Flasher circuit for vehicles having fluorescent lights

Claim 1

A TRANSISTOR OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT FOR VEHICLES HAVING A BATTERY WHICH POWERS AUXILIARY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CAUSING SEVERE PULSATION IN THE BATTERY VOLTAGE, COMPRISING: A FIRST SERIES COMBINATION OF THE COLLECTOR AND EMITTER ELECTRODES OF A TRANSISTOR, A RELAY, THE CATHODE AND ANODE OF A RECTIFIER DIODE CONNECTED ACROSS THE BATTERY, THE ANODE BEING CONNECTED TO THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL; A PARALLEL COMBINATION OF A RESISTOR AND A FIRST CAPACITOR CONNECTING THE BASE OF THE TRANSISTOR TO THE DIODE CATHODE; A SECOND SERIES COMBINATION OF A LOAD, A SWITCH, AND A NORMALLY OPEN RELAY CONTACT CONNECTED ACROSS THE BATTERY; AND MEANS FOR APPLYING CHARGING CURRENT FROM THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY TO THE BASE OF THE TRANSISTOR WHEN SAID RELAY CONTACT IS OPEN, AND TO DISCHARGE SAID FIRST CAPACITOR WHEN THE RELAY CONTACT IS CLOSED; AND A SECOND CAPACITOR CONNECTING SAID DIODE CATHODE TO THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL OF THE BATTERY FOR FLATTENING OUT THE BATTERY VOLTAGE PULSATIONS.