Nikola Tesla Patents
cable, I have devised a novel method, which I have described th 24 per a in No. e in a pending application filed June 721, 790 1899, Serial and which, broadly stated, consists in effecting, during any desired time interval, a storage of energy derived from such impulses, and utilizing the potential energy so obtained for operating a receiving device. My present invention is intended for the same general purposes, and it comprises a modified method and apparatus by means of which similar results may be obtained. Q The chief feature, which distinguishes my present from my former invention just referred to is, that the energy stored is not, as in the former instance, obtained from the energy of the disturbances or effects transmitted from a distance, but from an independent source. Expressed generally my present method consists in/using, under control of the effects. or disturbances transmitted through the natural media, stored energy derived from an independent source for operating a receiving device. (5 A great variety of disturbances, produced either by suitably constructed transmitters or by natural causes, are at present known to be propagated through the natural media, and there are also a variety of means or devices enabling energy to be stored, and, in view of this, I wish to say that I consider the utilization of any such disturbances and the employment of any of these means as within the scope of my present invention so long as the use of the general method hereinbefore stated is involved. The best way of carrying out my invention which I at present know is, to store electrical energy obtained from a suitable electrical generator in a condenser and to control 7 This page retyped from microfilm for better readability - Ed.] 417
