connection with the trans
mission signals intelligence, will of
course understood that the transmitter is
operated such way produce disturb
ances effects which are varied intermit-
30 ted some arbitrary manner—for example,
• produce longer and shorter successions of
impulses corresponding the dashes and dots
of the Morse alphabet—and the receiving de
vice will respond and indicate these varia-
35 tions intermittences, since the storage de
vice will charged and discharged number
of times corresponding the duration the
successions impulses received. The method transmitting and utiliz- no
ing electrical energy herein described, which
consists producing electrical disturbances
or effects capable being transmitted a
distance through the natural media, charg
ing condenser distant receiving-station 115
with energy derived from such effects dis
turbances, and using for periods time, pre
determined succession and duration,
the potential energy obtained operate a
receiving device. The apparatus thus
iS modified would appear shown Fig
