These tubular sections are called the commutator plates. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
But it was easy, by the mechanical arrangement called a commutator, to gather up the currents and cause them to flow in the same direction. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
The sliders move over a commutator which is a pc board segment. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
P is the pile; C is the dial; and A is the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883] Reference
Single-phase commutator motors (universal motors) 7.4.1. From Wordnik.com. [7. Single-phase alternating current motors] Reference
Figs. 6 and 7 will explain the structure of the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
The commutator is 20 inches long, and has sixty-four parts. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
The first dynamos were constructed with two commutator bars. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
Furiously he tested the spark-plugs, stared at the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Three-phase motor with lever commutator for star-delta starting. From Wordnik.com. [4. Electrical Machines] Reference
The slots in the commutator must be under the center of the yoke, 14. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
The outside end of coil 16 is joined to the other commutator section, 18. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
A commutator, B, permits of establishing or interrupting the current at will. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The exact position of the commutator will depend upon the way you arrange the brush. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
Fig. 121 shows the part that revolves, and includes the shaft, armature and commutator. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
The commutator, e, is arranged to prevent sparking when the brushes leave a contact piece. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
At the commutator end the cover is like a truncated cone, and incloses the connections completely. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
A term applied to the conducting medium that bears against the cylindrical surface of a commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
To these arms the brushes (21) are attached, so that their spring ends engage with the commutator (12). From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
Yet if I write the momentum and position variables in quantum operator form this commutator is not zero. From Wordnik.com. [A Dark, Misleading Force] Reference
The coil ends of the rotor winding have been extended to the commutator lamella on which the brushes loop. From Wordnik.com. [6. Direct current machines] Reference
The slots in the commutator must be directly under the center line of the yoke, 14, as seen in Fig. 121. 267. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
One end of the cone is supported on the end plate of the armature and the other end on a ring on the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
This current is purely a secondary effect, of short duration, and only occurs once at each break of the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
All currents are caused to flow from the armature in one direction by means of a contrivance called the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
One brush (D) contacts with the positive terminal of the commutator and the other brush (E) with the negative terminal. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
If you have no thin metal for brushes, use copper wires, and arrange them so that they will press gently against the commutator. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
As armature, commutator, and shaft rotate, the brushes connect first with one segment of the commutator and then with the other. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Its advantages in this connection are to be traced to the fact that a commutator so built up is durable and keeps a clean surface. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Figure 124 - Dimensional images of a flange commutator motor (e.g. 70/IM 3001) (1) Length side, (2) Drive side, 1; 2 Variable, (3). From Wordnik.com. [7. Single-phase alternating current motors] Reference
Fig. 28 shows the base, armature and commutator assembled in position, and to these parts have been added the commutator brushes. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
Pacinotti, of Florence, constructed a magneto-electric machine in which the current flows always in one direction without a commutator. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Steel and Electricity] Reference
The current is made to pass into the series of voltameters by means of a commutator, and its intensity is shown by a Deprez galvanometer. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
He thus experienced "the supreme satisfaction of seeing for the first time rotation effected by alternating currents without commutator.". From Wordnik.com. [Tesla, Nikola] Reference
But then you take the commutator of two covariant derivatives acting on this spinor field and get a relation involving the Riemann tensor. From Wordnik.com. [Matter v Antimatter II: Electroweak Baryogenesis] Reference
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