Constant voltage a.c.-d.c. conversion system

Claim 1

A VOLTAGE REGULATOR CURCUIT FOR AUTOMATICALLY REGULATING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE POTENTIAL APPLIED TO AN OUTPUT LOAD CIRCUIT COMPRISING INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A ALTERNATING INPUT POTENTIAL FROM A SOURCE, RECTIFIER MEANS HAVING A RECTIFIER INPUT CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS AND HAVING AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT LOAD CIRCUIT FOR PROVIDING A RECTIFIER POTENTIAL TO THE OUTPUT LOAD CIRCUIT, CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID RECTIFIER INPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID RECTIFIER MEANS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY SHORT CIRCUITING ACROSS SAID RECTIFIER MEANS FOR CIRCUIT DURING A PRESELECTED PORTION OF ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES OF THE ALTERNATING INPUT POTENTIAL FROM SAID RECTIFIER INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS RESPONSIVELY TO A TRIGGER SIGNAL, TRIGGER CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PROVIDING SAID TRIGGER SIGNAL RESPONSIVELY TO A POTENTIAL OF A ORESELECTED MAGNITUDE ACROSS SAID INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS.