GB931059A - Improvements in and relating to thermionic cathodes - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to thermionic cathodes

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Publication number
GB931059A
GB931059A GB5006/61A GB500661A GB931059A GB 931059 A GB931059 A GB 931059A GB 5006/61 A GB5006/61 A GB 5006/61A GB 500661 A GB500661 A GB 500661A GB 931059 A GB931059 A GB 931059A
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Prior art keywords
tube
wires
wound
cathode
feb
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GB5006/61A
Inventor
Basil Antonis
Leonard Charles Wiltshire
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Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd
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Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd
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Priority to GB5006/61A priority Critical patent/GB931059A/en
Priority to US171658A priority patent/US3250943A/en
Priority to DET14342U priority patent/DE1904105U/en
Publication of GB931059A publication Critical patent/GB931059A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/04—Electrodes; Screens; Shields
    • H01J61/06—Main electrodes
    • H01J61/067—Main electrodes for low-pressure discharge lamps
    • H01J61/0672—Main electrodes for low-pressure discharge lamps characterised by the construction of the electrode

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  • Discharge Lamp (AREA)

Abstract

931,059. Thermionic cathodes. THORN ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. Feb. 8, 1962 [Feb. 10, 1961], No. 5006/61. Class 39 (1). A cathode comprises a number of fine tungsten wires braided to form a tube 10 which is filled with thermionically emissive material except for end portions 16, 17 which are secured to lead-in wires 11, 12. The cathode may be used in a lowpressure fluorescent discharge lamp, the tube 10 being wound into a helix transverse to the tube axis, or into a double helix coaxial with the tube axis. The tube 10 may be formed by braiding eight tungsten wires on a mandrel of molybdenum wire, half the wires being wound in one direction and half in the opposite direction, each wire crossing alternately inside and outside those wound in the opposite direction. Dimensions are given. The tube is then set in a desired shape, and, after removal of the core, is filled with a mixture of alkaline earth carbonates. The resistance of the cathode should be between 2.5 and 2.7 ohms at 20‹ C.
GB5006/61A 1961-02-10 1961-02-10 Improvements in and relating to thermionic cathodes Expired GB931059A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB5006/61A GB931059A (en) 1961-02-10 1961-02-10 Improvements in and relating to thermionic cathodes
US171658A US3250943A (en) 1961-02-10 1962-02-07 Braided thermionic cathode having emissive material
DET14342U DE1904105U (en) 1961-02-10 1962-02-10 CATHODE WITH GLOW EMISSION.

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GB5006/61A GB931059A (en) 1961-02-10 1961-02-10 Improvements in and relating to thermionic cathodes

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GB931059A true GB931059A (en) 1963-07-10

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DE (1) DE1904105U (en)
GB (1) GB931059A (en)

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US3356883A (en) * 1964-12-27 1967-12-05 Sylvania Electric Prod Florescent lamp having electrodes comprising a tubular braid and an additional wire coiled about the same space
GB1107617A (en) * 1966-09-13 1968-03-27 British Lighting Ind Ltd An electrode for a high-pressure discharge lamp
US3546519A (en) * 1968-08-21 1970-12-08 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Fluorescent lamps with coil electrodes and electrode support structure
US3710161A (en) * 1970-10-30 1973-01-09 Gen Electric Quick-heating impregnated planar cathode
US3656020A (en) * 1970-11-18 1972-04-11 Spectra Mat Inc Thermionic cathode comprising mixture of barium oxide, calcium oxide and lithium oxide
US4611147A (en) * 1984-04-05 1986-09-09 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Thermionic gas switch
DE20016783U1 (en) * 2000-09-28 2000-12-14 Patent Treuhand Ges Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen Mbh Filament electrode for a fluorescent lamp

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US317171A (en) * 1885-05-05 Alexander
US1416623A (en) * 1914-10-01 1922-05-16 Donath Bruno Electric discharging tube
US2161790A (en) * 1933-08-26 1939-06-13 Lumineles Electrode for vacuum tubes
US2107945A (en) * 1934-11-20 1938-02-08 Gen Electric Cathode structure
US2171238A (en) * 1937-09-02 1939-08-29 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Discharge device and electrode
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US2438181A (en) * 1943-05-27 1948-03-23 Westinghouse Electric Corp Fluorescent and/or cathode glow lamp and method
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US3250943A (en) 1966-05-10

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