Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,061,142 - Fluid Propulsion Patent Wrapper Page 32

832 Jos de yout" 8165 portions, respectively, and a runner mounted within the plane. casing and composed of spaccà disks with in surfaces having openings adjacent to the axis of rotation. & rotary pump, comprising in combination a plurality of spaced disks with pin surfaces mounted on a rotatable shaft and provided with openings adjacent thereto, a volute casing enclosing the said disks, means for admitting a fluid into that portion of the casing which contains the shaft and an outlet extending tangentially from the peripheral portion of said casing. Cancel figures 3 and 4 of the drawings. In compliance with the Office requirements this application has been limited to the pump or compressor and a divisional application for the invention as applied to a turbine or rotary engine has been prepared and filed. The invention is so radically new that it is believed that the claims as now drawn will be st once recognized as allowable. It will be seen by a careful reading of the specification that the references cited are in no sense pertinent and exhibit neither the principles of construction nor the mode of operation of applicant's improvement. We therefore ask a reconsideration of the application as now amended. Pespectfully submitted, Mayward Kene, Page. Cooper Waymand Allornes for Teda