Voltage phase controller employing synchronized square wave generators

Claim 1

A REGULATOR CIRCUIT COMPRISING: A FIRST ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT PROVIDING A FIRST SIGNAL OF A GIVEN FREQUENCY EACH CYCLE OF WHICH COMPRISES SUCCESSIVE HALF CYCLE SIGNALS OF THE SAME AMPLITUDE AND OPPOSITE POLARITY, A VARIABLE PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT FOR PROVIDING A SIGNAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL WAVEFORM, AMPLITTUDE AND FREQUENCY AS SAID FIRST SIGNAL BUT VARIABLE IN PHASE WITH RESPECT THERETO, SIGNAL ADDING MEANS FOR ADDING SAID SIGNALS TOGETHER, CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT FOR INITATING EACH HALF CYCLE OF OPERATION OF SAID VARIABLE PHASE SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING GATE MEANS WHICH COUPLES THE HALF CYCLE SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS FROM SAID FIRST SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT TO THE VARIABLE PHASE SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT WHEN THE GATE MEANS OPEN, GATE CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE AMPLITUDE OF THE RESULTANT PROVIDED BY SAID SIGNAL ADDING