The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-23
MILLIONS IN ROYALTIES.
Three Important Electrical Patents
Granted to X. ". Hunter-Used
fr All Large Cries

NEW YORK, Dec. "A special 10 the
Herald from Washington says: The patent
office has granted three important patents
To Rudolph ". Hunter. or Philadelphia, as
siEnor 10 the General Electric Company Of
New York, on the transmission of cleo
trleai energy. covering period OF seven
teen years. Should the supreme court of
the United States uphold these patents.
millions Of dollars in royalties must be paid
py the Westinghouse and other electrical
companies The patents are OF greater i'm
portance TO the electrical world than any
granted in many years. as the appliances
are being used by the large electric light
ing concerns in all the large cities. Mr..
Greeley. assistant commissioner OF pat
ents, says:
The patents cover, broadly. the idea of
generating high tension currents and
transmitting them through a wire or by
means Of an induction coli or tranSulittsrs
INTO low tension currents O. high tension
currents as the case may be. for distrihu-
ton BY this process there IS much less
leakage. and the currents can be sent a
greater distance. There is far more danger
In these currents. as they are too high ten
stoned 10 be used in lighting, or for power
purposes The system patented. however,
heavy currents into low tension by sending
the high tension current through a fine
wire coil, By transmitter which has a
coarser wire wound around H. The high
tension current generates b. induction a
current of lower tension in d coil *
coarse wire; by this process the current
can he regulated at Will.
''Tkerc IS no doubt that the patents cover
systems which are very largely IN use al
the present time, They are very broad.
Thes' viii probably more largely affect the
Westinghouse company than any other
electrical concern in this country, ana in
all probability VIII result IN long-dFawn-
out law suits, They Will not affect the
electrical reads because they use what is
known as the direct current. These pat
ents have reference 10 what y known as
the alternating current. II Is largely used
for lighting purposes but not think for
power purposes OF course. the General
Electric Company viii be entitled TO roy.
il will Ia Impossible 10 oyerestinafe
the amount Of money involved in this par
tieular case. II will certainly run up into
the millions and almost certainly result in
lorzS-tiraxn-o1 law suits
The more important claims set forth By
Mr.. Hunter In his applications are:
'.t,laim "A line conductor conveying
high tension currents; alternately rising
and falling potential: variable resistance
!n the line circuit; an Induction coll having
its fine wire in circuit with the Hue; 4
local circQit indicating iae coarse wire ~
the induction coli and transmitting de-
vice in said local circuit consisting OF an
electric magnet 10 vary said variation and
resistance.
Claim 1.-The Improvement in tire art Of
transmitting electric energy 10. and uiliia-
ing Il at A distance from the source. which
consists in generating maintained and
practically uniform currents OF high ten
sion az one station ard sending the ga ne
over lire Of conductors to another sta
tlrn and generating maintained and prac
ttcaily Uniform alternating currents. ~
lower tension. a. the second station. ny the
'nauc'iye inference of the high tension cur
rents.
Claim 5-The method OF transmitting
electric energy. consisting in transmitting
ar electrical current of high tension and
small yelame aver 3 line circuit and At
oTe Or more places on the line circuit. pro-
ductus by III cans Of Induction. maintained
All practically uniform currents OF low
tension And relatively large volume and
supplying said low tension currents 30 ora
o. more transmitting devices In said local
currents.
Claim ts--Tho combination 81 interrupt
"a electrical currents IF high tension 4
ilr@ or primary ~tTrrent, 4 high reSis.ing
coil ~ circuit with said current: low re.
sistsne coil parallel and n close proximity
~ re htsa resisting coil; local or sec
ouaary ctrcuit. including ssid Tow resist
ing coil, ara a frame ~ magnets material
in c;o~e proximity uron which the coils are
wound"