Patent model, Van Depoele arc lamp regulator, US Patent #294,165
date: label: date made
content: 1883
name: label: maker
content: Van Depoele, Charles J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A circular armature revolves between curved field poles energized by a horizontal electromagnet. The armature has radial commutator bars arranged to facilitate ventilation. A crossbeam affixed to the shaft regulates a plunger inside a solenoid. Coil elements painted red. No extant maker's markings. See US Patent 294165, "Motor for Electric Regulators", issued 26 February 1884 to Charles J. Van Depoele. Claim: An arrangement of armature, four brushes, and commutator whereby the circular armature can rotate left or right as desired, and thereby impart motion to a device used to operate the feed of carbons in an arc lamp, or the adjustment of brushes in a generator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308598
label: catalog number
content: 308598
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Arc Light
label: Object Name
content: arc lamp
label: Object Name
content: arc lamp regulator
label: Other Terms
content: Arc Light; Lighting Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 6 in; 15.875 cm x 15.24 cm