HEWMCSSES- LWVENO? on Sahin Farland Cook,UNITED STATES 119,825 PATENT OFFICE. DANIEL McFARLAND COOK, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO. IMPROVEMENT IN ‘Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119 ‘Zo alt whom it may concern: ‘Beitknown that, DaNer McFaRt AND CooK, of Mansfeld, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have inventedan Electro Magnetic Bat tery, of which the following is « specification “My invention relates to the combination of wo or more simple or compound helices and iron ‘cores or magnets in such a manner asto produce ‘a constant electric current without the aid of « sgalvanie batter ‘Figure 1 ropresents the different parts of compound helix and iron core. Fig. 2 is a per- spective view of my invention, Tn carzying out my invention I do not contine | ryself to any particnlar mode of eonstraeting a helix or helices, or to any particular sizeof wite, observing only that the quantity of wire in the several helices is snficient to produce the result, uusing less or more wire in the helices to suit the purpose for whieh they aro designed; also usi Such material for insulating the helices 2s will Secure a proper action. I prefer, however, in common, to tse the same size of wire in the con struction of either simple or compound helices. Tn the use of the simple heligos for convenience and to favor the insulation in the resistance to obtain a sufficient tension and quantity of eurrent for action, it is desirable to use a long iron core, ‘A, Fig. 1, say tivo, three, or even six feet in iength, and two, three, or more inches in diam: eter; also a lunge copper wire of good conduct ive quality, the wire being well insulated with silk, shella¢, ox paraftine only, the latter being ob- jectionable ‘as it is liable tb be melted by the hheating of the helix while in action. ‘Tho iron core A may be a solid bar or a bundle of iron ‘wire, the latter giving higher tension to the eur Tent with equal length and fineness of wire, In any event the wire may be fine or coarse; but I prefer to use No. 16,or even heavier wire, as the result is powerfal in proportion to the size and Tength of the wire. ln the use of the compound Laelicesitis preferable, in some eases, to ase asmall wite, say No. 30, oreven less, fora primary helix, and No. 16, or even larger, for a secondary helix. ‘By this combination the initial secondary eurrent of the primary helix being very sinall in qu tity in comparison to the terminal soeondaxy ¢ rent of the secondary helix offers but litile re- sistance to theterminal secondary, hence a quick eraction is secured; or the primary helix may be INDUCTION-COILS. 25, dated October 10, 1971 made of uninsulated wire coiled into a solid helix, Deing insulated only between the coils,in which case there is but little or no opposing initial secondary cmvent. Holices alone with large quantities of wire will produce similar resalis. A xibbon spiral may be substituted for the se ‘ondary helix, say of three, six, twelve, or tiwenty- fouritichesin width and of any eonvenientlengt, | butalways of suflicient length to raisethe tension of its terminal eurrent to a degree necessary to reproduce itself by its aetion on the priniar helix. Inthe useo! compound helicesitisimport- ant that the secondary coil should be wound on in the same direction as the primary coil, and that the secondary poles or wires should be con. nected to the opposite poles of the primary coil B. The action will then be asfollows: ‘Theter- minal secondary enrrent of the secondary helix: € will eizeulate through the opposite primary coil B, while at the same instant a terminal second: iy cusrent from the primary helix B will be de- ‘veloped and cireulate through the opposite ondary helix, both eurvents flowing in the same direetion in. the opposite helices BC, and pro- duce a combined magnetic action upon the iron bar A in the center; the opposing initial second. ary currents of the two helices B C being over powered do not manifest themselves in the main cirenit D of the battery, there being eight dis. ents developed in the aetion of one e Ww paits of helices, two ter: ry currents to en pair of helices, the four initial secondaries con: stantly opposing the cireulation of the four ter minal secondary enrrents; but the initial second. vies being of inch lower tension and less quantity than the terminal secondary are con: sumed ortaken upby theterminal, leaving a sui jent suxplus terminal to overcone the resistance of the primary wire and charge the bar A toa de- | gree necessaty to reproduce itself in an oppo- Site secondary coil, By this means a constant current is kept up in the several helices. ‘These oils may be composed of from five hundred to one thousand feet or more primary eoil, and less or more secondary coil; in any event the more oil and the better the insulation the more pow- erful the result. In the use of simple heliges, or two coils only, any size of wire may beused, only: so that th of the w insulation isefteetnal and the quantity ‘Phe longer and larger 8 is sufficient119,825, the wire or coil the more powerful the result, one thousand or more feet being preferable. “The poles of the two helices being connected the ae tion is the same as in the compound helices, there being but four currents developed, two initial and two terminal currents, the latter lowing con stantly in thesame direction—ineffect there being but one cnrrent in the same direction. ‘The mode of prodneing or starting theaction in the helices consists in the use of 2 steel or electro. magnet, or helix, around one of the helives, and cansing a secondary emrent in the inelosed helix by means of buttery cazvent in the outer one; the action then in eithier the simple or compound helices increases in quantity to the maximum ca- pacity of the wires fo conduct with the existing tension of the current. Tf, now, the cirenit is broken the current instantly’eeases, and ean only be restored by the same means that it was first produced; hence to allow the use of the main eir cuit for common purposes I introduce a rheostat, nice of any kind into the eireuit, so that a small portion of the current only will low aloug the resistanee, by whieh means the ation in the helicesis feebly maintained when the main cireuit is broken, aud instantly restored when it is closed to its full force. By'this means the ac tion becomes in effect the same as the common ‘battery currents, and may be used for similar purposes. For the purpose of preventing theheat ing of the helices caused by the intensity of the action, and to prevent cireulation of the initial secondary currents in the main cireuit, a rheostat of any convenient form may be made to consti tute a part of themain cireuit D. The alternate changes of the iron cores or magnets may he nsed for producing electro-magnetic motion, or motion to a wheel of any suitable devie« Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ‘The combination of two or more simple orcom pound helices, in the manner and forthe purpose ‘set forth. DANIEL McFARLAND COOK Witness A.J. Mack, J. W. Jexnrr.