June 12, 1934, G. LAKHOVSKY 1,962,565 APPARATUS WITH CIRCUITS OSCILLATING UNDER MULTIPLE WAVE LENGTHS Filed Nov. 13, 1931 + Ley 6. Lakhovsky INVENTOR &Patented June 12, 1934 UNITED STATES 1,962,565 PATENT OFFICE 1,962,565 APPARATUS WITH CIRCUITS OSCILLATING ‘UNDER MULTIPLE WAVE LENGTHS Georges Lakhovsky, Paris, France Aprleation Novennber 15 195), Serial No, 874,907 Tn 7 Claims, ‘The present invention has for its object an ap- aratus capable of sending out simultaneously Gifferent wave lengths so that among these waves or thetr harmonics there is found almost always 5 one or several capable of producing the best ef- fect sought for any application whatever. ‘There is used for that purpose the property of open circuits having a fundamental or natural self Induction and capacity to oscillate upon a 10 well determined wave length if they are excited by electric impulses emanating from discharges of any source, ‘The radiating part of the system, producing ‘waves of various lengths, is therefore constituted 15 by a certain number of concentric open rings of Gifferent diameters, which are maintained insu- lated by any appropriate process, ‘These rings tay or may not be terminated by small spheres forming capacities. These rings may be arranged either in the same lane or in different planes so as to form any surfaces, such as portions of cones, spheres, para boloids, ellipsoids, etc. . . , these ‘surfaces being of a nature to concentrate the waves in a deter= mined direction in the manner of a reflector, for example. ‘These rings may be fed by any producing de- vice whatever of high frequeney, for example, combination comprising a trembler coil (or any other transformer) and a high frequency cireuit provided with a self-nduction coil and a ca~ pacity. ‘One or several points of this high frequency cirouit is or are connected to the end of one oF soveral of the rings forming the radiating ap- Paratus. ‘The other rings not connected are ex- cited by induction. ‘The complete apparatus (coll, high frequency clreuits, rings, etc. . ..), may be mounted in @ box or upon a small board capable of sliding along a guide or rocking so as to be able to be placed in the most convenient position, Im the accompanying drawing, by way of ex- ample, not limitative, there is shown: Fig. 1a diagram of the system, ig. 2 the position of the rings in the form of 8 cone, Pig. 3 the apparatus mounted upon a foot or base. Im Fig. 1 there 1s seen at TT the transformer or coil (P the primary, 8 the secondary of this coil), V, the screw of the trembler, C the con- denser the discharge of which across the spark gap E produces oscillations in the self-induction coil 14, which in its turn acts by induction upon 30 35 0 ss France May 2; 193 (C1. 250—s8) the self-induction coll 12; this self-induetion coil I? is connected on one side to the frst exterior Ting a, on the other side to the following ting b. It thus forms an electrostatic field of high fre- gueney which induces oscillations in the other 80 rings ¢, d, ¢, f. ‘AS a modification, L? may be suppressed and the rings @ and b ‘may be connected each to one of the ends of Li, ‘One of the ends, or even any point of the self- 65 induction colls Lt or 1? may likewise be connected ‘0 any one of the rings, Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of the rings in the form of a cone, ‘The open cireuits a, bs ¢, . . . f ean be con- 70 stituted by solid condictors. " ‘They ean also be tubular circuits, this being advantageous, since, for the same bulk, the radiating surface is larger, Finally, the area of the oross section of each of ‘these Various circuits can vary from one elrcuit 7 to the other; for instance, this area can decrease from the periphery (ring @) to the center (ring f) of the radiating system, Fig. 3 shows the apparatus mounted upon a foot. A along which it can slide, in order to be placed 80 at any desired height and upon a hinge B which allows it to be oriented upon the horizon, T claim: 1, An apparatus adapted to produce electric fields of high frequency having multiple wave 85 lengths, comprising a high frequency producing device, a serles of high frequency radiating eir- cuits constituted by concentric insulated. split rings of different diameters, the split ends being spaced from each other and terminating with 0 small spheres, 2. An apparatus adapted to produce electric fields of high frequency having multiple wave lengths, comprising a high frequency producing devieo, a series of high frequency radiating cit= 95 cuits constituted by concentric insulated split rings of different diameters and terminated by smail spheres forming capacities, 3. An apparatus adapted to produce electric fields of high frequency having multiple wave 100 lengths, comprising a high frequency producing device, @ series of high frequency radiating cir- cuits constituted by concentric insulated split rings of different diameters and arranged. in fone and the same plane the split ends being 105 spaced from each other and terminating with sinall spheres, in staggered position as regards adjacent rings, 4. An apparatus of the type described com- prising a base, a plate slidably mounted on said 1t10 20 30 0 eo 2 ase, a support pivoted to the said plate, a series of open and insulated, high frequency radiating clreuits mounted on the pivoted support, and fa high frequency producing device for the ex- Citation of the said circutts. 5. An apparatus adapted to produce electric fields of high frequency having multiple wave lengths, comprising a high frequeney producing device, a series of high frequency radiating cir cuits, said circuits being open, insulated, and hhavine dimensions different from each other. 6. An apparatus adapted to produce electric fields of high frequency having multiple wave Iengths, comprising a high frequency producing device, a series of high frequency radiating cir~ 1,962,565 cuits arranged in the same piane, said circuits being open, insulated, and having dimensions different from each other. An apparatus of the type described com- prising a transformer, a high frequency encr- fining eireult fed by the sald transformer and provided with a self-induction coil and a ca- acity, a series of open and insulated high-fre~ Guency radiating elrouits having dimensions dif- ferent from each other, an Inductive connection between two of these radiating circuits and re- spectively each of the poles of the outgoing ele- ment of the high frequency energizing circuit, GEORGES LAKHOVSKY. 80 85 20 100 0 5 120 125 130 135 140 a5