Discharge tube blinking signal device

Claim 1

A FLASHING DEVICE COMPRISING A GAS DISCHARGE TUBE INCLUDING A PAIR OF ELECTRODES AND A TRIGGERING ELECTRODE, A DIRECT CURRENT POWER SOURCE OF SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE TO CAUSE CONDUCTION OF SAID GAS DISCHARGE TUBE, A CAPACITOR CONNECTED TO SAID POWER SOURCE AND ARRANGED TO BE CHARGED THEREBY, A RESISTOR IN SERIES WITH SAID CAPACITOR, SAID CAPACITOR BEING CONNECTED ACROSS SAID PAIR OF ELECTRODES OF SAID DISCHARGE TUBE, A RELAY COIL IN SERIES WITH SAID RESISTOR, A BIASING RESISTOR IN PARALLEL CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID CAPACITOR, SAID RESISTOR, SAID CAPACITOR, SAID RELAY COIL, AND SAID BIASING RESISTOR PORVIDING A CHARGING CIRCUIT OF PREDETERMINED TIME CONSTANT, A TRIGGERING CIRCUIT OF INCLUDING PULSE TRANSMITTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRIGGERING ELECTRODE, AND A RELAY CONTACT INITIATING OPERATION OF SAID TRIGGERING CIRCUIT, SAID CONTACT BEING ISOLATED FROM THE PAIR OF ELECTRODES IN SAID TUBE AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT VARIATIONS IN SAID RELAY COIL TO ACTUATE SAID TRIGGERING CIRCUIT AND THEREBY FLASH SAID GAS DISCHARGE TUBE.