Rectifying apparatus system for controlled rectified output wherein the control elements are connected in a ring formation

Claim 1

A RECTIFYING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A CONSTANT D.C. VOLTAGE AND HAVING TWO D.C. OUTPUT TERMINALS COMPRISING, ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SUPPLY MEANS HAVING TWO OUTPUT TERMINALS, RECTIFYING MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS OF SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS COMPRISING A RECTIFIER HAVING TWO TERMINALS AND A FIRST SATURABLE REACTOR IN SERIES, SAID REACTOR HAVING A WINDING CONNECTED TO ONE TERMINAL OF SAID RECTIFIER, FIRST REGULATING MEANS COMPRISING A RECTIFYING ELEMENT AND A FIRST D.C. VOLTAGE SOURCE IN SERIES, ONE TERMINAL OF SAID RECTIFYING ELEMENT BEING CONNECTED AT A JUNCTION BETWEEN THE RECTIFIER AND THE WINDING OF SAID FIRST SATURABLE REACTOR, SECOND REGULATING MEANS COMPRISING A SECOND D.C. SOURCE AND A SECOND REACTOR HAVING A WINDING CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND D.C. SOURCE, A RECTIFYING ELEMENT CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID SECOND REGULATING MEANS, THE LAST MENTIONED RECTIFYING ELEMENT HAVING A TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST REGULATING MEANS AND HAVING ANOTHER TERMINAL CONNECTED TO A TERMINAL OF SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT DIRECT-CURRENT BIAS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST REGULATING MEANS AND SECOND REGULATING MEANS WHEREBY A CONSTANT OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS OBTAINED AT SAID D.C. VOLTAGE OUTPUT TERMINALS, SAID D.C. OUTPUT TERMINALS COMPRISING AN OUTPUT CONNECTION TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED RECTIFYING MEANS AND AN OUTPUT CONNECTION TO THE OTHER OUTPUT TERMINAL OF SAID POWER SUPPLY MEANS.