Fusion-research apparatus

Claim 1

IN A FUSION RESEARCH APPARATUS, A NON-LINEAR TUBULAR CONTAINMENT VESSEL, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY TUBULAR CONDUCTORS EXTENDING ABOUT AND SEQUENTIALLY DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ALONG SAID CONTAINMENT VESSEL, CURRENT SUPPLY CONNECTION, GROUND CONNECTIONS, A PLURALITY OF RETURN TRANSMISSION PLATES COUPLING SAID GROUPN CONNECTIONS TO CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE CONDUCTORS, ONE EACH OF SAID RETURN TRANSMISSION PLATES BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID TUBULAR CONDUCTORS, A PLURALITY OF TRANSMISSION MEANS COUPLING SAID CURRENT SUPPLY CONNECTIONS TO THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR CONDUCTORS, EACH OF SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED, CONDUCTIVE STRIPS EXTENDING FROM SAID SUPPLY CONNECTION TO THE ASSOCIATED TUBULAR CONDUCTOR, SAID CONDUCTIVE STRIPS BEING CONNECTED TO SEPARATE AREAS ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE ASSOCIATED OTHER END OF THE TUBULAR CONDUCTOR, THE SIZE AND SPACING OF THE CONDUCTIVE STRIPS BEING SUCH THAT THE INDUCTANCES THEREOF DISTRIBUTE THE CURRENT TO THE TUBULAR CONDUCTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT REQUIRED AT THE SEPARATE AREAS OF THE TUBULAR CONDUCTOR TO MINIMIZE TRANSVERSE FIELDS AT SPACES BETWEEN THE TUBULAR CONDUCTORS, MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN AXIAL, STABILIZING FIELD IN SAID VESSEL, AND A CONDUCTING SHIELD DISPOSED ABOUT SAID TUBULAR CONDUCTORS, SAID TRANSMISSION PLATES AND SAID TRANMISSION MEANS.