Capacitor charging and discharging circuitry
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1. APPARATUS HAVING, IN COMBINATION A GASEOUS DISCHARGE FLASH TUBE, A CAPACITOR CONNECTED TO SAID TUBE TO SUPPLY ELECTRIC ENERGY FOR THE DISCHARGE, A RECTIFIER AN INDUCTANCE CONNECTED TO SAID CAPACITOR THROUGH SAID RECTIFIER, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A PULSE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO SAID INDUCTANCE, SAID RECTIFIER BEING POLED TO BLOCK THE VOLTAGE INDUCED IN SAID INDUCTANCE DURING SAID PULSE BUT TO PASS CURRENT FROM SAID INDUCTANCE TO SAID CAPACITOR DURING COLLAPSE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID INDUCTANCE AFTER SAID PULSE, THE DURATION OF SAID PULSE BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE DE-IONIZATION TIME OF SAID TUBE.
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1. APPARATUS HAVING, IN COMBINATION A GASEOUS DISCHARGE FLASH TUBE, A CAPACITOR CONNECTED TO SAID TUBE TO SUPPLY ELECTRIC ENERGY FOR THE DISCHARGE, A RECTIFIER AN INDUCTANCE CONNECTED TO SAID CAPACITOR THROUGH SAID RECTIFIER, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A PULSE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO SAID INDUCTANCE, SAID RECTIFIER BEING POLED TO BLOCK THE VOLTAGE INDUCED IN SAID INDUCTANCE DURING SAID PULSE BUT TO PASS CURRENT FROM SAID INDUCTANCE TO SAID CAPACITOR DURING COLLAPSE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID INDUCTANCE AFTER SAID PULSE, THE DURATION OF SAID PULSE BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE DE-IONIZATION TIME OF SAID TUBE.
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Current AssigneeMalcolm C. Holtje
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Original AssigneeMalcolm C. Holtje
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InventorsHoltje, Malcolm C.
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Application NumberUS04/428,654Time in Patent Office943 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current315/200.00RCPC Class CodesH05B 41/30 in which the lamp is fed by...H05B 41/32 for single flash operationH05B 41/34 to provide a sequence of fl...
