Inverter system

Claim 1

AN INVERTER SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING THE DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE FROM A DIRECT CURRENT SOURCE INTO A POLYPHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT OUTPUT, SAID INVERTER SYSTEM COMPRISING A POLYPHASE POWER OUTPUT TRANSFORMER INCLUDING A MAGNETIC CORE, A PLURALITY OF PRIMARY WINDINGS WOUND ON SAID CORE, AND A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY WINDINGS WOUND ON SAID CORE, COMMUTATING MEANS COUPLED TO THE DIRECT CURRENT SOURCE AND TO THE PRIMARY WINDINGS OF SAID TRANSFORMER AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS, MEANS COUPLING EACH OF SAID SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS BETWEEN SAID DIRECT CURRENT SOURCE AND A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PRIMARY WINDINGS, MEANS FOR GENERATING A SEQUENCE OF FIRST AND SECOND PULSES, MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY APPLYING SAID FIRST PULSES TO SAID SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS TO RENDER THEM SEQUENTIALLY CONDUCTIVE, CAPACITOR MEANS, MEANS TO APPLY SAID SECOND PULSES TO SAID CAPACITOR MEANS, SAID CAPACITOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION OF SAID SECOND PULSES TO RENDER NONCONDUCTIVE THE SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WHICH IS CONDUCTIVE AT THE TIME ONE OF SAID FIRST PULSES IS APPLIED TO THE NEXT SUCCEEDING SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER TO RENDER IT CONDUCTIVE.