Electrical pulse generating apparatus

Claim 1

IN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS HAVING A STORAGE CONDENSER, A LOAD CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO BE FED BY A STORAGE CONDENSER, AND A CONTROL GAP INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE STORAGE CONDENSER AND THE LOAD CIRCUIT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A MULTIPLE CONDENSER SYSTEM FORMING SAID STORAGE CONDENSER, SAID SYSTEM HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND CONDENSER CONNECTED IN SERIES AND A THIRD CONDENSER CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID SERIES-CONNECTED FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL CAPACITY AND SAID THIRD CONDENSER HAVING A CAPACITY WHICH IS RELATIVELY LARGE COMPARED TO THAT OF EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND CONDENSER, A SOURCE OF CURRENT PRODUCING PULSES OF ALTERNATING POLARITY, MEANS TO ESTABLISH A FIRST CHARGING CIRCUIT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A FIRST SIDE OF SAID SOURCE TO THE CONDENSER SYSTEM BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS AND THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SOURCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THIRD CONDENSERS AT EACH POSITIVE PULSE OF THE CURRENT SOURCE, AND MEANS TO ESTABLISH A SECOND CHARGING CIRCUIT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID FIRST SIDE OF THE CURRENT SOURCE TO THE CONDENSER SYSTEM BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND CONDENSERS AND THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SOURCE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD CONDENSERS AT EACH NEGATIVE PULSE OF THE CURRENT SOURCE.