Solid state capacitor discharge ignition system

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IN COMBINATION WITH AN IGNITION SYTEM INCLUDING: (A) A POWER SUPPLY; (B) DISTRIBUTOR MEANS HAVING A FIRST SWITCCHING MEANS AND A MULTIPLE CONTACT SECOND SWITCHING MEANS; (E) INDUCTION COIL MEANS HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WINDINGS WITH THE SECONDARY WINDING CONNECTED TO SAID MULTIPLE CONTACT SECOND SWITCHING MEANS TO FEED VOLTAGES INDUCED IN SAID SECONDARY WINDING TO SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS; AND, (D) A PLURALITY OF PARK-PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE CONTACTS OF SAID SECOND MULTIPLE CONTACT SWITCHING MEANS TO SEQUENTIALLY RECEIVE VOLTAGES FED THERETO; THE IMPROVEMENTS COMPRISING: (E) OSCILLATOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER SUPPLY FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE VOLTAGE PULSE IN RESPONSE TO OPERATON OF SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS; (F) CONDENSER MEANS FOR STORING A VOLTAGE THEREON; (G) TRANSFORMER MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AMPLIFIED VOLTAGE PULSES IN RESPONSE TO PULSES PRODUCED BY SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS; (H) TRANSFER AND BLOCKING MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AMPLIFIED VOLTAGES FROM SAID TRANSFORMER MEANS TO SAID CONDENSER MEANS AND FOR BLOCKING SUCH VOLTAGES THEREON; (I) GATE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CONDENSER MEANS AND SAID PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID INDUCTION COIL, SAID GATE MEANS NORMALLY PREVENTING DISCHARGE OF SAID CONDENSER MEANS THROUGH SAID PRIMARY WINDING BUT BEING ACTIVATABLE TO PERMIT DISCHARGE OF SAID CONDENSER MEANS THROUGH SAID PRIMARY WINDING; (J) MEANS CONNECTING SAID GATE MEANS WITH SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS FOR ACTIVATION OF SAID GATE MEANS IN REPSONSE TO OPERATION OF SAID FIRST SWITHCING MEANS; AND, (K) CLAMPING MEANS FOR LIMITING SHOCK EXCITED OSCILLATION OF SAID PRIMARY WINDING TO A SINGLE HALF CYCLE OF VOLTAGE DURING DISCHARGE OF SAID CONDENSER MEANS THERETHROUGH, SAID CLAMPING MEANS BEING COUPLED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID INDUCTION COIL MEANS AND IN SERIES WITH SAID CONDENSER MEANS; WHEREIN SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS COMPRISES A BLOCKING OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT FOR PRODUCING A SERIES OF VOLTAGE PULSES ONLY UNTIL THE VOLTAGE STORED ON SAID CONDENSOR MEANS REACHES A PREDETERMINED LEVLE; WHEREIN SAID BLOCKING OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT COMPRISES A MAIN ELECTRONIC OSCILLATING VALVE NETWORK, A SENSING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK, AND A SHUNTING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK ACTIVATABLE TO SHUNT SAID MAIN ELECTRONIC OSCILLATING VALVE NETWORK, SAID MAIN OSCILLATING VALVE NETWORK BEING CONNECTED WITH SAID TRANSFORMER MEANS TO FEED PULSES PRODUCED THEREBY TO AND THROUGH SAID TRANSFORMER MEANS, SAID SENSING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CONDENSER MEANS FOR SENSING WHEN THE VOLTAGE LEVEL ON SAID CONDENSER MEANS REACHES A PREDETERMINED VALUE, SAID SENSING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK BEING CONNECTED WITH SAID SHUNTING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK TO ACTIVATE THE SAME AND RENDER SAID SHUNTING ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK EFFECTIVE AS A SHUNT ACROSS SAID MAIN ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK WHEREBY SAID MAIN ELECTRONIC VALVE NETWORK CEASES TO OSCILLATE WHEN THE LEVEL OF VOLTAGE ON SAID CONDENSER MEANS REACHES SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL.