Combined limiter and two section bandpass filter

Claim 1

IN A SIGNAL RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL LYING WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGE OF FREQUENCIES AND HAVING VARYING ING AMPLITUDES, A SYMMETRICAL BANDPASS FILTER OF THE UNBALANCED TYPE HAVING AN INPUT SECTION AN OUTPUT SECTION CAPACITIVELY COUPLED FOR PASSING SIGNALS LYING WITHIN SAID RANGE, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS OF SAID FILTER COMPRISING A TUNE CIRCUIT, THEREBY RENDERING EACH SECTION FREQUENCY SELECTIVE, SAID FILTER FURTHER COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT BRANCH WITH A FIRST INDUCTANCE, A FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSER AND A SECOND INDUCTANCE IN SERIES IN SAID FIRST CIRCUIT BRANCH, A THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH CONDENSER CONNECTED BETWEEN THE SECOND CIRCUIT BRANCH AND THE JUNCTION POINTS BETWEN SAID FIRST INDUCTANCE AND SAID FIRST CONDENSER, BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS, AND BETWEEN THE SAID SECOND CONDENSER AND SAID SECOND INDUCTANCE, RESPECTIVELY, AND A SIGNAL AMPLITUDE LIMITER CIRCUIT BEING CONNECTED BETWEEN THE SECOND FILTER CIRCUIT BRANCH AND THE JUNCTION POINT OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS.