A. G, BELL, SPEAKING TELEPHONE. No, 250,704, Patented Deo. 13,1881, “ f afk Weranasr bratans Be15 25 30 40 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, ALEXANDER G. BELL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SPEAKING-TELEPHONE. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 250,704, dated Decomber 18, 1881, Applet To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Graram Burr, of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented an Improvement, in Speaking: ‘Telephones, of which the following isa specifi cation. This inveotion relates to telephones having an earpiece or sound-conveying tube in addi tion to the ordinary month-piece; and it eon. sists in arranging the said ear-piece or sound conveying tnbe on the opposite side of the Giaphrag or vibrating plate from the mouth: piece. Additional sonud-conveying tubes com- inunieating with the diaphragm-chamber on the same or on oppositesidesot the diaphragm can bo used. Tn the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a sectional view of a telephone em. bodying the invention, Ais the table to whieh the instrament is attached. B B’ are two blocks of wood held together by screws « and between which is clamped a, diaphragm of thin metal, d, as shown. The locks BB’ are, one or both’ of them, seenred. to the table by Screws. (Not shown.) ‘Their inner faces are concaved, as shown, to form a chamber, O, within which the diaphragm may vibrate. ’ The front, block, 15, has an opening for tho insertion of the mouth-piece M, and the rear block, B, has an opening for the in sertion of one end of an electro-magnet, B, ‘the othierend of which is made fast toa brack: et, b, screwed to the table, as shown. ‘The eleetro-magnet B has a polarized core, ‘Two serew-cups in the table, connected with the lectro-magnet by wires, are marked 8 s. D D arotwo trampet-shaped ear-pieces,con- nected by flexible tabes with the eliamber on either side of the diaphragm, the tabes for that purpose passing throngh openings or slots in the blocks BB’, ‘ed Decener ‘The operation is as follows: ‘The person about to tall with the teleplione holds one of ‘the ear-pieces D to-bis ear and talks in front of the mouth-piece M in the ordinary manner, pinching the flesible tnbe, however, while he himself is talking to prevent the unpleasant sensation of heariug bis own voice though the instrament; but when receiving a reply through the same instrament as a receiver he, releases the tube from the extra pressure of the fingers and hears the retarn-message througit the ear-pieee at his ear. Tt is obvions that conversation can be car- ied on more readily than when the operator alternately speaks and listens at the month piece. tis also obvious that where two ear-pieces are attached to the telephone, as shown in the ravings, two persons can receive a message at the saine time. So three or more tubes might be made to communicate with the eham. Der within the instrament; but for ordinary purposes one tube provided with an ear-piece in addition to the mouth-piece is. sullicient, and it is immaterial whether the tabe commu: nigates with the clamber in front of or in rear of the diaphragm. ‘Whon more than one ear-piece are attached it may be convenient for the operator to em: ploy one of them for a month-piece. Having thns fally described my invention and the manuer in which the same is or may ‘De carried into effect, what I vlaim, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, is— A telephone in whieh the receiving and transmitting apertares are placed apon oppo- site sides of the vibrating plate and provided with deviees for communicating with the ear and mouth, respectivel ADEXANDER GRAHAM BED, Witnesses J, Hepricr, Pum Mauro. 60 65 80