Active element word driver using saturable core with five windings thereon

Claim 1

A CURRENT PULSE GENERATING CIRCUIT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MAGNETIC CORE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CORE FOR BIASING THE CORE, CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CORE FOR SWITCHING THE CORE, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO HAVE SWITCHING PULSES OF PREDETERMINED AMPLITUDE AND SHAPE APPLIED THERETO, READ WINDING MEANS AND WRITE WINDING MEANS INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID CORE, FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS OUTPUT LEAD MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS, SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR MEANS INCLUDING ENERGIZING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE READ WINDING AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A CURRENT PULSE IN THE OUTPUT LEAD MEANS WHEN THE CORE IS SWITCHED BY THE SWITCHING PULSES, SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS INCLUDING ENERGIZING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE WRITE WINDING AND TO THE OUTPUT LEAD MEANS, SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR MEANS BEING DRIVEN INTO CUTOFF WHEN THE CORE IS SWITCHED, SAID CORE BEING RESET BY THE FALL OF THE SWITCHING PULSES, SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR THEREAFTER GENERATING A CURRENT PULSE IN THE OUTPUT MEANS, SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR BEING DRIVEN TO CUTOFF UPON THE RESETTING OF SAID CORE.