Power pulse generator including choke coil with saturable core in charging circuit for rapid recharging

Claim 1

A POWER PULSE GENERATOR COMPRISING A STORAGE CONDENSER, A CHARGING CIRCUIT AND A DISCHARGING CIRCUIT COUPLED ACROSS SAID CONDENSER, SAID DISCHARGE CIRCUIT COMPRISING AN INDUCTIVE LOAD, A SOLID-STATE SWITCH DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID LOAD AND SAID CONDENSER, SAID DEVICE HAVING AN ANODE AND A CATHODE, ONE OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID LOAD AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID CONDENSER, SAID SWITCH DEVICE HAVING A PREDETERMINED SETTING TIME, THE INDUCTIVE REACTANCE OF SAID LOAD BEING SUFFICIENT, IN COMBINATION WITH THE CAPACITANCE REACTANCE OF SAID STORAGE CONDENSER, TO CARRY BY RESONANT ACTION THE ANODE SAID SWITCH DEVICE TO A VOLTAGE WHICH IS NEGATIVE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SWITCH DEVICE CATHODE, SAID CHARGING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A VOLTAGE SOURCE AND A CHOKE COIL WITH A SATURABLE CORE, THE UNSATURATED INDUCTANCE OF SAID CHOKE COIL AND BEING SUFFICIENT TO RETARD THE CONDENSER CHARGING CURRENT AND EXTEND THE DURATION OF SAID NEGATIVE VOLTAGE BEYOND SAID PREDETERMINED SETTLING TIME, THE SATURATED INDUCTANCE OF SAID COIL BEING SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE FOR RAPID RECHARGING OF SAID CONDENSER.