Regulated power supplies with selfcommutating switching

Claim 1

A REGULATED DC POWER SUPPLY COMPRISING A SOURCE OF DC POWER, A POWER TRANSFER CIRCUIT CONNECTED THERETO, SAID POWER TRANSFER CIRCUIT COMPRISING AN OSCILLATORY SELFCOMMUTATING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A CONTROLLED RECTIFIER SELFLOAD-SUPPLYING CAPACITANCE CHARGED FROM SAID SOURCE VIA SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER, AND AN ISOLATING CIRCUIT, SAID OSCILLATORY CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO PROVIDE A SELF-COMMUTATING CHARACTERISTIC DRIVING CUT-OFF CURRENT THROUGH SAID CONTROLLED RECTIFIER AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT INTERVENTION OF REGULATING ACTIONS; A DC OUTPUT CIRCUIT; SAID ISOLATING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A FILTER CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT FOR FILTERING THE CHARGE OF SAID CAPACITANCE TO SUPPLY SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, AND CONTROLLED POWER-CARRYING SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED TO CONTROLLABLY TRANSFER CHARGE OF SAID CAPACITANCE TO SAID FILTER; AND REGULATING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SAID POWER TRANSFER CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING SAID POWER TRANSFER CIRCUIT TO PROVIDE A REGULATED DC OUTPUT.