The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-05-31
GIRL, GUN, GOSSIP To GO.
The Central Girl Must Soon Find
Other Fields and Pastures
Anew-A Continuance
From the lie Angeles Esp s,.

EfUul 10 -NEtcrs LhP e-S-
NJ. c Harris is scent for the Srrow-
ger Automoiic Telephone Exchange
apparatus. He is ia the city and is
q lartered at loom ) in the Workman
block, where there is novel e,ectri-
Cal apparatus on exhibition. The
purpose of the instrument in question
is to d. away with the Central tele-
phone swi ch board and the sweet
voiced girls who tell you over the
wires "He's buzzy now" and to make
the user OF the telephone do his own
switching
The Stronger patent is six by four
inches and one Of them is connected
with each telephone.
The subscriber wishing to place bis
transmi,ier and ear phone in cOnnec.
ton with these of another can do so
by successfully pressing the keys which
cause the circuit closer to move. II
the man at telephone NJ. 2SS wishes
to place himself in connection with
telephone No. 3l5 he will do so by
pressing the keys marked hundreds
three times, then the key marked
tens once, and then the key marked
units five times. His circuit closer
is then in contact with wire terminal
No. 3l5. The person at telephone
3l5 will take down his ear phone. and
the two can converse with each o her.
A circuit-c' osing arm Is made in
parts, Of which one il a ci,cuii-clcsirg
sleeve. firmly attached to the lOw-r
end OF a sleeve rod. Within this cir
cuit-closing sleeve is closely fitted
circui,-closing needle held in such a
manner as TO be il perfect electrical
contact with the wire terminal By q
spring. A rod is located along the
axial line of the cylinder and is free
to tate and t. move longi udinally.
The lower end of this rod i, sleeved
and into this ia Inserted the upper por-
ton of a ratchet rod. This sleeve
construction allows the ratchet rod to
have longitudinal motion only,
thereby keeping the ratchet teeth con-
tiuuoLsly toward its attendant pawl.
The "a chet rod is provided on side cf
the cylinder aud conveniently below
il with a series of ratchet teeth, by
means Of which the rods are moved
longitudinaly. Two wheels, through
which the DIS extend with feather
and grove nheciion, are made in con
tao, with the ratchet teeth and levers
having pawls pivOtei in their ends.
Each lever has a vibratory move.
ment and is oscillated by the al
ternate energ zing apd de.energiz nc
of their respective msgnates, thereby
imparting motion to its adjacent rat
chet-teeth, and Consequently the cir
cuit-c!osing needle. Each pulsation
of the push. button at the sub-staiion,
made at the will of the operator,
causes through the channels thus de-
scribed the circuit-closing needle to
move from row 20 row and from wire
to wire. Each key is connected by
wire with its respective lettered mag
net at the central office, and when
pressed an electric circuit il establish
ed it being understood that both ends
of the wire are grounded or connected
with return tap, and also that a
battery is used to generate the cleo
tricity. This battery is located at the
sub-station between the keys and the
ground. Each perforation of the |
cylinder is numbered with respect to
an initial or starting point on the
cylinder.
When any supposed conversation is
ended the person hangs up his ear
phone and presses the release key.
This causes the magnets to be ener.
gized, attracting the armatures. there
by Withdrawing the several pawls from
their engagement with ratchet teeth,
and allowing the circuit closer to fall
and return to is initial point. Aaoth-
er remarkable part of the machine is
a patent index or register. There Can
be but one connection at a time, but
the number of the second applicant
for connection is shown on the dial.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE WITHOUT 1T
Every family is liable to have a heredi-