United States Patent 11 Toolan [54] KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE William K, Toolan, Dix Hills, N.Y. Kirlian Equipment Corporation, Jericho, N.Y. 280,621 Sul 6, 1981 GOSB 41/00; HOIT 19/00 snare 358/33 354/62; 250/326; 361/225; 361/232; 361/235, [58] Field of Search ...... 3547/3, 62, 354; 128/653, 665; 250/324-326; 361/229, 225, 232, 235 175] Inventor: 173) Assignee [21) Appl. No. [22] Filed: [51] Int, CL. [52] US. cL. (56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,912,989 10/1975 Watanabe et a. 4,222,658 9/1980 Mandel OTHER PUBLICATIONS “Verograph II Deluxe”, Mankind Research Unlimited, Inc,, Silver Spring, Md. Primary Examiner—William B, Perkey 361229 354/354 ny 4,386,834 (45) Jun. 7, 1983 Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Beveridge, De Grandi & Kline (57) ABSTRACT ‘A battery-powered corona discharge photography de- vice for holding a photographic recording medium adjacent an electrode, with a specimen in contact with the recording medium. A highly regulated voltage source is coupled by a voltage step-up circuit 10 a ca- pacitor for storage of an increased level voltage. A silicon controlled rectifier is triggered by a pulse gener- ator to discharge the capacitor, causing a voltage pulse across a transformer primary. Once the pulse generator is activated, it generates a series of pulses of a number determined by the setting of a switch, and so alike series Of high voltage electrical pulses is generated across the transformer secondary, and this secondary is connected to the electrode. Either of two transformers can selec- tively be utilized, to provide selectivity in the frequency characteristics of the high voltage electrical pulses. ‘Means are also provided for reversing the polarity or adjusting the voltage level of the high voltage electrical pulses. 12 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures i ll 7 ek 2 q COUNTER} R 38U.S. Patent — jun. 7, 1983 Sheet 1 of 2 4,386,834 fo” 7 FIG.1 | | 18 ELECTRODE SPECIMEN 6 oJ WAVEFORM GENERATOR RECORDING |g MEDIUN ELECTRODE —}—I2 FIG.24,386,834 Jun. 7, 1983 Sheet 2 of 2 U.S. Patent