Internal combustion engine ignition system

Claim 1

IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF THE TYPE WHEREIN BREAKER POINTS ARE EMPLOYED FOR MAKING AND BREAKING A CONNECTION TO A BATTERY WHEREBY CURRENT IS MADE TO FLOW THROUGH THE PRIMARY WINDING OF A STEP-UP TRANSFORMER AND THEN INTERRUPTED, AND THE SECONDARY WINDING OF THE STEP-UP TRANSFORMER IS CONNECTED THROUGH A DISTRIBUTOR TO SPARK PLUGS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER HAVING A COMMON CORE ON WHICH THERE ARE WOUND A PRIMARY WINDING, A SECONDARY WINDING, A TERTIARY WINDING INCLUDING A FIRST WINDING PORTION, SECOND WINDING PORTION, AND A STEP-UP WINDING PORTION MEANS CONNECTING SAID PRIMARY WINDING TO SAID BATTERY THROUGH SAID BREAKER POINTS, A CONTROLLED RECTIFIER HAVING A CONTROL ELECTRODE, A CAPACITOR, MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAPACITOR AND SECONDARY WINDING, MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAPACITOR AND CONTROLLED RECTIFIER IN SERIES AND ACROSS SAID STEP-UP TRANSFORMER PRIMARY WINDING, MEANS CONNECTING SAID TERTIARY WINDING IN SERIES WITH SAID PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID STEP-UP TRANSFORMER, MEANS ESTABLISHING A BLOCKING OSCILLATOR INCLUDING A TRANSISTOR HAVING A BASE EMITTER, AND COLLECTOR ELECTRODES, MEANS CONNECTING SAID TRANSISTOR BASE END EMITTER RESPECTIVELY TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SECOND WINDING, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID BATTERY ACROSS SAID TERTIARY WINDING, SAID PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID STEP-UP TRANSFORMER AND SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER.