CUT-OUT. 884,978. John H. Booth, Frank E. Blausey, and Arthur M. Smith,
San Pedro, Cal.
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A cut-out comprising a base having a line terminal and an instrument
terminal, a drop lever pivotally mounted on the base, line terminal being
connected with the pivotally mounted drop lever, lever having its free
end provided with a fork, a bracket to which the instrument terminal is
connected, bracket being also provided with a fork, a fuse resting in the
forks, and supporting the drop lever, and a carbon block having a ground
connection connected with the cut-out adjacent to the end of the fuse
which rests in the fork of the bracket.
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PROCESS OF MAKING GAS. 884,655. Alexander M. Gow, Edgewood Park, Pa.,
assignor, by mesne assignments, to the Westinghouse Machine Company.
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The process of making gas, which consists in blowing to incandescence the
exterior portion of a body of fuel, forcing fresh fuel into the interior
of the body, utilizing the sensible heat of the incandescent fuel in
the destructive distillation of the fresh fuel, introducing steam into
the interior portion of the body of fuel and causing it to pass, first
through the fresh fuel and then through the heated exterior portion of
the fuel bed.
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ELECTRIC HEATER. 884,540. Elihu Thomson, Swampscott, Mass., assignor to
General Electric Company.
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An electric heater comprising a receptacle, containing oil having a high
flashing point and means for circulating the same, a resistance conductor
immersed in the oil and adapted to heat the same, and a heating system
partially within the container and arranged to receive its heat from the
circulating oil.
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IMPACT WATER-WHEEL. 884,907. William A. Doble and Frederick Gfeller, San
Francisco, Cal.
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The combination with the body of an impact wheel, of buckets each having
at separated points, one in advance of the other, a central and two
parallel perforated ears, the perforations of the central ear of each
bucket axially in line with those of the parallel ears of the contiguous
bucket, and bolts passing transversely through perforations and through
the body.
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SYSTEM OF CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS. 884,541. Leonard A. Tirrill, Lynn,
Mass., assignor to General Electric Company.
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The method of operating a compound-wound motor, which consists in
supplying current to the armature and field windings, cutting out the
armature and connecting the series field winding to the source of current
supply, connecting the armature in reverse relation to the series field
winding, and then inserting a high resistance in series with the shunt
field winding.