Voltage regulator with switching means introducing voltage increments into the inputside

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION FOR CONTROLLING A VOLTAGE AT THE OUTPUT SIDE OF A LINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH VARIATIONS OF THE VOLTAGE AT THE INPUT SIDE OF THE LINE: A FIRST SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTOR HAVING A FIRST SATURABLE MAGNETIC CORE AND HAVING FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS MAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO THE CORE TO PRODUCE A SATURATION OF THE CORE IN A FIRST POLARITY UPON A FLOW THROUGH THE WINDINGS OF A CURRENT OF A FIRST PARTICULAR MAGNITUDE AND OF A FIRST POLARITY, A SECOND SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTOR HAVING A SECOND SATURABLE MAGNETIC CORE AND HAVING THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS MAGNETICALLY COUPLED TO THE SECOND CORE TO PRODUCE A SATURATION OF THE SECOND CORE IN A SECOND POLARITY UPON A FLOW THROUGH THE WINDINGS OF A CURRENT OF THE FIRST PARTICULAR MAGNITUDE AND OF A SECOND POLARITY OPPOSITE TO THE FIRST POLARITY, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTING THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS IN A BRIDGE RELATIONSHIP HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF OPPOSITE LEGS WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS CONSTITUTING THE FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSITE LEGS IN THE BRIDGE AND WITH THE THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS CONSTITUTING THE SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSITE LEGS IN THE BRIDGE, FIRST MEANS COUPLED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS AND TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS IN A PUSH-PULL RELATIONSHIP TO SELECTIVELY PRODUCE ONE OF FIRST AND SECOND OPERATIONS WHERE THE FIRST OPERATION CONSTITUTES AN INCREASE OF THE CURRENT OF THE FIRST POLARITY THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS TO THE PARTICULAR MAGNITUDE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY A DECREASE OF THE CURRENT OF THE SECOND POLARITY THROUGH THE THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS BELOW THE PARTICULAR MAGNITUDE AND THE SECOND OPERATION CONSTITUTES AN INCREASE OF THE CURRENT OF THE SECOND POLARITY THROUGH THE THIRD AND FOURTH WINDINGS TO THE PARTICULAR AMPLITUDE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY A DECREASE OF THE CURRENT OF THE FIRST POLARITY THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND WINDINGS BELOW THE PARTICULAR AMPLITUDE, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A REFERENCE VOLTAGE, MEANS COUPLED TO THE CONTROL MEANS AND TO THE OUTPUT SIDE OF THE LINE AND TO THE REFERENCE VOLTAGE MEANS FOR OBTAINING SELECTIVE ONES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND OPERATIONS OF THE CONTROL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VARIATIONS IN THE VOLTAGE AT THE OUTPUT SIDE OF THE LINE FROM THE REFERENCE VOLTAGE, AND MEANS COUPLED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SATURABLE REACTORS AND TO THE INPUT SIDE OF THE LINE FOR INTRODUCING TO THE INPUT SIDE OF THE LINE A VOLTAGE OF A PARTICULAR AMPLITUDE AND A FIRST POLARITY UPON A SATURATION OF THE FIRST SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTOR, A VOLTAGE OF A PARTICULAR AMPLITUDE AND A SECON POLARITY UPON A SATURATION OF THE SECOND SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTOR AND A VARIABLE VOLTAGE LESS THAN THE PARTICULAR AMPLITUDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIVE STATE OF SATURATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTORS WHEN NEITHER OF THE FIRST AND SECOND SATURABLE MAGNETIC REACTORS BECOMES SATURATED.