Television receiver power supply

Claim 1

IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER HAVING A HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION SYSTEM WITH A SOURCE OF DEFLECTION SIGNALS THEREIN, A POWER SUPPLY MEANS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, POTENTIAL SUPPLY MEANS, AN ENERGIZED CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID POTENTIAL SUPPLY MEANS TO THE TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR APPLYING OPERATING ENERGY THERETO, A FIRST TRANSMITTER HAVING EMITTER, COLLECTOR AND BASE WITH SAID EMITTER AND COLLECTOR BEING SERIES CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TELEVISION RECEIVER AND SAID ENERGIZING CIRCUIT, A SECOND TRANSISTOR CONNECTED AS A EMITTER FOLLOWER TO SAID BASE OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR, SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR FURTHER HAVING A BASE ELECTRODE, A POTENTIAL DIVIDER CONNECTED ACROSS THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE TELEVISION RECEIVER AND SAID ENERGIZING CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR DERIVING ENERGY FROM THE HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION SYSTEM AND INCLUDING A RECTIFIER CIRCUIT TO PROVIDE A DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL HIGHER THAN THE POTENTIAL FROM SAID POTENTIAL SUPPLY MEANS, A BASE BIASING NETWORK CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID RECTIFIER CIRCUIT AND SAID BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, AND A ZENER DIODE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BASE ELECTRODE OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR AND AN INTERMEDITE POINT OF SAID VOLTAGE DIVIDER, SAID BASER BIASING NETWORK PROVIDING A POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SATURATION OF SAID FIRST TRANSISTOR UPON REDUCTION IN POTENTIAL OF SAID POTENTIAL SUPPLY MEANS CAUSING CUTOFF OF SAID ZENER DIODE.