Ignition system for internal

Claim 1

AN IGNITION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES HAVING A SPARK PLUG IN EACH COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF DIRECT CURRENT; A PAIR OF CONTACTS CONTROLLED TO OPEN AND CLOSE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MOVEMENTS OF PISTONS IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; A TRANSISTOR HAVING A BASE, AN EMITTER, AND A COLLECTOR, WITH THE BASE AND COLLECTOR CONNECTED ACROSS SAID CONTACTS FOR CONTROL OF THE EMITTER-COLLECTOR CONDUCTANCE; A CHARGING TRANSFORMER FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL PULSE, SAID TRANSFORMER INCLUDING A PRIMARY WINDING CONNECTED IN SERIES BETWEEN SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT AND THE EMITTER; A STORAGE CAPACITOR FOR STORING AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE FURNISHED BY SAID TRANSFORMER WHEN THE CURRENT THROUGH THE PRIMARY WINDING IS REDUCED TO ZERO; A RECTIFIER DIODE CONNECTED IN SERIES BETWEEN THE STORAGE CAPACITOR AND A SECONDARY WINDING OF THE CHARGING TRANSFORMER; AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT CONNECTED ACROSS THE STORAGE CAPACITOR AND THE SECONDARY OF THE CHARGING TRANSFORMER FOR DELIVERING THE CHARGE STORED BY THE CAPACITOR TO SAID SPARK PLUGS; A GASEOUS DISCHARGE DEVICE HAVING AN ANODE, A COLD CATHODE, AND A FIRING ELECTRODE WITH ITS ANODE CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE OF SAID CAPACITOR AND ITS CATHODE CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE OF THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT; AND A FIRING CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID FIRING ELECTRODE, SAID FIRING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A FIRING TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING CONNECTED IN SERIES BETWEEN THE EMITTER AND ONE SIDE OF THE PRIMARY WINDING OF THE CHARGING TRANSFORMER, SAID FIRING TRANSFORMER HAVING A SECONDARY WINDING COUPLED BETWEEN THE FIRING ELECTRODE AND THE CATHODE OF SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR FIRING THE DISCHARGE DEVICE WHEN SAID CONTACTS ARE OPENED.