The moving slip ring surface of electrical machinery transfers electrical
current by contact thereof with liquid metal directly or through the tips
of a plurality of closely spaced brushes positioned along the bottom of a
housing under pressure within which the liquid metal is contained. The
brush tips are respectively connected to lower ends of fibers
electrically interconnected within the housing and exposed to the
liquefied metal received and retained within the housing. According to
one embodiment, the liquefied metal is retained within containment
material filling the housing for contact exposure of the fibers
therewith. According to another embodiment, exposure of the fibers to the
liquefied metal within the housing is effected by entry of the liquefied
metal into hollow brush tubes connected to and extending from the bottom
of the housing, through which stem portions of the fibers extend to the
brush tips.