US1784877A - Gas-filled discharge device - Google Patents

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US1784877A
US1784877A US214192A US21419227A US1784877A US 1784877 A US1784877 A US 1784877A US 214192 A US214192 A US 214192A US 21419227 A US21419227 A US 21419227A US 1784877 A US1784877 A US 1784877A
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  • the invention relates to a rectifier .comprising an incandescent cathode and a gaseous fillin more particularly to a rectifier designed %or differences of potential with 5 which a discharge in inverse direction between electrodes is to be feared.
  • FIG 1 shows in perspective one embodiment of our full wave rectifier in which the cathode is between the anodes.
  • Figure 1a illustrates a modification of Figure 1., in which the cathode is above the anodes.
  • Figure 2 illustrates in perspective our full wave rectifier in which a shield is interposed 15 between the anodes.
  • Figure 2a is an elevation in part of the tube of Figure 2.
  • Figure 2b is a cross sectional view of Fi ure 2a.
  • igure 3 is a modification of the arrangement in Figure 2 in which a potential is appliedto the screens.
  • Figure 4 is a fragmentary showing of a full wave rectifier in which rovision is made for screening for higher v tages.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a full wave rectifier in which a separate cathode is provided for each anode.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a rectifier tube in which provision is made for a screen surrounding the electrode independent of the tube wall.
  • rectifiers with an incandescent cathode and a gaseous filling are characterized by screens or barriers 5,
  • the screens 5, 5a, 5b, 5c and 6 divide the preferably cylindrical vessel 1 of the rectifier in as many chambers as there are anodes as shown in Figs. 2, 2a, 3, 5, and 6.
  • This separation into a plurality of discharge chambers need not be complete because narrow interspaces between the'wall of the tube and the screens as shown in Fig. 2 will not occur at the usual operating potentials of such tubes.
  • the cathode should preferably be mounted in the free space above the screens as shown in Figs. 2, 2a, 2b, 5, and 6.
  • the parts In the case of a tube to be used at relatively low differences of potential the parts should be arran ed in such a fashion that a straight line can e drawn from each of the anodes 4', 4 and 4a to the cathode 3, 3', 3" without cutting a screen as shown in Figs. 2, 2a, 5 and in the case of a tube to be used at higher differences of potential, the parts should be arranged in such a fashion that a straight line drawn from each of the anodes tot-he cathode cuts a screen as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 6,
  • Parts of the wall 1 of the tube should preferably also serve as screens. With rectifiers designed for high differences of potential and currents it 1s not advisable to use the wall of the tube as a screen.
  • the anodes are protected relatively to one another and to the cathode by the structures of the anodes themselves which preferably are flat.
  • the cathode may be arranged between the anodes as shown in Fig. 1 or above tions screens 5a, 5b, the potentials of which are not controlled are charged very ra idly so that even with potential differences oi several hundreds of volts between the anodes and cathodes, no discharge in inverse direction is initiated.
  • the cathode should preferably consist of several parts 3', 3" as shown in Figs. 2, 2a, 2b, 5, and 6 which are connected in series or in parallel and each of which cooperates with an anode, the various discharges thus pro prised being limited to spaces separated by screens.
  • a rectifier according to'the invention may also comprise conducting auxiliary electrodes which do not serve as screens. These electrodes may be connected to the cathode and serve to neutralize the static fields between the electrodes and/or to counteract the influence exerted by these fields on the. discharge.
  • the screens or the auxiliary electrodes In many cases it is not advisable to insulate the screens or the auxiliary electrodes or to connect them to the cathode but to impress on them a determined auxiliary potential as shown in Fig. 3 owing to which potential the positive ions are deviated from their normal paths in such a manner that disintegration of the cold electrodes is avoided.
  • the screens or'the auxiliary electrode for example screen 11 of Fig. 6, should preferably surround, entirely or partly, the electrodes of the rectifier.
  • Disintegration of the electrodes not only occurs with high-tension rectifiers but also with low-tension rectifiers for heavy currents in which, due to the ion current the electrodes are excessively heated. In order to avoid a useless heating of the electrodes and to increase the efliciency, it is therefore advisable to take the measures above described also in the case of low-tension rectifiers.
  • An electric discharge tube containing a gas, a plurality of anodes, a barrier interposed between said anodes, said barrier being spaced a distance from said anodes comparable to the mean free distance of said gas and a solid thermionic cathode interposed between said anodes.
  • An electric discharge tube containing a plurality of anodes, a barrier extending between said anodes the surf-ace of which barrier extends beyond all edges of said anodes for substantially, completely electrically isolating saidanodes from each other and a solid thermionic cathode between said anodes and forming with each of said anodes an unobstructed straight line electron path.
  • An electric discharge tube comprising a plurality of anodes, a barrier extending between said anodes and having a lead-in wire, a cathode between said anodes and forming with each of said anodes an unobstructed straight line electron path and a conductive coating on the inner surface of said tube adjacent to said electron path and conductive means connecting said barrier with said coating for controlling the electrical charges on said coating.
  • An electric discharge tube comprising a purality of anodes, a solid thermionic cathode between said anodes, a barrier extending between said anodes, the surface of which barrier extends beyond all edges of said anodes for substantially, completely, electrically, isolating said anodes from each other, and a conductor within said tube connecting said barrier to said cathode.
  • a space discharge device comprising the combination of an envelope, a gas filling within said envelope, a member dividing said envelope into a plurality of compartments, an anode within each of said compartments and spaced from said dividing member a distance comparable to the mean free path dis- Ill tance of said gas and an electron emissive inchar compartments, an anode within each of said tance comparable to the mean free distance compartments and spaced from said dividing of said as and a solid thermionic cathode in member a distance com arable to the mean free path distance of said gas and an electron emitting solid thermionic cathodewithin said gas filling and exposed to each compartment.
  • An electric discharge tube containing a gas, an electron emitting cathode, a cooperating anode in an unobstructed straight line relation with said cathode to provide a positive ionizing gas path therebetween and a conductive element spaced from said anode a distance comparable to the mean free path of the gas and a conductor connecting said element to the cathode whereby said element permits ionization in the discharge path only in the direction of cathode to anode.
  • An electric discharge tube comprising a pluralit of anodes, a screen interposed between sai anodes, a cathode within said tube and exposed to each of said anodes and conductive auxiliary electrodes connected to the cathode for neutralizing the static field between the anodes and counteracting the in' fiuence exerted by these fields on the dis- 9.
  • an electric discharge tube containing a gas, a plurality of anodes, a barrier extending between said anodes spaced therefrom a distance comparableto the mean free path of the gas, a solid thermionic cathode in the free space above the screen anda conductor connecting said barrier to said cathode.
  • An electric discharge tube containing a gas, a plurality of anodes, a barrier interposed between said anodes, said barrier being s aced a distance from said anodes comparable to the mean free distance of said gas, lead in means to said barrier for charging it to a predetermined potential and a solid thermionic cathode interposed between said anodes.
  • An electric discharge tube containing a gas, a plurality of anodes, a barrier interposed between said anodes, said barrier being spaced a distance from said anodes comparable to the mean free path distance of said gas and a solid electron-emitting cathode te ose between said anodes.

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