Regulator circuit

Claim 1

A REGULATOR FOR OPERATION OF A LOAD FROM AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE SOURCE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, MEANS INCLUDING ZENER DIODE INPEDANCE MEANS FOR DERIVING A FIRST VOLTAGE FROM SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE, MEANS FOR DERIVING SECOND AND THIRD VOLTAGES FROM SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDES FROM SAID FIRST VOLTAGE, A CONSTANT VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER, FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF OPPOSEDLY CONNECTED CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS, MEANS INCLUDING SAID TRANSFORMER TO CONNECT SAID FIRST VOLTAGE TO SAID SOURCE AND TO A LOAD, MEANS INCLUDING SAID TRANSFORMER AND SAID FIRST PAIR OF RECTIFIERS TO CONNECT SAID SECOND VOLTAGE TO SAID SOURCE AND TO A LOAD, MEANS INCLUDING SAID TRANSFORMER AND SAID SECOND PAIR OF RECTIFIERS TO CONNECT SAID THRID VOLTAGE TO SAID SOURCE AND TO SAID LOAD, AND CONTROL CIRCUIT MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING CONDUCTION OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF RECTIFIERS PRIOR TO CONDUCTION OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF RECTIFIERS AND TO ESTABLISH CONDUCTION OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF RECTIFIERS PARTWAY THROUGH EACH RESPECTIVE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE HALF CYCLE.