Solid state ignitor employing inverter circuit to drive firing circuit

Claim 1

AN IGNITOR CIRCUIT FOR PROVIDING A HIGH POTENTIAL OUTPUT PULSE FROM A SOURCE OF D.-C. POTENTIAL COMPRISING: INVERTER CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A PULSATING OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM THE D.-C. POTENTIAL OF THE SOURCE AND HIGH VOLTAGE FIRING CIRCUIT MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID INVERTER CIRCUIT MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO A PLURALITY OF CYCLES OF SAID PULSATING OUTPUT FOR PROVIDING THE OUTPUT PULSE, SAID INVERTER CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING OUTPUT AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE AND ACTUABLE RESPONSIVELY TO A TRIGGER SIGNAL FOR PROVIDING SAID PULSATING OUTPUT, TRIGGER OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT MEANS FOR GENERATING SAID TRIGGER SIGNAL AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID TRIGGER SIGNAL TO SAID OUTPUT AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT MEANS, AND OSCILLATOR CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT MEANS AND TO SAID TRIGGER OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT MEANS AND HAVING ONE CONDUCTIVE CONDITION PREVENTING OSCILLATION OF SAID TRIGGER OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT MEANS AND HAVING ANOTHER CONDUCTIVE CONDITION INITIATING OSCILLATION OF SAID TRIGGER OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT MEANS WITH SAID OSCILLATOR CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS ALTERNATING BETWEEN SAID ONE AND ANOTHER CONDUCTIVE CONDITION RESPONSIVELY TO SAID PULSATING OUTPUT.