Magnetic blowout switch

Claim 1

A LOW INDUCTANCE, SPARK GAP SWITCH ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUCTOR LINES OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A T-SHAPED HOUSING, (B) SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A NECK PORTION ADJOINING AXIALLY ALIGNED END PORTIONS, (C) A PROTECTIVE COATING ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID AXIALLY ALIGNED END PORTIONS, (D) FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED, SYMMETRICAL, CYLINDRICAL, AXIALLY ALIGNED ELECTRODES SECURED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITHIN SAID AXIALLY ALIGNED END PORTIONS RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID NECK PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, (E) AN APERTURE IN SAID FIRST ELECTRODE OFF THE AXIS THEREOF AND POSITIONED ON THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE FROM SAID NECK PORTION OF SAID HOUSING, (F) A TRIGGER ELECTRODE, (G) SAID TRIGGER ELECTRODE PASSING THROUGH SAID APERTURE IN SAID FIRST ELECTRODE WITH THE INNER END THEREOF EVEN WITH THE END OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE ADJACENT TO SAID SECOND ELECTRODE, (H) A PAIR OF ELONGATED, CYLINDRICAL RAILS, AND (I) SAID RAILS EXTENDING INTO THE AREA CONFINED BY SAID NECK PORTION OF SAID HOUSING IN PARALLELISM AND SECURED TO ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRODES IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ELECTRODES WITH SAID RAIL ON SAID FIRST ELECTRODE BEING SECURED ON A SIDE THEREOF DIRECTLY OPPOSITE FROM SAID TRIGGER ELECTRODE.