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Claim 1

A SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR PROVIDING SIGNALS WHICH MAY BE VARIED IN TIME AND DURATION COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC CORES OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR HYSTERESIS LOOP MATERIAL, EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF WINDINGS; SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS FOR APPLYING A SIGNAL TO A WINDING ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MAGNETIC CORES, SAID PLURALITY OF WINDINGS INCLUDING A SIGNAL INPUT, A SIGNAL ADVANCE AND A SIGNAL OUTPUT WINDING; COUPLING MEANS INDIVIDUALLY CONNECTING SAID SIGNAL ADVANCE WINDING ON ONE OF SAID MAGNETIC CORES WITH SAID SIGNAL INPUT WINDING ON A SUCCEEDING MAGNETIC CORE, SAID COUPLING MEANS ENABLING SAID SIGNAL TO BE PROGRESSIVELY ADVANCED THROUGH EACH OF SAID MAGNETIC CORES IN SUCCESSION; CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SIGNAL INPUT WINDING ON EACH OF SAID MAGNETIC CORES FOR CONTROLLING THE ADVANCEMENT OF SAID SIGNAL THROUGH SAID MAGNETIC CORES; AND MEANS SERIALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SIGNAL INPUT WINDING ON EACH OF SAID MAGNETIC CORES AND SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A SIGNAL FLOW THROUGH SAID SIGNAL INPUT WINDING ALLOWING A SIGNAL TO BE MAGNETICALLY INDUCED IN SAID OUTPUT WINDING DURING THE TIME SAID SIGNAL IS FLOWING IN SAID SIGNAL INPUT WINDING, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A BATTERY ELIMINATOR WINDING HAVING A RECTIFIER SERIALLY CONNECTED THEREWITH AND A CAPACITOR BRIDGING SAID BATTERY ELIMINATOR WINDING AND SAID RECTIFIER SUCH THAT A SIGNAL FROM SAID SIGNAL GENERATING MEANS INDUCED IN SAID BATTERY ELIMINATOR WINDING IS RECTIFIED TO CHARGE SAID CAPACITOR TO MAINTAIN CURRENT FLOW IN SAID INPUT WINDING.