Apparatus for testing capacitors for leakage current and simultaneously for indicating whether reliable electrical contact is made thereto

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TESTING CAPACITORS COMPRISING: A VOLTAGE SOURCE FOR APPLYING A D.C. VOLTAGE TO A CAPACITOR UNDER TEST; TRANSLATING MEANS, INCLUDING A VOLTAGE COMPARISON CIRCUIT, RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT FLOW THROUGH A CAPACITOR UNDER TEST, SAID TRANSLATING MEANS ATTAINING A FIRST OPERABLE CONDITION WHEN THE CAPACITOR CURRENT IS IN EXCESS OF A PRESCRIBED VALUE, AND ATTAINING A SECOND OPERABLE CONDITION WHEN THE CAPACITOR CURRENT IS LESS THAN THE PRESCRIBED VALUE; FIRST INDICATOR MEANS, RESPONSIVE TO A CHANGE IN CONDITION OF SAID TRANSLATING MEANS, FOR INDICATING THE ATTAINMENT OF SAID FIRST OPERABLE CONDITION BY SAID TRANSLATING MEANS;