US3207941A - Insulating supporting member for electrodes in gaseous processing device - Google Patents

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US3207941A
US3207941A US27648A US2764860A US3207941A US 3207941 A US3207941 A US 3207941A US 27648 A US27648 A US 27648A US 2764860 A US2764860 A US 2764860A US 3207941 A US3207941 A US 3207941A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32009—Arrangements for generation of plasma specially adapted for examination or treatment of objects, e.g. plasma sources
    • H01J37/32018—Glow discharge
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C8/00—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
    • C23C8/06—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases
    • C23C8/36—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases using ionised gases, e.g. ionitriding
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
    • H01J17/02—Details
    • H01J17/04—Electrodes; Screens
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
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  • the present invention relates to an insulating supporting member between energized structural units in an ionized gas atmosphere which is equipped with narrow protective gaps before the critical contact points between metal and insulating materials.
  • an energized interior lead is generally enclosed by an insulator and the provision of sufficiently narrow cylindrical protective gaps ensures that all critical contact points between metal parts and insulating bodies are protected against the attack by a destructive glow discharge.
  • the said embodiments have proved satisfactory in operation, but they necessitate high-precision manufacture since the width of such protective gaps commonly measures between .3 and .6 mm.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide an insulating supporting member which avoids the requirements relating to mechanical precision and accurate assembly although a narrow protective gap is located before the critical contact surfaces between metal and insulating material.
  • the insulating supporting member according to this invention is characterized by the fact that the narrow protective gap is designed as a flat gap between flat metal surfaces which are forced against one another with insulating bodies inserted between them, which are also flat.
  • such a supporting member is employed particularly to hold an energized interior lead which extends through the bore of a metallic hollow body. It is characteristic that the structural members serving to hold and center the interior lead within the bore are attached to the hollow body itself by means of insulating supporting bodies forming the subject-matter of this invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation of the supporting means of an interior lead along the bore of a metallic hollow body, shown partly in section;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are a cross-section and, respectively, a lan view of an embodiment of a metal plate employed in the supporting member according to FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are a cross-section and plan view of a further embodiment of a metal plate similar to that shown in FIGS. 2 and 3;
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are a cross-section and a plan view of the centering member for the support according to FIG. 1.
  • a metal tube 10 with the bore 11 houses an energized interior lead 12 which carries a voltage, relative to the tube 10, such as an alternating voltage of 500 volts.
  • the interior lead 12 is suspended, in insulated relationship, from the upper end of the tube 10, an insulating supporting member (not shown) of the type disclosed being employed for the purpose.
  • a centering member 13 centers the interior lead 12 and, respectively, the cylindrical biasing weight 14 relatively to the bore 11 of the tube 10.
  • the centering member 13 is here attached to the clamping collar 16 bolted to the tube 10, attachment being effected by an insulating supporting member 15.
  • Centering of the interior lead 12 relatively to the bore 11 of the tube 10 is etfected in the manner known by means of the pointed set-screws 17, 13, 19 shown in FIG. 7.
  • Such centering of the interior lead 12 relatively to the bore 11 of the tube 10 by means of a centering member 13 which is rigidly attached to the tube 10 olfers the advantage that the position of the interior lead 12 in the tube 10 is independent of its transverse movements and its longitudinal elongation.
  • Practice has shown that, in nitriding steel tubes by means of a high-intensity electric glow discharge in a nitrogenous atmosphere, accurate centering of the interior lead 12 in the bore 11 is of much importance. Obtention of such centering, however, requires a reliable and easily assembled insulating supporting member 15, which requires no servicing, of which the design is disclosed hereunder.
  • the insulating supporting member is of a columnar design and, as the longitudinal section of FIG. 1 shows, it is symmetrically assembled on either side of the centering member 13.
  • the centering member 13 is provided with a ring 13a having a bore 13b (cf. FIG. 6) which forms the center of the supporting member.
  • Arranged on either side of the ring 13a are two fiat metal disks 20, then the metal disk 21 with the edge 21a, two further metal disks 20 and finally an end plate 22 each.
  • the metal disks 20 and 21 are each provided with a coaxial bore 2% and, respectively, 21b, which possesses the same diameter as the bore 13b in the ring 13a of the centering member.
  • the two metal disks 20 adjacent to the ring 13a form, with their fiat sides facing each other, a flat gap 23 due to a mica ring of .2 to .5 mm. thickness inserted between the two metal surfaces facing each other.
  • a similar mica ring of which the inner diameter is identical with the diameter of the bores 13b, 20b and 21b and of which the outer diameter must be smaller than the outer diameter of the metal disks is provided between the individual adjacent metal disks 20 and 21, and the top and bottom metal disk 20 and the end plates 22. In this manner six flat gaps 23 are formed on both sides of the ring 13a of the centering member 13.
  • the complete supporting member is held together by means of a clamping stud 24 of which the free end carries a thread and a nut 25 with the aid of which the base-plate 22 and all metal disks 20 and 21 as well as the ring 13a are forced against the cover-plate 22 which in turn rests on a shoulder 26 of the clamping stud 24.
  • the clamping stud 24 is surrounded by a cylindrical insulator 27 in the interior of the supporting member which, however, is not called upon, as FIG. 1 shows, to take up tensile or compressive stresses and on whose dimensions no great tolerance demands are made.
  • the narrow flat gaps 23 between the facing flat surfaces of the stacked metal disks and, respectively, of the ring 13a and the cover and base-plate 22 have their width determined solely by the flat inserted mica insulator rings.
  • such insulating rings formed of mica can be machined to close tolerances and they are available in all thicknesses desired. Since such mica rings can be produced with uniform thickness along their entire dimension without any difiiculty whatever, the width of the flat gaps along their entire dimension will be constant without particular centering measures, provided that the boundary metal surfaces are perfectly fiat. Since these metal surfaces, however, are produced on lathes, no particular precision is demanded to meet this condition. Also assembling such an insulating supporting member according to FIG. 1 and the above specification, no particular precision is required since all metal parts can be stacked consecutively on the clamping stud 24 provided with the insulating tube 27 in order finally to be forced together by means of the nut 25.
  • a supporting member so constructed has proved entirely satisfactory in operation when fiat mica insulator rings of .3 to .4 mm. thickness were used, the dimensions approximately corresponding to those in FIG. 1.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show a metal disk 20 so designed and provided with the coaxial recess 200 in one of the flat sides, which recess subdivides this flat surface into a narrower annular area 20d and a wider annular area 20a.
  • the bore 20b communicates with the annular recess 200 via a radially arranged channel 20
  • one of the flat sides of the metal disk 21 may be designed in the manner shown in FIGS.
  • annular recess 21c again subdividing the fiat surface into a narrower inner annular area 21d and a wider outer annular area 21e.
  • the radial channel 21 again connects the annular recess 210 with the bore 21b of the metal disk.
  • the metal disk 21 has its periphery provided with an edge 21a arranged normal to the disk plane. As shown by FIG. 1, the diameter of these metal disks 21 and the inner diameter of the edge 21a are larger than the outer diameter of the metal disks 20. Accordingly, the edge 21a extends beyond the end faces of those metal disks 20 (FIG. 1) which are arranged on either side of the metal disk 21 and form, with these end faces, an annular gap 28 of which the width, however, is larger than that of the flat gap. As seen in FIG. 1, the annular gap 28 ensures that the narrow flat gaps 23 do not open directly into the inner space of the discharge container so that greater security against the undesired penetration of dusted metal particles and the like is obtained.
  • the metal disk 13a of the centering member 13 has one of its flat surfaces provided with an annular recess as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. This recess subdivides this flat surface into a narrower annular area 13d and a wider annular area Be.
  • the annular recess 13c communicates with the bore 13b via a radial channel 13
  • the periphery of the metal ring 13a is provided with a radially projecting bead 13g of which the outer diameter, as shown in FIG. 1, approximately coincides with the outer diameter of the edge 21a of the metal disks 21.
  • This bead 13g forms a further protection against the penetration of foreign bodies into the annular gap 28.
  • An insulating supporting member so designed provides the advantage that the inner space 27 only partially filled by the cylindrical insulating body between the bores 20b, 21b and, respectively, 13b and the clamping stud 24 communicates, via the individual radial channels 20 21] and, respectively, 131 with the annular recesses and, via the narrow fiat gaps 23 as well as the wide annular gaps 28, with the interior space of the discharge container. Tln's enables the gas present in the interior of the insulating supporting member to be removed when the discharge container is evacuated so that any gas discharge of the mica rings in operation cannot cause disturbances.
  • An insulating supporting member constructed in accordance with the principle of FIG. 1 with metal disks according to FIGS. 2 through 5 and a centering member according to FIGS. 6 and 7 has proved effective in the continuous operation of a discharge container operating with high-intensity glow discharges.
  • the tubes 10 were heated to a temperature between 400 and 500 C. so that the insulating supporting member 15 possessed approximately the same temperature.
  • an operating voltage of up to 700 volts (peak load) between the interior lead 12 and the tube 10
  • no breakdowns by surface conduction and no other disturbances were witnessed, and even after hundreds of hours of operation no detrimental dusting of the narrow flat gap and, respectively, of the end faces of the metal disks 20 have been observed.
  • the insulating supporting member is only a design example in the embodiment according to FIG. 1.
  • such a supporting member may be designed without the interior bores 20b, 21, 13b if clamping is effected not by a clamping stud 24 but by a frame-type stirrup which encloses the complete supporting member, forcing it together from the two sides.
  • the supporting member in a design similar to that shown in FIG. 1 may also be employed to suspend energized bodies if the centering member arranged on one side of the metal disk 13 is replaced :by holding stirrup attached to a corresponding metal ring so that a lead suspended from the supporting member will place it under tensile stress in the axial direction.
  • the insulating material used for the insulating rings employed in the present insulating supporting member which has proved to be reliable, was mica.
  • other flat insulating bodies that may be produced to a thickness of .2 to .5 mm. may be employed, such as insulating sheets formed of a plastic or similar materials.
  • Thermoplastic insulating materials may therefore be used only if the operating temperatures of the supporting member are sufiiciently low.
  • a current lead-in may readily, and without difliculty, be designed in which all narrow protective gaps, in contradistinction to the current lead-in disclosed in the above-cited patent specifications, are designed as [flat gaps and not as annular gaps.
  • an insulated supporting member in a glow discharge container wherein said member is provided with a gap for protecting the insulation against the action of glow discharges, said gap comprising opposed metallic walls between the insulation and the interior of said container and being of such narrow width as to prevent glow discharge from taking place therein, the improvement comprising; said opposed metallic walls defining fiat opposed surfaces having a flat insulator pressed therebetween.
  • an insulated supporting member in a glow discharge container wherein said member is provided with a plurality of gaps for protecting the insulation against the action of glow discharges, said plurality of gaps comprising opposed metallic walls between the insulation and the interior of said container and being of such narrow width as to prevent glow discharge from taking place therein, the improvement comprising; said opposed metallic walls defining flat opposed surfaces having a flat insulator pressed therebetween.
  • said metallic walls comprise a columnar assembly of alternating flat metal disks and flat insulating bodies, said disks and bodies having aligned central bores through which a clamping stud extends to clamp said assembly together, said clamping stud being spaced from and out of contact with said disks.
  • clamping stud comprises a portion of a lead-in conductor extending in insulated relationship through a Wall of said container, said columnar assembly being adjacent an inner surface of said container.
  • said metallic walls comprise a columnar assembly of alternating flat metal disks and flat insulating bodies, at least one of said disks being free of connection to any source of potential and projecting outwardly beyond the others and having an axially extending peripheral flange extending across but spaced outwardly from the peripheral edge of at least one of the other disks to define therewith a gap wider than the flat gap between disks and into which at least one of said flat gaps extends.
  • a device as defined in claim 1 wherein said flat insulator is formed of mica of predetermined thickness defining the width of said gap.

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US2219614A (en) * 1938-03-25 1940-10-29 Berghaus Electrical discharge apparatus
US2376439A (en) * 1943-06-18 1945-05-22 Machlett Lab Inc Insulating structure
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