Static inverter

Claim 1

IN AN INVERTER CIRCUIT FOR ENERIZING A DISCHARGE DEVICE FROM A D.C. SOURCE, SAID CIRCUIT COMPRISING: (A) A CHARGE PATH EXTENDING FROM SAID D.C. SOURCE AND SERIALLY CONNECTING A FIRST SWITCHING MEANS, A FIRST WINDING OF A TRANSFORMER HAVING TWO CLOSELY COUPLED WINDINGS, A CAPACITOR, AND SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE, SAID CHARGE PATH DELIVERING CURRENT FROM SAID D.C. SOURCE TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE IN A FIRST DIRECTION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CHARGING SAID CAPACITOR; (B) A DISCHARGE PATH EXTENDING FROM SAID CAPACITOR AND SERIALLY CONNECTING A SECOND WINDING OF SAID TRANSFORMER, A SECOND SWITCHING MEANS, AND SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE, SAID DISCHARGE PATH DISCHARGING SAID CAPACITOR DELIVERING CURRENT TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE IN A SECOND DIRECTION; (C) SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A CONDUCTIVE STATE AND A NONCONDUCTIVE STATE RESPONSIVE TO THE VOLTAGE THEREACROSS, SAID CONDUCTIVE STATE BEING ESTABLISHED IN SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS WHEN SAID D.C. SOURCE DELIVERS CURRENT TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE, SAID NONCONDUCTIVE STATE BEING ESTABLISHED IN SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS WHEN SAID CAPACITOR DELIVERS CURRENT TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE; (D) SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A CONDUCTIVE STATE AND A NONCONDUCTIVE STATE RESPONSIVE TO THE VOLTAGE THEREACROSS, SAID CONDUCTIVE STATE BEING ESTABLISHED IN SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS WHEN SAID CAPACITOR DELIVERS CURRENT TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE, SAID NONCONDUCTIVE STATE BEING ESTABLISHED IN SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS WHEN SAID D.C. SOURCE DELIVERS CURRENT TO SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE; (E) SAID DISCHARGE DEVICE HAVING A PREDETERMINED NEGATIVE RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTIC TO RAPIDLY STOP CURRENT FLOW THERETHROUGH WHEN SAID CURRENT DECREASES TO A PREDETERMINED VALUE, WITH THE RESULTING RAPID CESSATION OF CURRENT FLOW IN EITHER OF SAID CURRENT PATHS INITIATING CURRENT FLOW IN THE OTHER OF SAID PATHS BY VIRTUE OF THE COUPLING BETWEEN SAID TRANSFORMER WINDINGS.