Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 685,955 - Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted From A Distance To A Receiving Device Through Natural Media Patent Wrapper Page 35

1 1 In an apparatus for utilizing electrical effects or con(1 with a source of such effects or disturtances nation of of a charging circuit adapted to be energized by the action of such effects or disturbances, a storage device included in the charging circuit and adapted to be charged thereby, means for commutating, directing or selecting the current impulses in the charging circuit so as to render them suitable for charging the storage device, a receiving circuit, and means for discharging the storage device through the receiving circuit at arbitrary intervals of time, substantially as described for B. Sub C² cb. pue 4 بو In an apparatus for utilizing electrical effects or. disturbances transmitted through the natural media, the combination of a circuit distant from the source and adapted to have current impulses set up in it by the action of the effects. or disturbances, a storage device, means for commutating, directing or selecting the impulses and connecting the circuit with the storage device at succeeding intervals of time synchronizing with the impulses, a receiving circuit, and means for periodically discharging the storage device through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. 7888 In an apparatus for utilizing electrical effects or disturbances transmitted the natural media, the combination of a circuit distant from the source and adapted to have current impulses set up in it by the action of the effects or disturbances, a condenser, means for commutating, directing o1¹ selecting the impulses and connecting the circuit with the condenser at succeeding intervals of time synchronizing with the impulses, a receiving circuit, and means for periodically discharging the condenser through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. 3 397