Selective control of frequency and voltage in alternating current power systems

Claim 1

APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A SELECTED FREQUENCY OUTPUT IN ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SYSTEMS HAVING A SOURCE OF ALTERNATING CURRENT OF FIXED FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) MEANS FOR RESOLVING THE SOURCE OF ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE INTO A PLURALITY OF FIXED INCREMENTS OF VOLTAGE; (B) MECHANICAL MEANS RECEIVING SAID FIXED INCREMENTS AND CAPABLE OF BEING MECHANICALLY ACTUATED IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SAID FIXED FREQUENCY FOR RECTIFYING THE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE IN FIXED INCREMENTS INTO SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE IN A LIKE NUMBER OF FIXED INCREMENTS OF VOLTAGE; (C) MECHANICAL MEANS RECEIVING THE DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE IN SAID FIXED INCREMENTS AND CAPABLE OF MECHANICALLY INTEGRATING SAID FIXED INCREMENTS OF DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE INTO AN ALTERNATING CURRENT OUTPUT VOLTAGE HAVING A STEPPED WAVE FORM APPROXIMATING A SINUSOIDAL WAVE; AND (D) MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID INTEGRATING MEANS SUCH THAT SAID INTEGRATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT A RATE SELECTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE RATE OF ACTUATION OF SAID RECTIFYING MEANS AND THE FIXED FREQUENCY OF THE SOURCE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE TO ATTAIN THE DESIRED FREQUENCY IN THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE WHEN THE RECTIFYING MEANS IS ACTUATED IN SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SAID FIXED FREQUENCY.