Monostable transistor trigger having both transistors normally biased in the non-conducting state

Claim 1

A MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR COMPRISING A FIRST TRANSISTOR OF A FIRST CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, A SECOND TRANSISTOR OF THE OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE, EACH OF SAID TRANSISTORS INCLUDING BASE, EMITTER, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS FOR NORMALLY BIASING EACH OF SAID TRANSISTORS TO THE NONCONDUCTING STATE INCLUDING A DIODE FOR EACH TRANSISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN THE EMITTER AND BASE OF THE RELATED TRANSISTOR AND POLED SO THAT CURRENT THROUGH THE DIODE MAINTAINS THE RELATED TRANSISTOR IN THE NORMALLY NONCONDUCTING STATE, MEANS FOR TRIGGERING SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR TO THE CONDUCTING STATE, A TIMING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A TIMING CAPACITOR HAVING ONE SIDE CONNECTED TO THE COLLECTOR OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, A TIMING RESISTOR, AND A SOURCE OF TIMING VOLTAGE; A SWITCHING DIODE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CAPACITOR AND THE BASE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, SAID CAPACITOR BEING CHARGED TOWARD A FIRST VOLTAGE WHEN SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR IS DRIVEN TO THE CONDUCTING STATE, SAID SWITCHING DIODE BEING POLED SO THAT IT IS BACK BIASED WHEN SAID CAPACITOR IS CHARGED TOWARD SAID FIRST VOLTAGE, SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR BEING DRIVEN INTO A CONDUCTING CONDITION WHEN SAID SWITCHING DIODE IS BACK BIASED, SAID CAPACITOR BEING DISCHARGED TOWARDS SAID TIMING VOLTAGE, WHEREBY SAID SWITCHING DIODE BECOMES FORWARD BIASED AND SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR IS CUT OFF AFTER A TIME PERIOD DEPENDENT UPON THE TIME CONSTANT OF SAID TIMING CIRCUIT, AND MEANS COUPLING THE COLLECTOR OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR TO THE BASE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR FOR RESTORING THE LATTER TO THE NONCONDUCTING STATE.