The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-17
PRAISE FOR EGAN.
Leading Telephone Trade Paper
Speaks Well of Kenosha
Mans New Invention.
GREAT FUTURE PROMISED.

c. E. Egan, of this city, is becom-
ing widely known in the world of in
vention on account of his contribu-
tons to the telephone world. The re-
cent issue of Telephony" the lead
ing trade paper of the business, has
the following to say in regard to Mr..
sEgan and his invention:
'sFor twenty-three years c. E.
Egan, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has
been before the public as telephone
engineer. He has been identified in
numerous enterprises connected with
the telephone industry, and is so well
known in the field of telephony that,
in describing his latest invention, he
needs no special introduction. Mr..
Egan's invention relates to te1e-
pl12aes and telephone systems, and
particularly to such as are adapted
for use with so-ca1led common bat
terry" or central energy" supply. 1t
is the object of the invention to pro-
duce an instrument and a circuit
therefor which shall be simple and
adaptable for use with any central Of
fee circuit, while the instrument set
itself shall be very compact and the
number of it's parts reduced to mini
mum; all this without sacrifice of
commercial efficiency.
10 More specifically stated, Mr.. Egan's
object has been to construct COM
pact subscriber instrument for CEN
trail energy lines, in which the ringer
and condenser are combined in a uni
tary piece of apparatus with all the
other parts mounted or carried there
on. The entire set is enclosed in d
very small box or casing, to reduce
the cost of manufacture materially,
and to render the handling and adj
j1lstment of the instrument much
easier, as well as more certain, than
in the prior type of instruments of
this class. A further object of the
invention is to obviate the necessity
for an impedance coil separate from
the other parts, in the transmitter
circuit. This is accomplished by using
portion of the ringer winding tapped
off to the transmitter branch.
In assembling and mounting the
instrument, skeleton frame COM
prising a yoke and side plate is pro-.
vided; the ringer cores are mounted
on the yoke and the arma ture yoke on
cores. The switch-hook and it's
spring, together with the terminals
of the receiver cord, with which its
tips cooperate, are mounted Upon
the side plate; and the entire struc-
ture thus produced is mounted in the
box or casing and supported from said
yoke.
Mr.. Egan claims that this telephone
can be manufactured and sold for just
one-ha1f the cost of ordinary central
energy telephones. Several of the
big telephone companies of the coun-
try have tested the Egan telephone
and report that it has worked perfect
~, being enthusiastic in its praise.
In folder recently issued by Mr..
Egan are shown views of his te1e-
phone, with brief descriptive text.
There are also printed number of
testimonials from telephone manu-
featuring and operating companies,
which refer to the Egan telephone in
f1atte1ing terms.
Several telephone manufacturing
concerns have made satisfactory tests
of the little telephone" and report
that it will do all the inventor claims
for it. A company will be organized
in the near future to manufacture the
Egan central energy telephone and
place. it on the market.
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