CH257236A - Thermionic tube grid and method for its manufacture. - Google Patents

Thermionic tube grid and method for its manufacture.

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CH257236A
CH257236A CH257236DA CH257236A CH 257236 A CH257236 A CH 257236A CH 257236D A CH257236D A CH 257236DA CH 257236 A CH257236 A CH 257236A
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Switzerland
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grid
metal
coating
stainless
precious metal
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French (fr)
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Limited Marconi S Wire Company
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Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J19/00Details of vacuum tubes of the types covered by group H01J21/00
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2893/00Discharge tubes and lamps
    • H01J2893/0001Electrodes and electrode systems suitable for discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J2893/0012Constructional arrangements
    • H01J2893/0019Chemical composition and manufacture
    • H01J2893/0022Manufacture
    • H01J2893/0023Manufacture carbonising and other surface treatments

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Description

  

  Grille de tube     thermionique    et procédé pour sa     fabrication.            Cette        invention    a;     trait    aux tubes:     thermio-          tiique.s    commandés par une ou par     @plusieur.s          .:    ri     1les.     



  11 est connu que l'un des facteurs qui  limitent la puissance que l'on peut tirer :de       titi)e:s        thermionique;s    à contrôle de     grille    est       l'émission    d'électrons par la. grille.

   Ceci est       particulièrement    le cas lorsque la.     e.athode:    est       pourvue    d'une surface émissive     constituée    par  un<B>des</B> oxydes habituels,     puisque    la     grille     peut     être    contaminée par du matériel     émissif     évaporé par la     cathode    et     con.de-nsé    sur la  grille.  



  Cette contamination est facilitée par le       fiiiii        que        la,        surface    de la     grille        s'oxyde        pen-          dant    la fabrication du tube et que la. matière       évaporée    par la,     ea.thod@    se combine- avec  l'oxyde de     la,        brille,    abaissant ainsi le     p,oten-          tiiI    d     r    travail de     celle-ci.     



  La présente invention vise à fournir une  :cille pour     tube        thermionique    pourvue d'une       ,surface        qui        reste    propre pendant la     fablica-          tion,    de façon que     la    matière évaporée par  la: cathode     ne    se combine pas avec la matière       formant    la     surface-de    la grille.

   Cette     inven-          t:ion        a,    pour     objet    une grille pour tube     iher-          n1ionique,    qui est     caractérisée    en ce qu'elle       comprend    un corps métallique, pourvu d'un       r@Lvétement    de métal précieux     inoxydable    et       d'une    couche intermédiaire en métal ne diffu  sant;

   pas     facilement,    ;sous l'action de la.     cha.-          leiir,    dans les métaux formant ce corps et le       i        e        vê        tement.       L'invention comprend aussi un procédé  pour la fabrication d'une telle grille et qui  est     caractérisé    en ce qu'on     nettoie    soigneu  sement le     corps    métallique de la     grille,        en          ce:    qu'on forme ensuite     :

  sur    lui un premier       revêtement    métallique, par dessus lequel,  après un second nettoyage, on dispose un  placage en métal précieux inoxydable, le  métal     utilisé    pour former le premier revête  ment étant un métal ne diffusant pas: facile  ment,     sous.    l'action de. la, chaleur, dans les  métaux     formant    le     corps.    de la. grille et ledit  placage.  



  On va décrire     maintenant,    à     titre    d'exem  ple, une forme     d'exécution    de la.     grille=    que  comprend l'invention e t une mise, en     ceuvro     du procédé de     fabrication    ,de     cette        gTilile,    que       comprend        également    l'invention.  



        & lon    cet: exemple, on commence     par     nettoyer minutieusement     le.    corps de la grille,  qui peut être par exemple en cuivre ou en  nickel, on le plaque     ensuite        éle#,,trolytique,-          ment    au moyen d'un métal     intermédiaire.    Il  suffit que le placage ait     une    épaisseur de  quelques     millièmes    de mm, par exemple       2.5/100o    de mm.

   Le     corps    de     grille,    ainsi  plaqué du métal intermédiaire, est ensuite       nettoyé    une seconde fois, ,par lavage, et fina  lement plaqué     éilectrolytiquement    au moyen  d'un métal précieux inoxydable, de l'or par  exemple, jusqu'à une.     épaisseur        de        quel-          ques    millièmes :de millimètre, par exemple       5,z5/1000    de mm.

   Pour le métal     constituant    la           couce        interm6di:aire,    on     choisit    un métal ne       diffusant    pas     facilement        .sous    l'effet     @de    la  chaleur dans celui formant le     corpus    de la  grille, ni dans     le    métal précieux formant la  couche     extérieure.    Un tel métal peut être par       exempile    du rhodium.  



  On a trouvé que l'on peut chauffer dans  le vide une     grille    traitée de la manière dé  crite,     jus!qu'au    rouge, sans que l'or     diffuse     dans le     rhodium.    La grille ne s'oxyde pas  durant la fabrication, et même lorsque la  surface sue     recouvre    de matière     6mis@sive        6va-          porée    par la     cathode    et condensée sur la sur  face de la     gri'11e,    cette     dernière        conserve    un       potentiel    de     tra;

  vail    élevé et, -de ce fait, un  faible pouvoir     émissif.     



       L'expérience    a prouvé que, dans     les        grilles     connues, le simple     placage        d'une        grille.    de       nickel    ou de cuivre au moyen d'or     est    insuf  fisant, car, en effet,     lorsqu'ine    telle bille  eut     soumise        dans    le vide à des températures  de l'ordre de 400, à 500  C, for diffuse à       l'intérieur    du nickel ou     @du    cuivre.

   Il     s'ensuit          qu'en        peu:    de     temps    la grille se retrouve       pratiquement    dans sa, condition primitive       non-pdaquée.    On comprend facilement que       cette        difficulté    est     évitée    au moyen de la       grille        décrite.  



  Thermionic tube grid and method for its manufacture. This invention has; relates to the tubes: thermio- tiique.s ordered by one or by several: ri 1les.



  It is known that one of the factors which limit the power that can be drawn: from titi) e: s thermionic; s to gate control is the emission of electrons by the. wire rack.

   This is particularly the case when the. e.athode: is provided with an emissive surface constituted by a <B> of </B> usual oxides, since the grid can be contaminated by emissive material evaporated by the cathode and conde-nsed on the grid.



  This contamination is facilitated by the fact that the surface of the grid oxidizes during the manufacture of the tube and that the. matter evaporated by the, thod @ combines with the oxide of the shine, thus lowering the p, oten- tiiI d r work thereof.



  The present invention aims to provide a thermionic tube cil provided with a surface which remains clean during fabrication so that the material evaporated by the cathode does not combine with the material forming the surface of the cathode. wire rack.

   This invention relates to a grid for an ionic tube, which is characterized in that it comprises a metallic body, provided with a layer of stainless precious metal and an intermediate layer of metal. not diffusing;

   not easily,; under the action of the. cha.- leiir, in the metals forming this body and the i th garment. The invention also comprises a process for the manufacture of such a grid and which is characterized in that the metal body of the grid is carefully cleaned, in that:

  on it a first metallic coating, over which, after a second cleaning, there is a plating of stainless precious metal, the metal used to form the first coating being a metal which does not diffuse: easily, under. the action of. the heat in the metals forming the body. of the. grid and said plating.



  We will now describe, by way of example, one embodiment of the. grid = that includes the invention and a setting, in ceuvro of the manufacturing process, this gTilile, which also includes the invention.



        & lon this: example, we start by thoroughly cleaning the. body of the grid, which can be for example copper or nickel, it is then plated éle # ,, trolytic, - ment by means of an intermediate metal. It is sufficient that the veneer has a thickness of a few thousandths of a mm, for example 2.5 / 100o of a mm.

   The grid body, thus plated with the intermediate metal, is then cleaned a second time, by washing, and finally electrolytically plated with a stainless precious metal, gold for example, up to one. thickness of a few thousandths: of a millimeter, for example 5, z5 / 1000 of a mm.

   For the metal constituting the intermediate layer, a metal is chosen which does not diffuse easily. Under the effect of heat in that forming the corpus of the grid, nor in the precious metal forming the outer layer. Such a metal can be, for example, rhodium.



  It has been found that a grid treated as described can be heated in vacuum to red, without the gold diffusing into the rhodium. The grid does not oxidize during manufacture, and even when the sweating surface covers with material 6mis @ sive 6va- porated by the cathode and condensed on the surface of the gri'11e, the latter retains a trailing potential;

  high value and, therefore, low emissivity.



       Experience has shown that in known grids, the simple plating of a grid. of nickel or copper by means of gold is insufficient, because, in fact, when such a ball had subjected in a vacuum to temperatures of the order of 400, at 500 C, for diffuse inside the nickel or copper.

   It follows that in a short time the grid is found practically in its original, non-pdaque condition. It is easily understood that this difficulty is avoided by means of the grid described.

 

Claims (1)

REVENDICATIONS I. Grille pour tube thermionique, carac- térisée en ce qu'elle comprend un -corps mé tallique pourvu d'un revêtement de métal précieux inoxydable et d'une couche, inter- médiaire en métal ne diffusant pas facile ment, .sous l'action de la chaleur, 4ans, les, métaux formant ce corps et le revêtement.. II. CLAIMS I. Grid for thermionic tube, characterized in that it comprises a metallic body provided with a coating of stainless precious metal and with an intermediate layer of metal which does not diffuse easily,. the action of heat, 4 years, the metals forming this body and the coating. II. Procédé de fabrication d'une grille selon la revendication I, caractérisé en ce qu'on nettoie soigneusement le corps métalli que -de la grille, en ce qu'on forme ensuite . Method of manufacturing a grid according to claim I, characterized in that the metal body of the grid is carefully cleaned, in that it is then formed. sur lui un premier revêtement métallique, par dessus lequel, après un second nettoyage, on dispose un placage en métal précieux inoxy dable, le métal utilisé pour former le premier revêtement étant un métal ne diffusant pas facilement, sous l'action de la chaleur, dans leu métaux formant le corps de la grille et ledit placage. a first metallic coating on it, over which, after a second cleaning, a plating of stainless precious metal is placed, the metal used to form the first coating being a metal which does not diffuse easily under the action of heat, in the metals forming the body of the grid and said plating. <B>SOUS-REVENDICATIONS:</B> 1. Grille selon la revendication I, carac térisée en coque la; couche intermédiaire. est en rhodium et le revêtement de métal précieux inoxydable en or. 2. Procédé selon la. revendication II, ca- ract6ri'sé en ce, qu'on dépose électrolytique- ment la couche intermédiaire et le revêtement de métal précieux inoxydable. 3. <B> SUB-CLAIMS: </B> 1. Grid according to claim I, characterized in the shell; middle layer. is rhodium and the stainless precious metal coating in gold. 2. Method according to. Claim II, characterized in that the intermediate layer and coating of stainless precious metal are electrolytically deposited. 3. Procédé !selon la. revendication II et les sous.-revendicati-ons 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la couche intermédiaire et le revête ment de métal précieux inoxydable ont cha cun une épaisseur de quelques millièmes de mm. Method! According to. claim II and sub-claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the intermediate layer and the coating of stainless precious metal each have a thickness of a few thousandths of a mm.
CH257236D 1945-07-27 1946-07-27 Thermionic tube grid and method for its manufacture. CH257236A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1100182B (en) * 1959-09-08 1961-02-23 Iapatelholdia Patentverwertung Non-emissive electrode for electrical discharge vessels and process for their manufacture
DE1108816B (en) * 1959-04-03 1961-06-15 Siemens Ag Metal parts of electrical discharge vessels with a thin gold coating

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1108816B (en) * 1959-04-03 1961-06-15 Siemens Ag Metal parts of electrical discharge vessels with a thin gold coating
DE1100182B (en) * 1959-09-08 1961-02-23 Iapatelholdia Patentverwertung Non-emissive electrode for electrical discharge vessels and process for their manufacture

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