Arc arresting spark gap assembly for lightning arresters

Claim 1

IN AN ARC ARRESTING SPARK GAP ASSEMBLY FOR LIGHTNING ARRESTERS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT RESISTANCES AND WHEREIN ARC EXTINCTION IS FACILITATED THROUGH A SELF-PRODUCED MAGNETIC BLOW-OUT EFFECT, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF ELECTRODES STACKED IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, EACH PAIR OF ELECTRODES BEING CONSTITUTED BY A PAIR OF DISKS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY AN INTERVENING DISK OF INSULATING MATERIAL, THE ELECTRODE DISKS OF EACH PAIR INCLUDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY ALIGNED TONGUES EXTENDING INWARD FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DISKS TOWARD THE CENTER OF AND SPACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER TO ESTABLISH A SPARK GAP THEREBETWEEN HAVING A RESPONSE POINT, A COVER PLATE ON EACH ELECTRODE DISK OF EACH ELECTRODE PAIR OF THEREBY ESTABLISH A SEPARATE SPARK CHAMBER FOR EACH ELECTRODE PAIR, SAID COVER PLATES AND SAID INTERVENING INSULATOR DISKS BEING PROVIDED WITH ALIGNED APERTURES TO ESTABLISH AN AXIALLY EXTENDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SPARK CHAMBERS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO ENABLE A SINGLE ARC TO BE ESTABLISHED ACROSS A PLURALITY OF SAID SPARK GAPS, ADJACENT COVER PLATES APPERTAINING TO ADJACENT ELECTRODES PAIRS INCLUDING WALL PORTIONS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO ESTABLISH INTERVENING COOLING CHAMBERS WHICH SERVE TO COOL GASES DEVELOPED BY THE ARCS ACROSS SAID SPARK GAPS, AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE FLOW OF GAS FROM EACH COOLING CHAMBER TO THE RESPONSE POINT OF THE ELECTRODE TONGUE IN AN ADJACENT SPARK CHAMBER.