Combined television sweep current generator and power supply

Claim 1

A TELEVISION SWEEP CURRENT GENERATOR COMPRISING: A FIRST CAPACITOR, AN INDUCTIVE LOAD, A TRANSFORMER HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WINDINGS, MEANS FOR CHARGING SAID FIRST CAPACITOR CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID SECONDARY WINDING, A NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH WHICH MAY BE CLOSED BY AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL AND IS THEN AUTOMATICALLY REOPENED WHEN A SMALL REVERSE CURRENT PASSES THROUGH IT, SAID SWITCH CONNECTED TO SERIES COUPLE SAID FIRST CAPACITOR TO SAID PRIMARY WINDING SO THAT WHEN SAID SWITCH IS OPEN, SAID FIRST CAPACITOR IS PREVENTED FROM DISCHARGING ITS STORED CHARGE THROUGH SAID PRIMARY WINDING, AND WHEN SAID SWITCH IS CLOSED, SAID FIRST CAPACITOR DISCHARGES ITS STORED CHARGE THROUGH SAID PRIMARY WINDING, MEANS COUPLING SAID INDUCTIVE LOAD IN PARALLEL WITH THE SECONDARY WINDING OF SAID TRANSFORMER, A SECOND CAPACITOR FOR RECEIVING STORED CURRENT DISCHARGING FROM SAID INDUCTIVE LOAD, CLAMPING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INDUCTIVE LOAD FOR CLAMPING SAID LOAD AT A FIXED VOLTAGE DURING SAID DISCHARGE OF CURRENT TO MAINTAINS SAID DISCHARGE AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RATE, MEANS FOR MOMENTARILY CLOSING SAID NORMALLY OPEN SWITCH, THEREBY ALLOWING SAID FIRST CAPACITOR TO DISCHARGE ITS STORED CHARGE THROUGH SAID PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID TRANSFORMER, AND A PAIR OF TERMINALS CONNECTED FOR RECEIVING A VOLTAGE ACROSS SAID SECOND CAPACITOR.