Electrical power generator

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC PULSE GENERATOR COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW CONDUIT, OPPOSING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CONDUIT SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT, SAID CONTACTS BEING ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER, A METALLIC SLUG WITHIN SAID CONDUIT, SAID SLUG BEING IN SLIDING CONTACT WITH THE INTERNAL SURFACE, OF SAID CONDUIT, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLUG THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND ACROSS SAID OPPOSING CONTACTS WHEREBY SAID CONTACTS ARE IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING RELATIONSHIP DURING THE PASSAGE OF SAID SLUG THEREACROSS, MEANS FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD BETWEEN SAID CONTACTS, SAID MAGNETIC FIELD BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE TO BOTH THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF SAID SLUG AND TO A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID DIRECTION OF MOTION AND PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CONTACTS, WHEREBY AN ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE IS PRODUCED ACROSS SAID CONTACTS UPON PASSAGE OF SAID SLUG THROUGH SAID MAGNETIC FIELD AND ACROSS SAID CONTACTS.