Indicator lamp circuit

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL INDICATING DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF GASEOUS DISCHARGE DEVICES, A FIRST SWITCH FOR APPLYING POTENTIAL CONSECUTIVELY TO EACH SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE TO CAUSE IT TO GLOW, AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITOR FOR EACH SAID DISCHARGE DIVICE ENERGIZED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY SAID SWITCH, EACH SAID CAPACITOR HAVING A VALUE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN GLOW POTENTIAL FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME ACROSS ITS RESPECTIVE DISCHARGE DEVICE AFTER THE APPLIED POTENTIAL TO EACH SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE IS REMOVED, AND SECOND SWITCH MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCONNECTING SAID CAPACITORS FROM SAID DISCHARGE DEVICES TO DEENERGIZE EACH OF SAID DISCHARGE DEVICES AND EXTINGUISH THE GLOW, AND MEANS TO PROVIDE AN AUXILIARY CONDUCTIVE PATH FOR SAID CAPACITORS WHEN DISCONNECTED TO DISCHARGE ANY REMAINING ENERGY STORED IN SAID CAPACITORS SO THAT RECONNECTION OF SAID CAPACITORS TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICES DOES NOT CAUSE SAID DISCHARGE DEVICES TO BE REENERGIZED AND TO GLOW EACH SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE.