US406567A - Telephone - Google Patents
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- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 24
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 14
- 239000008187 granular material Substances 0.000 description 14
- 239000003245 coal Substances 0.000 description 10
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 8
- 238000003763 carbonization Methods 0.000 description 4
- RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N anthracen-1-ylmethanolate Chemical compound C1=CC=C2C=C3C(C[O-])=CC=CC3=CC2=C1 RHZUVFJBSILHOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000003830 anthracite Substances 0.000 description 2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R21/00—Variable-resistance transducers
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- N- PETERS Phnlo'uthngrapher. Wmhingluu. D C.
- My invention relates to that class of telephones wherein a body of carbon-granules is held between metal surfaces, one of which is connected with the diaphragm of the instrument and acts upon the carbon to vary the resistance of the circuit in unison with the sound-waves.
- the object I have in View is to produce for this purpose a form of carbon which will be free from the objections incident to the use of the carbon heretofore employed, in that it will not blacken themetal surfaces in contact with it, and will not by use become finely powdered and liable to pack.
- the result is a more durable instrument and one which maintains its adjustment better and is capable of being used in any position.
- My improved carbon is made by the carbonization of anthracite or hard cannel coal by subjecting it to a high heat in a manner similar to the carbonization of materials for the conductors of incandescent electric lights. It is then powdered into granules which will pass through a twenty or thirty mesh screen, and is ready for use as the electrode of a telephone.
- A is the diaphragm, and B a part of the case.
- 0 is the electrode of carbon-granules, produced, as before explained, from hard coal, and held in a metalcup D, carried by an adj usting-screw E.
- a metal plate F carried by the diaphragm, presses on the carbon in the cup.
- the cireuit connections 1 2- are such that the current passes through the carbon electrode.
- An electrode for telephones composed of a body of granules of carbonized hard coal, substantially as set forth.
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Description
(NOMOM') T. A. EDISON.
. TELEPHONE. I No. 406,567. Patented July 9., 1889..
N- PETERS. Phnlo'uthngrapher. Wmhingluu. D C.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS A. EDISON, OF MENLO PARK, NEW JERSEY.
TELEPHONE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,567, dated July 9, 1889.
Application filed February 19, 1886. Serial No. 192,485. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known thatI, THOMAS A. EDISON, of Menlo Park, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Telephones, (Case No. 661,) of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to that class of telephones wherein a body of carbon-granules is held between metal surfaces, one of which is connected with the diaphragm of the instrument and acts upon the carbon to vary the resistance of the circuit in unison with the sound-waves. The object I have in View is to produce for this purpose a form of carbon which will be free from the objections incident to the use of the carbon heretofore employed, in that it will not blacken themetal surfaces in contact with it, and will not by use become finely powdered and liable to pack. The result is a more durable instrument and one which maintains its adjustment better and is capable of being used in any position.
My improved carbon is made by the carbonization of anthracite or hard cannel coal by subjecting it to a high heat in a manner similar to the carbonization of materials for the conductors of incandescent electric lights. It is then powdered into granules which will pass through a twenty or thirty mesh screen, and is ready for use as the electrode of a telephone.
In the accompanying drawings the figure represents parts of a well-known formof telephone with an electrode of my peculiar carbon.
A is the diaphragm, and B a part of the case. 0 is the electrode of carbon-granules, produced, as before explained, from hard coal, and held in a metalcup D, carried by an adj usting-screw E. A metal plate F, carried by the diaphragm, presses on the carbon in the cup. The cireuit connections 1 2- are such that the current passes through the carbon electrode.
What I claim is 1. An electrode for telephones composed of a body of granules of carbonized hard coal, substantially as set forth.
2. In a telephone, the combination, with a diaphragm, of an electrode composed of a body of granules of carbonized hard coal i11- cluded in the circuit and acted upon by the diaphragm to vary the resistance of the circuit, substantially as set forth.
3. In a telephone, the combination, with a diaphragm, of an electrode composed of a body of granules of carbonized hard coal, and metal surfaces between which such body of carbon-granules is held, one of such metal surfaces being controlled by the diaphragm,
A. W. KIDDLE, E. O. ROWLAND,
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