Series rectifier

Claim 1

A FLAT RECTIFIER UNIT FOR USE AS ONE OF A STACK OF SUCH UNITS WHICH ARE STACKED IN ALIGNED FACE-TO-FACE RELATION TO PROVIDE A SERIES RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY HAVING SHUNT RESISTORS AND CAPACITORS, SAID UNIT COMPRISING A THIN CIRCULAR METAL FIN, A THICK METAL SLUG OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN THE DISC, A THIN INSULATION DISC BETWEEN THE ADJACENT FACES OF SAID SLUG AND METAL FIN, A DIODE NESTED AT THE EDGE OF SAID SLUG AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SLUG AND SAID METAL FIN, AND A FIXED RESISTOR NESTED AT THE EDGE OF SAID SLUG AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SLUG AND SAID METAL FIN, SAID DIODE AND SAID RESISTOR BEING CONFINED TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FIN AND THE PLANE OF THE OUTER FACE OF THE SLUG, SAID FIN ACTING AS A CONDENSER PLATE AND AS A COOLING FIN, SAID SLUG ACTING AS A CONDENSER PLATE AND AS A HEAT SINK AND AS A SPACER WHEN A PLURALITY OF SUCH FLAT UNITS ARE STACKED IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATION, THE SLUG OF ONE UNIT THEN BEING IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE FIN OF ONE UNIT THEN SAID FINS AND SLUGS AND DISCS HAVING CENTER HOLES ADAPTING THE SAME FOR SERIES ASSEMBLY OF SUCH UNITS IN CLOSELY SPACED FACE-TO-FACE RELATION ON A CENTER ROD TO FORM A FINNED CYLINDER.