CEOM ON INYLVd bray aoe Li ‘ponunyuog uonoy Ly br NO Siyowvua swalva,TO ALL WHOM I? MAY CONCERN: Be it known that I, Nikola Tesla,of Smiljan Lika, meee analy wh Ralareny mm the Mla of man any, Unlek lake f amanets, Shaheasicrn Border country of Austro Hungary,have Lavented an Improve- mant in Dymamo Blsetrie Uachines of which the following is & specification: = The object of my invention is to provide an im proved msthod for regulating the eurrent on dynamo electric machines. In my improvement I make use of two min brushes to which the ends of ths helices of the field magnets are con- pected and an auxiliary brush and a branch or shunt con= nection from an intermdiats point of the field wire to the avugiliary brush. The relative positions of the reepsctive brushes are varied either automstically or by hand, so that the shunt becomes in-operative when the suriliary brush has @ ¢ertain position upoa the ¢oamutator; but when said auxiliary brush {9 moved in its relation to the min bruahes or tha latter are moved in their relation to the auriliary brush, the electrie condition 1s disturbed and mere or less of the current through the field helices ie diverted through the shunt, or a current passed over sald shunt to the field helices By varying the relative pos= Ation upon the comutator of the respective brushes auto~ matically in proportion to the varying electrics! condition of the working circult the current developed can be regula~ ted in proportion to the demands in the working circuit. Devices for automatically moving the brushes indynamo electric machines are well knowr, and those mde use of in my machine may be of any dseired or known character. In the drawing: Fig.1 1e 9 diagram 4ilustrating my invention show- ing one core of the field mgnets with one helix wound in the same direction throughout. Pige. 2 and 3 are disgrame showing cne core of the field magnets with a portion of the neli wound in oppos- Ate directions, Pigs. 4 and 6 are disgrame illustrating ths eles trie dsviees that may be employed for automatically adjuet= ing the brushes and Pige 6 is a diagram illustrating the positions of the brushes when she machine 1s being energised on the etart. Pigs. 7, %, 9, 10 and 23 are diagrams that furtmr Allustrate my invention a hereafter described. and b, are positive and negative brushes of the main or working cireuit, and ¢ the auxiliary brush. the working efreuit D, extends from the brushe: amd bas usual Ss, and contains elestrie laups or other devices D-1 either in series or in mltiplelare. M, N-1 represent the ria helices, the ends of which are connected to the min brushew Band by © ‘Ths branch or shunt wire ¢-1 extends from the “ és, EY auxiliary bien ¢ to the Cireuit of the*Field helices a 1s connected to the same at an intermediate point X- 5 represents the commitator with the plates of ordinary con struction.It is now to be understood that when the auxiliary brush ¢.oceupies such a position upon the commutator that the electro-metive force between the brushes ¢ and b as the resistance of the circuit a, M, en}, ¢.A. to the rem sietanee of the efreuit-b, N-1¢ B,the‘potentisle of the pointe X and Y will be equal and no current will flow over the auxiliary bru different position, the potentials of the points X and Y but when thbrush ¢,eccupies « will be different: and a current will flow over the ausil- iary bruslggo or from the conmutator, aécording to thé:rel— ative position of the brushes. If for inetanee the com= mutator space betwean the brushes a and ¢, when tho latter de at the eutral point Mie aiminichedy’a current wilh” Flow from the point ¥ over the shunt ¢.to the brueh b thue strongthengpg the curreng 4m the part Mel, and part 1yiea— traliaing tho currént in the part Ky but if the epsce be tween the brushes a and ¢ is increased, the current wil} flow over. tye axiliary{prush in an opppeite ai rectiogjand the current in M will be strengthened and in M-3 partly neutralised. By combining with the brushes b, snd ¢ any * » es = known automatic regulating medhaniem, the current develo; can de regulated in proportion to the demande in the work ing eireuit. The parte M and Mel of the field wire may be sound An the same direction, (in this case they are arranged a8 shown in Pig. 1 or the part M may be wind in the oppiaite ) direction as shown in Pigs. 2 andIt will be apparent that the respective cores of the field magnets are subjected to the neutralising or in- tensifying effects of the current in tha shunt through ¢-1_ and the maggstiom of the cores will be partially neutralized or the point of grea it magnet L hifted, so that it will be more or less remote from or approaching to, the armature, and hence the aggregate snergising actigns of the fieid magnets on the armature will be corraspondingly varied. In the form indicated in Pig. 1 the regujation is effected “3 Fiee 2 sys = by shifting the point of greatest mgnotism, and in P: a and 3 the same effect 18 produced by the action of the eur- Font im the,ghunt psseiug.through the ngntralising helize In Pige. 4 and 5, Aci, A: holder carrying the main brushes, and Cy the auxiliary brush - e % ~ holder carrying the auxiliary brush. These brush holdere indieste the main bruéh are movable in ares concentric with the center of the com mutator shaft. an fron piston P of the solenoid s, (Fig. 4) 18 attached to the auxiliary brush holder C, The adjustment te ertactedgby mane of € spring and serew or tightens#. In Fig. 5 instead of a solenoid an iron tube en~ closing a coil is shown. The piston P of the coil is at~ tached to Sith vrusn norders A-2, Acland C. When the brush erted ror adjusting is practically uniform through the whole length of motionsThe relative positions of the respective brushes may_be varied by moving the auxiliary brush or the brush ¢ may remain quiescent and tho core p be connected to the main brush holder A-1 0 as to adjust the brushes a, b, in thelr relation téthe brush 6. ”~ IF however sf azjustiient ie applied to all the brushes as seen in Fig. 5 the sole= noid should:be conneeted,to both Ac] and C so as to move them towards or away from each other. There are several known devices for giving motion in proportion to an electric current. Y have shown'the moving cords in Figs. 4 aiid as convenient daviess for obtaining the required extent of Extion with vary slight changes in the current passing through the helices, It fe understood that the adjuetmnt of the min in the strength of the eurrést’ independently of the relative position of said brushes to brushes cases variatior the aurilfary brush. In a2] cases the adjustment may be such that Me current £1680 over the au@iiiary vruch wie the dynamo is running with its norml load. E gm avare that guntiiary breapgs have been sea! in connection with the halices of the field wire, but in’ ” these instances the helices received the entire current through the auxiliary or brush or brushes and said brushga; could not be taken Off without breaking the current nea the field. ‘These vrushes caused howaver a great sparking - upon the éSmmutator. ff my improvement the auriiiury prush causes very little or no sparking and can be to” |without breiking the current through the field helices. ;|My improvement-has besides the advantage to facilitate the solf exciting of tra machine in all cases where the rem Sistas:e of the field wire is very great comparatively to the resistanes of thé min‘eireult@at the ‘start, stance on are-Light machines. In this eae I place the auxiliary brueh ¢, near to er in praferanag in contact with the brush.b, a8 shown in Fig. G, In this mantwer the part lu-2, Pigs. 1, 2 and 3 is completely cut out, and ae the part Sly nae @ conet'Geradly emlléF resistance titin the whole length or the LEX wire the machine excites itself, where= upon the auxiliary brush 19 shifted eutomatically to ite porma2 posit ion. In Pige. 7, 8, 9, 19 and 12 which farther illustrate ¥ lay invention, “G, and bare the positive anéihepstive bruelise lor the main eireult, ard ¢ an aueiliary brush. The mata eireult D extends from the brushes a and b, a6 usual and” Fleontaine the-fistices u of the field wirefand the srectrte lamps or other working devices D-l. The suxiliery brush je 18 eonnseted to the poing, = of the wate cireutt by nea ul lor the wire ent. H is a commutator of ordinary construe+! tion. when th» electro-motive force betwoen the brushes js an es Ae tg the slectroxmotive force Dgtwoon the brushes tentiale of the pointe x | and Ye will be “Sua and no cur + |rent wilt pass over the augiliary brush ¢, but if saidrush occupies a dirraront position relatively to tho main brushes, the eluctric condition 4s disturbed and current wi21 Clow vithor from y to & or from Rte Ys e¢cording to the relative position of the trushes. In the firet case'the current throughthe riéid halle will be partly neutralized and the magnetism of the field magnets dimin= shed, in thy secona casa. the current W411 be incroseod: and the magnets will gain strangth. By combining with the brushes a, b, ¢, any automatic egulating mecranism tho eurrent¥aeveioped ea'be regulated @atometcatty if proportion to ths demands in the working clreuig. In practice it 4s sufficient to move only tho auxiliary crush .* las chown in Pig.4-as:thi er. fogulator 19 vary sensitive te the slightest changes, but the relative position of the sux- Hilary pruadgto the main:trushes my beVaried by noviilg ”* the main brushes or woth main and auxiliary brushes my be ~ s illustrated in Fig. 5. In the latter two cased |” At will be underetood the!mtion of the“Siain brushes 2 atively to the neutral line of the mchine, éauses varia= tions in the strangth of the current” Andepondent ty of Apes: Felative position to the auxiliary brush. In all cases ~ the adjustment may ve such that when the machine ie running with the ordinary Joad, ng, current flowsover the ounthg! dary brush. — The field helices mey be conn-eted as shown in Fig.” 7 or 4 part GF the field helices may be-in the outgoiud, and the other part in the return eirenit and two auxiliary 7brushes may be amployed as shown in Figs. @ and 10. In— stead 0 hunting the.whole of the field helices a portion:: only of such nelices may be shunted as shown in Fig. 8 and 10. . ‘phe arrangemalit shows 4n Pigs 10 1d advantageous # as it diminishes the sparking upon the coumutator, the main eirquite being closed through the auxiliary brushes at the morent of the break of th» cireuit at the min or a part may be wound in opposite directions. ‘the connection betwaen the helices and the auxil~ jary bakin or pushed’ may pe made offs wire of ake tance may be interposed (R. Pigs 2)"; sistance, or 4 re petwosti¥ihe point x ahd the auctliavy brush or orughes C4 divide the sonsitiv:ness when the crushes sro adjustede {I CLAIM AS KY INVENTION: - Rist. the Senination withthe comut atowfhavi nag two or. more main brushes, field bgitoes having, thelr ends connected to the main: brushes, and a branch or shunt connection from an inte: fate point of the field helices to the auntltary prueb- maane for varying thy relative posjgion upon the: comm tator of the respective rushes, substantially as set fort! 2nd, ‘The compination with the commutator, ard 3 * - oe prushae and one or more eusiliary‘brushes,oF the ffierd Rok: fees in the mein eirsow tna field soliess to the auxiliary prushes, the ralq ator © the respective -rush- Akiva positions yon th cour oe being adjustable for the purpose sat fartn, ee ny lek, 14, 021 cremeJ . . z4¥FOF3 pylon Deyrrna Cleclvee Weert pitts Chpauees Wetge reeh € luninay | Shand on 0 therkeng casted 2B Lanne wethon serve W Comanecinten M Luke Hak EO hed rte Y itd frome Ct € Rate . 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