Lightning arrester with arc splitter

Claim 1

A LIGHTNING ARRESTER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN INSULATING HOUSING, SPACED APART TERMINALS ON SAID HOUSING, NONLINEAR RESISTANCE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A PAIR OF MAIN ELECTRODES WITHIN SAID HOUSING DEFINING A MAIN AIR GAP CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID RESISTANCE MATERIAL BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS, A STACK OF SPACED APART AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES WITHIN SAID HOUSING, INSULATOR MEANS BETWEEN ADJACENT AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES DEFINING ANNULAR ARC CHAMBERS THEREBETWEEN EACH HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING GENERALLY TANGENTIAL OF SAID ANNULAR CHAMBERS, SAID INSULATOR MEANS ENGAGING BOTH SAID ADJACENT AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES AND DEFINING THE INNER AND OUTER PERIPHERAL SIDEWALLS OF SAID ANNULAR ARC CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATE AND CONFINING THE ARCLETS BETWEEN SAID AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES WITHIN SAID ANNULAR ARC CHAMBER, SAID PAIR OF MAIN ELECTRODES HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID ARC CHAMBERS THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, AND ANNULAR MAGNETIC MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING DEFINING A GENERALLY RADIALLY EXTENDING MAGNETIC FIELD TRANSVERSE TO SAID MAIN AIR GAP AND TRANSVERSE TO THE GAPS BETWEEN ADJACENT AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID ARC CHAMBERS FOR MOVING AN ARC FORMED BETWEEN SAID MAIN ELECTRODES THROUGH SAID OPENINGS AND SPINNING THE RESULTING ARCLETS FORMED BETWEEN SAID AUXILIARY ELECTRODE PLATES IN SAID ANNULAR ARC CHAMBERS.