Capacitor discharge ignition system

Claim 1

A CAPACITOR DISCHARGE IGNITION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH A DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL SOURCE, A MAGNETIC PULSE GENERATOR MEANS FOR PRODUCING IGNITION SIGNAL PULSES IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID ENGINE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID IGNITION SIGNAL PULSES FOR PRODUCING A FIRST AND A SECOND TRIGGER SIGNAL, CONVERTER CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING OUTPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INVERTING THE DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL OF SAID POTENTIAL SOURCE, TRANSFORMING SAID INVERTED POTENTIAL TO A POTENTIAL OF A HIGHER MAGNITUDE AND RECTIFYING SAID POTENTIAL OF A HIGER MAGNITUDE IN RESPONSE TO EITHER ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRIGGER SIGNALS WHEN SAID ENGINE IS RUNNING NORMALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY WHEN SAID ENGINE IS BEING CRANKED, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID CONVERTER CIRCUIT MEANS ACROSS SAID POTENTIAL SOURCE, A CAPACITOR, AN IGNITION COIL HAVING A PRIMARY WINDING AND A SECONDARY WINDING, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID CAPACITOR AND SAID IGNITION COIL PRIMARY WINDING IN SERIES WITH SAID CONVERTER CIRCUIT OUTPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CHARGING SAID CAPACITOR AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OTHER ONE OF SAID TRIGGER SIGNALS FOR COMPLETING A DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR SAID CAPACITOR THROUGH SAID IGNITION COIL PRIMARY WINDING.