Pulse discharge lamp circuit

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC DISCHARGE LAMP, AN OPERATING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT SOURCE OF RELATIVELY LOW FREQUENCY, AN OPERATING CIRCUIT CURRENT LIMITING IMPEDANCE, A MAIN CAPACITOR CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE OPERATING CIRCUIT CURRENT LIMITING IMPEDANCE ACROSS SAID LOW FREQUENCY SOURCE, A SATURABLE REACTOR INCLUDING A MAIN WINDING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID LAMP ACROSS SAID CAPACITOR, A STARTING CIRCUIT SUPPLIED BY SAID SOURCE OF POTENTIAL, STARTING CIRCUIT CURRENT LIMITING IMPEDANCE, AN ELECTRONIC SWITCH HAVING TWO MAIN ELECTRODES AND A CONTROL ELECTRODE, A RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE CIRCUIT MEANS SUPPLIED BY SAID SOURCE OF POTENTIAL OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL ELECTRODE TO EFFECT CLOSING OF THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH BETWEEN TWO AND TEN TIMES DURING AT LEAST EACH ALTERNATE HALF CYCLE OF THE LOW FREQUENCY SOURCE, A TRIGGERING CAPACITOR, AN AUXILIARY WINDING FOR THE SATURABLE REACTOR, THE TRIGGERING CAPACITOR AND THE AUXILIARY WINDING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE STARTING CIRCUIT CURRENT LIMITING IMPEDANCE ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF POTENTIAL FOR THE CHARGING OF THE TRIGGERING CAPACITOR, THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH CONNECTED ACROSS THE SERIES CONNECTED TRIGGERING CAPACITOR AND AUXILIARY WINDING WHEREBY UPON EACH CLOSING OF THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH, SAID CLOSING OCCURRING TWO TO TEN TIMES DURING AT LEAST EACH ALTERNATE HALF CYCLE OF THE LOW FREQUENCY SUPPLY, A PULSE IS PRODUCED IN THE AUXILIARY WINDING EACH SAID PULSE COMPRISING HIGH FREQUENCY DAMPED OSCILLATIONS, AND CORRESPONDING PULSES ARE INDUCED ACROSS THE MAIN WINDING OF THE SATURABLE REACTOR AND SUPERIMPOSED UPON THE LOW FREQUENCY VOLTAGE PULSES SUPPLIED TO THE DISCHARGE LAMP.