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the commutator
noun
An electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current
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Brushes gather electricity from the commutator".
You can try studying a nearby diagram, but compressed details — "Wire coils connect to the commutator, which turns the rotor.
Sturgeon built an electric motor in 1832 and invented the commutator, an integral part of most modern electric motors.
More important, Hammer invented the commutator switch, or flasher, an automatic motor-driven device that allowed circuits to be turned on and off in sequence.
These poles are placed so as to generate a small voltage in each armature coil as it is shorted out by the commutator.
While this coil voltage is alternating, the commutator action produces a unidirectional voltage at the motor terminals with the polarity shown.
With larger motors, the armature winding resistance is too low to limit the current on starting to a value that can be switched by the commutator.
When the rotor has turned about 120°, the connection from the supply to the armature coil is reversed by the commutator.
The commutator of and is the operator.
Let and The commutator of and the commutator of are defined, respectively, by (1.9).
The commutator (xy-yx) will be denoted by ([x,y]).
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