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Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 685,953 - Method of Intensifying and Utilizing Effects Transmitted Through Natural Media Patent Wrappers

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288 G G No. 685,953. Patented Nov. 5, 1901. N. TESLA. METHOD OF INTENSIFYING AND UTILIZING EFFECTS TRANSMITTED THROUGH NATURAL MEDIA. (Application filed June 24, 1899. Renewed May 29, 1901.) (No Model

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G G Fig.I. Fig.2. P A a Witnesses; G. B. Lervis. Hellary C. Messiner. 04 A by T R R Nikola Tesla, Inventor Keir, lage & Cooper Artys 289

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290 Inventor...N. Ceala Improvement in Method of sthlezing offects etc Examiner,.. Patent No.. BRIEF. If convenient, write the Brief between these lines. If too long, extend below. 2-072. Serial No

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(Serial Number,) 1899 72 74ORFEITED. 62345 12 13. Pengual Patent No. Nikola Tesla Of County of. State of Invention Mech Alled.. New York New York Tran Sinetter through Defioral Medic Petition June 24

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292 Division of App Na NUMBER (SERIES OF 1900.) 62.375 Vame Assignee. PARTS OF APPLICATION FILED Nikola Tesla. New YorkPATENT No.685953 June County of State of New York Invention methods of and

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Application Q 18. 19. pº. 91. 23. 2-431. 1901 CONTENTS: & Letter of Reneural Mayon 1991. 14. Armenelt. D Malgrat 13 Gassendiele & Jacken in 10 July 15: 1241 23. papers. ·15/62:1-2 53A169 365 TITLE

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294 State of Colorado. County of El Paso. NIKOLA TESLA the above-named petitioner, being duly sworn, depose and say that he is a citizen of the United States and resident of New York City, in the

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JULIJDLOG) J JLIGJLJOLILILJ LJ TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: BE IT KNOWN that I, NIKOLA TESLA, a citizen of the United States and residing at New York City, in the County and State of New York, have

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296 One of these weys consists in producing, by a suitable apparatus, rays or radiations, that is, disturbances, which are propagated in straight lines through space, directing them upon a eceiving or

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CIET 0 art condition Still another way, which has also been known for many years, is to pass, in any suitable manner, a current through a portion of the ground, as by connecting to two points 10 of

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298 Sub B/ and has proven itself, in my hands and in those of others, to be the most useful and practicable one so far proposed. In this syst system the potential of a point or region of the earth is

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CCC) C art Geslac atteberg rents generated by ordinary apparatus, becomes a conductor under the influence of currents or impulses of enormously high electromotive force which I have found means of

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300 Pulses of long duration, it is impracticable to magnify the effects in this manner, and when, on the other hand, it is one furnishing short impulses of extreme rapidity of succession, the

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} A great variety of disturbances, produced either by suitably constructed transmitters or by natural causes, are at present known to be transmitted through the natural media, and there are also a

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302 force, and are adapted to be brought into, and out of contact It will now readiwith each other in any convenient manner. ly seen that if the disturbances, of whatever nature they may cause be

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One such device of familiar construction, which will serve to convey a clear understanding of this part of my invention and enable a person skilled in the art to apply the same, is illustrated in the

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304 the shaft S and it will be seen that, whenever one of the segments f comes in contact with the brush k, the circuit including the the receiver R is completed and the condenser discharged through

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with the segments s and s'during the periods when the impulses are at, or near, the maximum of their intensity. Only ordinary electrical skill and knowledge are required to make those adjustments, and

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306 taining the same conditions in regard to synchronism as before, so that the succeeding impulses will be permitted to pass into the condenser, but prevented from returning to the ground or

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It is to be observed that it is the function of the cylinder, cylinder, A, with its brushes and connections, to render the electrical impulses coming from the plates P and P' suitable for charging the

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308 Issert. Weston Dewey Weston Dewey Cancelled per Seeb. do well as in various applications to practical use. do 2: The method hereinbefore described of utilizing disturbances or effects transmitted

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de do Weston Cancelled per Sub Spec. Weston 5: The method hereinbefore described of utilizing effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media from a distant source, which consists in

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310 suitable storage device, electrical energy derived from a succession of such effects or disturbances for periods of time which correspond in succession to such effects or disturbances. and are

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der no invent کیلئے 15: The method hereinbefore described of utilizing electrical effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media from a distant source, which consists in storing, in a

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312 do Cancelled par Sub Spec. کیل 18: The method hereinbefore described of utilizing electrical effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media, which consists in establishing a flow of

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( 5 > not shown do do directing the impulses in said circuit so as to render them suitable for charging a condenser, charging a condenser with the V impulses so selected or directed, and discharging

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314 Camelled your Sub Sper. брес. Cancelled per Q. 25: The method hereinbefore described of transmitting signals or intelligence, which consists in producing arbitrarily varied or intermitted

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receiving circuit, and thereby causing the receiver to be operated by the energy accumulated in the storage device, substantially as described. 28: In an apparatus for utilizing electrical effects or

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316 euch effects or disturbances, à condenser included in such circut and adapted to be charged by the current in the same, a. receiving circuit connected with the condenser, a receiver included in

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) Room No..91. Acermunications should be addressed to "The Commissioner of Patents, Weshingisa, C. c." kola Tesla, 2-071 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, All communications respecting this application

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318 721,790 trated in the drawing. The clams of this application are drawn to cover two separate and independent invertion s na a me od, covered by claims 1 to 25, inclusive, and an apparatus, covered

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Sub.. C 91² Canulled per Sub Spee Application of Nikola Tesla, No. 721,790, filed June 24, 1899. Me thods for Utilizing Effects Transmitted etc. Room 91. Hon. Commissioner of Patents, lows: Sir: we

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320 3 Camellia рес бие брас. On page 14 after line 1 insert: "I do not claim herein an apparatus by means of which the above described method is or may be practiced, either in the special form herein

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tion, and it seems to us that the requirement in the present case would be an exception to this eminently fair rule. We file herewith a sheet of drawings, and request substituted for the drawing now

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322 Rooni No... Il cornicatione shemold be added to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." Nikola Tesla, 2-071. 1899. 432 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Ail communications respecting this

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-2721,790 It is believed that applicant's discussion of the state of the art will be unobjectionable if lines 8 to 16, page 2; 21, page 2 to 6, page 3; 15 to 21page 3, and 12 to 28, pago 4 be cance

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324 Cancelled per Sub Spec ри. Room 91. Application of Nikola Tesla, No. 721,790, filed June 24, 1899. Methods for Utilizing Effects Transmitted etc. New York, October 5th, 1899. Hon. Commissioner of

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J J 1 JI DELL Still another way, which has also been known for many years, is to pass, in any suitable manner, a current through a portion of the ground, as by connecting. to two points of the same

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326 Another method is based upon the fact that the atmospheric air, which behaves as an excellent insulator to currents generated by ordinary apparatus, becomes a conductor under the influence of

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JUDJJ (JEJEJEJEJ The Honorable Sir: United States Patent Office, Commissioner of Patents. Approved: application of I havs the honor to request Nikola Tesla, for Methods of and Apparatus for Utilizing

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328 will bocomo abandonod, In every application for a patont fled subsequent to Dooombor 31, 1807, roeponsivo action must bo mado by the luot ofleo notion or th Room No... dicatione ahorld be

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JIJIJI 721,790, 2. invention to substitute a condenser for the storage battery shorn in the Dewey patent. For further state of the art attention is called to the English patent to Munre, 1626 or 1882

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330 Room 91. C In the matter of the application of Nikola Tesla, Serial No. 721,730, filed June 24, 1899, Methods for Utilizing Effects Transmitted through the Natural Media. New York, April 30, 1900

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Cancelled My invention is particularly useful in connection with methods and apparatus for operating distant receiving devices by means of electrical disturbances produced by proper transmitters and

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332 points of the same, preferably at a considerable distance from each other, the two terminals of a generator, and to energize by a part of the current diffused through the earth, a distant circuit

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2 Sub. Spec. mospheric air, which behaves as an excellent insulator to currents generated by ordinary apparatus, becomes a conductor under the influence of currents or impulses of enormously high

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334 thus magnify ing the effect exerted upon, and insuring the By these means decided action of, the receiving device. advantages have been secured in many instances, but very often the improvement is

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T T 3 Sub Sphic. vantages which have here tofore existed in such systems of main transmission of signals or intelligence is the object of my present invention, which comprises a novel method of

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336 Sub Spec. condenser terminals I also connect the receiver to be operated, in series with a der ice of suitable construction which performs the function of periodically discharging the condenser

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the use of a special device, which I insert in the circuit between the plates and the condenser for the purpose of conveying to each of the terminals of the latter electrical charges of the proper

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338 as shown. The latter are connected to the terminals T and T' of a condenser C, and it should be understood that they are capable of angular displacement as ordinary brush supports. The object of

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J 5 The The plates P and P', through which the electrifications are conveyed to the brushes a and a', may be at a considerable distance from each other, and both in the ground or both in the air, or

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340 per Incent C Sub Spes. for effecting synchronous moversnt being well known, and it being the chief object of my present application to set method of utilizing or applining a forth a novel

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6 Sult. Spee брес . lines while maintaining the same conditions in regard to synchronism as before, so that the succeeding impulses will be permitted to pass into the condenser, but prevented from

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342 Seeb. Spec. discharged a number of times corresponding to the duration of the successions of impulses received. Obviously the special applicanes used in carrying out my invention may be varied in

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Sub. Spec. Durb of Sub attained, since, however great the distance of such transmission, and however feeble or attenuated the impulses recai ved, enough energy may be accumulated from them by storing

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344 J Sub. Sub Spec. which cansists in charging a condenser with energy derived fr such effects or disturbancas and using, for periods. of the predetermined as to succession and duration, the

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8 Sub. Spec. کے سعی Jer Vala 5ff21670 at such station, charging a condenser with energy from such circuit, and using the accumulated potential energy so obtained to operate a receiving device. 6. The

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346 condenser, charging a condenser with the impulses so selected or directed, and discharging the accumulated potential energy so obtained into, or through a receiving device at arbitrary intervals

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Sub Speci ris Muvike pub gg ances or effects at the receiving station to charge a condenser, and discharging the accumulated potential energy so obtained through a receiving device at arbitrary

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348 the storage not of effects or disturbances or waves which are, or are xat capable of being transmitted from any source to any definite point, but simply of local atmospheric electricity. We think

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case will become abandoned In every application for a patent Aled subsequent to December 31, 1807, responsive sotion must be made by the after the last office notion or the inventor within one year 1

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350 721,790 2. should be to set forth an invention and not a principle, which is not a statutory invention. Applicant should disclose the device for effecting synchronous movement of the generator G

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Eur pub & D+ Room 91. Application of Nikola Tesla, No. 721,790, filed June 24, 1899. Methods for Utilizing Effects Transmitted through the Natural Media. Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Sir:- New York

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352 2 so obtained _to-operate a receiving device. 2. The method of transmitting and utilizing electrical energy herein described, which consists in producing electrical disturbances or effects capable

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Room 91. Application of Nikola Tesla, No. 721,790, filed June 24, 1899. Methods for Utilizing Effects Transmitted through the Natural Media. New York, July 31st, 1900. Hon. Commissioner of Patents

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354 To the Commissioner of Patents:- Your petitioner, Nikola Tesla, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the Borough of Manhattan, in the City, County and State of New York, whose post

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I Tesla, 677670 g sub &¹ Room 91. Note But 11 Ch in cool . In the matter of the application of Nikola Tesla, Serial No.721,790, filed June 24, 1899, Methods for Utilizing Efffets Transmitted through

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356 relates to the transmission of electrical effects by conduction, is directly applicable to systems involving the use of an artificial line conductor, as well as those which rely solely upon the

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but one side of the paper. ápavúke poha Kated wherertim er separat from thoj Tevery amendment the exact rasure or insertion is to be made, All suciamus to be accu A. m No...... lications should be

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358 Murhead) sub g In the matter of the application of Nikola Tesla, filed May 29, 1901, Serial No. 62,315, for Methods of and Apparatus for Utilizing Effects or Disturbances Transmitted through

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J mitting the impulses, some thing that is not and cannot well be effected by a commutator. This is brought out by claims 7 and 11 in addition to other distinguishing features, but was probably not

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36.0 amendments must be on shoots of ordered in the application must be specified and the previse polut indicated where the word or words to put to e poing to ani put pory knojn windt opi masj ognklon

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J J др In the matter of the application of Nikola Tesla, filed May 29, 1901, Serial No. 62,315, Methods of Utilizing Effects Transmitted through the Room 91. Natural Media. Hon. Commissioner of

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362 energy so obtained to operate a receiving device, as set forth." Ey the above amendment we have clearly pointed out the essential distinction between the methods of operation involved in applicant

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