Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,061,206 - Turbine Patent Wrapper Page 52

916 Forwarded from Div....18..to Examiner of Interferences. July 1, 1912 R Nikola Tesla, Engines..and..Turbines... Room No.... 325...... ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS WASHINGTON, D C. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 6-1626 G Very respectfully, c/o Kerr, Page, Cooper..and. Hayward, New York, NY.. Please find below a copy of a communication from the Examiner concerning your application. Serial No...603,049, Jan 17, 1911, for Rotary Paper No. 12 [INTERFERENCE] 191....... U.S. PATENT OFFICE. INTERFERENCE DIVISKA 63 JUL 9 1912 MAILED. Bloors Commissioner of Patents. 35020 Your case, above referred to, is adjudged to interfere with others, hereafter specified, and the question of priority will be determined in conformity with the Rules. The statement demanded by Rule 110 must be sealed up and filed on or before SEP 3 1912 with the subject of the invention, and name of party filing it. indorsed on the envelope. The subject-matter involved in the interference is Count 1. A machine adapted to be propelled by a fluid consisting in the combination with a casing having inlet and outlet ports at the peripheral and central portions, respectively, of a rotor having plane spaced surfaces between which the fluid may flow in natural spirals and by adhesive and viscous action impart its energy of movement to the rotor, as described. Count 2. A machine adapted to be propelled by a fluid, comprising a rotor composed of a plurality of plane spaced disks mounted on a shaft and open at or near the same, an inclosing casing with a peripheral inlet or inlets, in the plane of the disks, and an outlet or outlets in its central portion, as described. 1