In re Nyman’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Appellant * * * contends that the scale in his condenser is arranged according to frequency, instead of wave length, and in a manner which discloses a patentable improvement over the prior art. This is said to be accomplished by a different curvature of the movable plates, so calculated that equal changes in frequency will be obtained by equal adjustments of the dial, thereby eliminating the crowding upon the dial which is said to be characteristic of the straight line wave length condenser, and enabling a “ listener in,” with uniform ease and accuracy, to “ tune in ” broadcasting stations over the entire broadcasting range. It is noted by the commissioner that it has become the custom to classify broadcasting stations according to frequency or oscillations per unit of time, instead of wave lengths in meters, as formerly; that this has necessitated a recalibration of condensers and a redesigning and remarking of them accordingly. And the commissioner finds that the applicant discloses no more than such mathematical calculations and reshaping of the condenser plates as to obtain the variation of capacity which is required in connection with variations in frequency, and which permits of a uniform marking on the dial or scale. The commissioner adds: “ It being old to shape the overlapping plates of a condenser so the movements of the movable member equal distances, which are indicated by equally spaced markings throughout the scale, will vary the capacity in accordance with unif”

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