US2952796A - Electrostatic printing tube - Google Patents

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US2952796A
US2952796A US658797A US65879757A US2952796A US 2952796 A US2952796 A US 2952796A US 658797 A US658797 A US 658797A US 65879757 A US65879757 A US 65879757A US 2952796 A US2952796 A US 2952796A
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Robert W Crews
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J31/00—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes
    • H01J31/02—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having one or more output electrodes which may be impacted selectively by the ray or beam, and onto, from, or over which the ray or beam may be deflected or de-focused
    • H01J31/06—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having one or more output electrodes which may be impacted selectively by the ray or beam, and onto, from, or over which the ray or beam may be deflected or de-focused with more than two output electrodes, e.g. for multiple switching or counting
    • H01J31/065—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having one or more output electrodes which may be impacted selectively by the ray or beam, and onto, from, or over which the ray or beam may be deflected or de-focused with more than two output electrodes, e.g. for multiple switching or counting for electrography or electrophotography, for transferring a charge pattern through the faceplate

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  • This invention relates to electrostatic-printing tubes, and, more particularly, to improvements therein.
  • an improved electrostatic printing tube which has as its target a Wire array consisting of small-diameter, short, closely spaced, parallel and mutually insulated wire segments which have one of their ends extending through the target wall to the outside of the tube.
  • a conductive plane at anode potential which can thus be termed an external anode, is positioned opposite the Wire ends which are outside the tube, and a dielectric Writing medium is passed between the external anode plane and the wire ends.
  • Means are provided for sweep.- ing the electron beam generated in the tube across the wires and maintaining the beam turned ott, except When it traverses selected ones of the wires. ⁇ These Wires then charge up toward the cathode potential. When the potential of any Wire reaches a critical value with respect to the external anode, a discharge takes place between that wire and the plane. If the writing medium is present, it is at anode potenti-a1 and the discharge results in aspot of charge under the Wire and on the dielectric -Wxitrng material.
  • Means are provided for repetitively sweeping the electron beam across the wires as well as controlling its intensity so that, ⁇ as the dielectric Writing medium is moved, charges are deposited thereon which, upon subsequent development, produce visible characters corresponding to the ones dictated by the deection land intensity-control signals.
  • the wire-to-wire capacity is high, whereas the wire-to-anode capacity is low.
  • the adjacent wire and to a lesser degree, all succeeding wires, also charge towards cathode potential because of the coupling capacity between them. This eiiect can result in loss of denition.
  • -An object of this invention is to minimize detrimental wire-to-Wire capacity in an electrostatic writing tube.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved target arrangement for an electrostatic Writing tube.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved electrostatic printing tube.
  • Yet vanother object of the present invention is to provide an electrostatic printing tube which has better de-finition than was obtainable heretofore.
  • an electrostatic printing tube having a target consisting of ⁇ a plurality of insulatingly supported and spaced wires.
  • Each one of these wires has one of its ends extending through the face of the tube in the manner described previously. This affords means whereby external discharges from these wire ends may be obtained as a result of the cathode-ray beam within the tube strikate t ing a selected one of these wires and elevating its potential to the point where such discharge can take place.
  • a shielding is provided for each writing wire of the array by connecting all alternate wires together.
  • the common coupling to the shielding wires may thereafter be grounded or, if desired, connected to a source of potential below discharge potential.
  • the resulting shielding effect obtained permits each Wire to be altered electrically by the electron beam without appreciable effect on its neighbors.
  • the wire-to-wire capacity of the writing wires is thus minimized.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-sectional View of one -embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the target of the electrostatic Writing tube in accordance with this invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a view in section of the wire-mounting arrangement employed in Figure 2;
  • Figures 4A rand 4B are respectively end and side views of another arrangement, which is preferred, for locating the writing and shielding wires;
  • Figure 5 shows in section the finished arrangement of the preferred arrangement for the shielding wires.
  • the electrostatic writing tube is a conventional cathode-ray tube except for its target.
  • the electrostatic writing tube includes an evacuated envelope 10, which has therein a cathode l2, a control electrode 14, ⁇ an anode or laccelerating electrode 16, a focus coil 1S, and a deiiection'coil 20.
  • the cathode 12 is connected yto a negative point of potential in the operating-potential supply 22. Signals are applied to the intensity-control grid from a signal source 24. Deflection signals are applied tothe deflection coil from a deflectionsignal source 26. By means of a voltage-dropping resistor 28, the required more-positive operating potential is applied to the anode 16 and tothe centering coil 18.
  • the target includes a metal faceplate 30, which is at anode potential. Insulatingly supported within a slot in the target is a plurality of wires 32. Each one of these wires is separated from the other by a material such as glass and is mounted so that one end extends through to the outside face of the tube, which is finished in iiat fashion so that the dielectric writing medium 34, such as paper, may be passed extremely close to the wire points which are arrayed in a column, to receive electrostatic charges.
  • An external plane or conductor 36 is connected to the anode and extends along the column of wire points, and is spaced therefrom.
  • the cathode-ray beam which emanates from the cathode is deiiected by the deilection-signal source to sweep across the portions of the wires which are inside the tube. Whether or not a wire is energized is determined by the intensity-control signals received from the signal source 24 at the time the electron beam is directed upon it.
  • a suitable scanning mechanism such as a facsimile scanl ner or television camera
  • the writing paper 34 is moved at a synchronized vertical scanning speed, a pattern of charges will be deposited on the writing paper, which when subsequently developed, using well-known electrostatic developing techniques, will produce a visible nnage of the original copy.
  • each one of the wires 32 in the target was separated from the adjacent wire by the glass insulating medium within the target. Since the wires are substantially parallel to one another, the -wire-to-wire capacity is high and the Wire-to-ground capacity is low. Accordingly, when the electron beam strikes a given wire and causes it to charge toward cathode potential, which is necessary before the wire can discharge, vto a lesser degree all succeeding wires also charge toward cathode potential because of the coupling capacity between them.
  • a simple method is proposed for shielding each wire of the array from the neighboring wires by connecting all alternate wires together. This is eifectuated by the connecting lead 38, which connects with alternate ones of the Wires 32.
  • the connecting lead 38 is brought out from the tube to a terminal 39.
  • This may be connected either to the anode or, preferably, to the resistor 28 in order to establish these alternate wires at a suitable potential whereby discharges take place to the external anode plane in preference to an adjacent shielding wire.
  • the shielding effect obtained by this arrangement permits each wire to be altered electrically by the electron beam without an appreciable eifect on its neighbors. 'I'he wire-towire capacity of the writing wires is thus made small.
  • the existence of the shield wires in the wire array results in small wire-to-wire coupling of the writing wires, thus restricting the discharge to those wires directly charged by the beam. The net result is an improvement in the resolution of the material written.
  • Figure 2 is a view along the lines 2-2 of one arrangement of the improved target. It includes the metal plate 30, which is sealed to the end of the envelope 10, which has a slot in the center within which is mounted the plurality of wires 32. As shown in section in Figure 3, one way of mounting these wires is wherein each wire 32 has one of its ends 33 (the one which extends outside of the tube) held clamped between two pieces of y.glass 40, 42. The wire end extends to the liat printing surface 44. The remainder of the wire is wound over a glass rod 46 and another segment of glass 48 clamps the other side or end of the wire 32 against the segment 42 and rod 46.
  • An insulating member 50 has on the underside thereof printed-circuit conductors 52 which, as shown by the dotted line in Figure 2, are spaced to connect to the alternate ones of the wires 32.
  • the conductor 38 which connects to all these wires is brought to the terminal 39 on the surface of the tube 10, from whence connection with the external potential source may be made.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B there are shown respectively end and side views of the preliminary steps in placing the writing and shielding wires to obtain the preferred arrangement vfor the target which is shown in section in Figure 5.
  • a rectangular insulating material rod such as a glass rod 60, has a metal conducting strip 62 extending along one face thereof.
  • a shield wire 64 is wound with a desired pitch around both the glass rod 60 and the conducting metal strip 62.
  • a second at insulating material rod which can also be a glass rod or strip 66 is placed and held against the turns of the Wire' 64, which are over the conducting metal strip to cover these portions of the turns.
  • Over the entire assembly there is wound the writing wire 68 with a desired pitch and in a manner so that its turns fall between the turns of the shield wire.
  • the shield wires are in the form of a U on its side.
  • the Writing wires are in the form of an upsidedown L. Against Ithe side of the assembly wherein the base of the shield wire U exists, there is 'assembled with sealing compound another rectangular glass rod 70, The
  • the shield wires in the arrangement shown shield the adjacent writing wires andare bent away from the writingwire writing tips to lessen the chances of discharge to shield wires instead of lto dielectric medium.
  • the glassrod surfaces at right angles to the writing surfaces are used for holding the assembly inthe metal faceplate.
  • a target for an electrostatic writing ltube comprising a first insulating material rod,a conducting metal strip extending axially along said first rod and over a portion 0f its circumference, a plurality of Ushaped shield wires spaced :along and wound on said rst rod with one side of said U in contact with said conductive strip, -a second insulating material rod abutting 4and covering -said one side of all said shield wires, a plurality of L-shaped Writing wires wound on said rst rod, each writing wire positioned between -two shield wires and having one lside of said L extending along the base of said -U and beyond said second glass rod, and the other sidel of said L extendf ing along the side lof said U which is not between said rst and second rods, and a third insulating material rod positioned 4adjacent said first and second glass rods to hold said shield and writing wires in place therebetween, said second and third glass rod surfaces which abut

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NL112553D NL112553C (ru) 1957-05-13
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DED27985A DE1137808B (de) 1957-05-13 1958-04-26 Elektrostatische Kathodenstrahl-Schreibroehre und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
FR1206144D FR1206144A (fr) 1957-05-13 1958-05-12 Tube électronique pour l'impression électrostatique
GB15345/58A GB871195A (en) 1957-05-13 1958-05-13 Improvements in or relating to electrostatic printing tubes

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US3242261A (en) * 1960-04-22 1966-03-22 Jack E Macgriff Electron emission control tube
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