Peak load stabilizers

Claim 1

AN OFF-PEAK LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CIRCUIT HAVING A FEEDER LINE, A BASE LOAD WITH A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM DEMAND AND A PLURALITY OF OFF-PEAK LOADS; SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER AND RECTIFIER SYSTEM TO CONVERT THE ALTERNATING CURRENTS SUPPLIED BY THE FEEDER LINES INTO DIRECT CURRENT, A PAIR OF SATURABLE-REACTORS EACH HAVING CONTROL WINDINGS TO CARRY SAID DIRECT CURRENT, TWO TAPSWITCHES CONNECTED TO REFERENCE WINDINGS OF SAID SATURABLE-REACTORS AT POINTS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO SAID MAXIMUM DEMAND AND TO A DIFFERENTIAL MINIMUM DEFINED BY S AID MAXIMUM DEMAND LESS THE LARGEST OF SID OFF-PEAK LOADS, THE SATURABLE-REACTOR CONNECTED TO SAID "MAXIMUM" TAP-SWITCH HAVING A NORMALLY UNSATURATED POWER-WINDING, AND THE SATURABLE-REACTOR CONENCTED TO SAID DIFFERENTIAL "MINIMUM" TAP-SWITCH HAVING A NORMALLY SATURATED POWER-WINDING, A SWITCH BETWEN SAID FEEDER LINE AND EACH OF SAID OFF-PEAK LOADS, A REVERSIBLE MOTOR ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SWITCHES TO OPERATE SAID SWITCHES IN A GIVEN SEQUENCE, SAID MOTOR BEING CONNECTED THROUGH SAID POWER-WINDINGS OF SAID SATURAABLE-REACTORS TO OPERATE IN A GIVEN SENSE SO AS TO CLOSE SAID SWITCHES IN SAID GIVEN SEQUENCE ONLY WHEN SAID CONTROL DIRECT CURRENT IS BELOW SAID MINIMUM AND SAID "MINIMUM" REACTOR''S POWER-WINDING IS SATURATED, AND TO START AGAIN IN REVERSE SO AS TO OPEN SAID SWITCHES IN INVERSE SEQUENCE ONLY WHEN SAID CONTROL CURRENT EXCEEDS SAID MAXIMUM AND SAID "MAXIMUM" REACTOR''S POWER-WINDING SATURATES, AND TO STOP WHENEVER SAID CONTROL DIRECT CURRENT HAS A VALUE INTERMEDIATE SAID MAXIMUM AND SAID MINIMUM.