Voltage regulator for high voltage power supplies

Claim 1

IN A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE TAPE HAVING D.C. OUTPUT OF 1,000 VOLTS OR MORE FROM A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY AND A LOAD CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF A VOLTAGE REGULATING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART ELECTRODES DEFINING A PARK GAP THEREBETWEEN AND ADAPTED TO BREAK DOWN AT A VOLTAGE LESS THAN THE UNREGULATED POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE AT SAID TERMINALS, TO PROVIDE COUNTINUOUS SAMPLING OF SAID UNREGULATED POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE, A FLUID SOURCE INCLUDING A NOZZLE FOR SUPPLYING A CONTINUOUS FLUID STREAM TO SAID GAP TO EXTINGUISH THE SPARKS THEREACROSS AT A DESIRED REPETITION RATE TO THEREBY MAINTAIN THE D.C. POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE TO SAID LOAD AT A CLOSELY REGULATED VALUE, SAID NOZZLE BEING OPERATIVELY POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID ELECTRODES AND CONNECTED TO SAID FLUID SOURCE FOR CAUSING AND FLUDI STREAM TO BE CONTINUOUSLY BLOWN THROUGH SAID GAP AND A PRESSURE VESSEL FORMING A SEALED ENCLOSURE FOR SAID PAIR OF SPACED APART ELECTRODES AND SAID NOZZLE FOR ENABLING SAID VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO BE OPERATED AT PRESSURES ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.