Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,061,206 - Turbine Patent Wrapper Page 49

31JJJLJCI (33)(JL) 13 1J vanced to account for it may not bo always accepted as the correct one. 9092 With regard to claim 7: We have amended to meet the objection as to form, but we ask that the claim be allowed for the reason that it differs from claim 8 in the omission of the requirement that the diske have openings near their center. It may be that practical requirements demand such openings, but at the same time it is not inconceivable that openings between the disks in a hollow shaft could be used although perhaps only to evade such a claim as claim 8. Therefore, we think that great latitude in the matter of claims should be permitted. We request that the application be reconsidered, and that the interference, should it be found necessary, be declared at an early date. Respectfully submitted, Kun. Vage. Coopen they wond atlys for Tesla -558 913