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 38

400 4 in the charging circuit, means included in the charging circuit and acting in synchronism with the impulses therein for commutating, directing or selecting the impulses, a receiving circuit and means for periodically discharging the storage device through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. 313 In an apparatus for utilizing electrical effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media, the combination of a charging circuit distant from the source and energized by the effects, or disturbances, a condenser included in the charging circuit, means included in the charging circuit and acting in synchronism with the impulses therein for commutating, directing or selecting the impulses, a receiving circuit and means for periodically discharging the condenser through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. 16 In an apparatus for transmitting signals or intelligence through the natural media from a sending station to a distant point, the combination of a generator or transmitter adapted to produce arbitrarily-varied or intermitted electrical disturbances or effects in the natural media, a charging circuit at the distant point adapted to receive corresponding elee trical impulses or effects from the disturbances or effects so produced, a storage device included in the charging circuit, means included in the charging circuit and acting in synchronism with the impulses there in for commutating, directing or selecting the impulses so as to render them suitable for charging the storage device, a receiving circuit and means for periodically discharging the storage device through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. ا بھر 6