Static inverter

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING POWER FROM A UNIDIRECTIONAL POTENTIAL SOURCE TO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER OUTPUT COMPRISING, INPUT MEANS FOR APPLYING A UNIDIRECTIONAL POTENTIAL TO SAID APPARATUS, SAID INPUT MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS, FIRST AND SECOND TRANSISTORS HAVING BASE, EMITTER AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, TRANSFORMER MEANS FOR APPLYING THE POWER FROM SAID UNIDIRECTIONAL POTENTIAL SOURCE TO SAID TRANSISTORS, SAID TRANSFORMER MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS, SAID FIRST WINDING HAVING A PAIR OF END TERMINALS AND AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION TERMINAL, SAID INTERMEDIATE POSITION TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID INPUT MEANS TERMINALS AND HAVING SAID FIRST WINDING END TERMINALS INTERCONNECTING SAID TRANSISTOR COLLECTOR ELECTRODES SAID TRANSISTOR EMITTER ELECTRODES BEING CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID INPUT MEANS TERMINALS, SAID SECOND WINDING HAVING A PAIR OF END TERMINALS AND BEING OPERATIVE TO APPLY DRIVE TO SAID TRANSISTORS, ONE OF SAID SECOND WINDING END TERMINALS BEING CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF ONE OF SAID TRANSISTORS AND THE OTHER OF SAID SECOND WINDING END TERMINALS BEING CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID SECOND TRANSISTOR, FIRST AND SECOND GATE CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID OTHER INPUT MEANS TERMINALS AND SAID SECOND WINDING END TERMINALS RESPECTIVELY, AND A PULSE SOURCE COUPLED TO SAID GATE CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS, THE APPLICATION OF PULSES FROM SAID PULSE SOURCE TO SAID GATE CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS ALTERNATIVELY CAUSING ONE OF SAID GATE CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS TO BE RENDERED CONDUCTIVE TO SHORT CIRCUIT SAID SECOND WINDING THERETHROUGH AND THEREBY TO CAUSE A SWITCHING OF CONDUCTIVITY BETWEEN SAID TRANSISTORS.