PARALLEL-OSCILLATING CIRCUIT CONVERTER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INDUCTION HEATING OF WORK PIECES

1. A parallel-oscillating circuit converter having a number of parallel-oscillating circuits forming a load, more particularly for the inductive heating of workpieces by the inductances (Lo , L1 , L2 ), taking the form of inductors, of the parallel-oscillating circuits, wherein one or more additional capacitors which form, more particularly with one or more additional inductances, taking the form of inductors, further individual parallel-oscillating circuits having inherent frequencies substantially equal to the inherent frequency of the first parallel-oscillating circuit can each be connected and disconnected in parallel with the first parallel-oscillating circuit via a switch (So , S1 , S2 ), characterized in that each of the connectable and disconnectable capacitors and individual parallel-oscillating circuits (Co , Lo ; C1 , L1 ; C2 , L2 ) can when the first switch (So ; S1 ; S2 ) is opened be so connected via a second switch (TLo ; TL1 ; TL2 ), controlled in time dependence by the switching pulses of the thyristorized inverted rectifier (W), to a series oscillating circuit (CL , LL ) with an externally charged capacitor (CL ) that electrical energy is transmitted by the series oscillating circuit (CL ; LL ) in an enabling transient to the additional capacitor and one of the parallel-oscillating circuits (Co , Lo ; C1 , L1 ; C2 , L2 ) and when the capacitor and the parallel-oscillating circuit (Co , Lo ; C1 , L1 ; C2 , L2 ) are connected via the first switch (So ; S1 ; S2 ) with delay in relation to the start of energy transmission, its voltage at least substantially corresponds to the voltage at the or each parallel-oscillating circuit and the or each capacitor already connected to the inverted rectifier (W) - i.e., the voltage across the first switch (So ; S1 ; S2 ) is prior to its connection substantially zero.