US3581138A - Gas discharge tube with cold cathode suitable for the simultaneous reproduction of two legible characters - Google Patents
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- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
- H01J17/38—Cold-cathode tubes
- H01J17/48—Cold-cathode tubes with more than one cathode or anode, e.g. sequence-discharge tube, counting tube, dekatron
- H01J17/49—Display panels, e.g. with crossed electrodes, e.g. making use of direct current
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- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J2893/00—Discharge tubes and lamps
- H01J2893/0069—Tubes for displaying characters
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- Trifari ABSTRACT A gas discharge tube for reproducing two independently switchable legible characters which adjoin each other and constitute two groups, the characters being secured to annular frames of equal dimensions but having dimensions which are smaller than the frame and the groups being surrounded by a partially perforated anode.
- the two groups of characters are associated with a single electrode set. Since the characters are smaller than the associated frame, two characters associated with different groups can be reproduced.
- the present invention relates to a gas discharge tube with a cold cathode, particularly a tube for the simultaneous reproduction of two adjacent, independently switchable legible characters.
- Such discharge tubes are known but the characters which are located above or beside each other constituted two grouped which were associated with separate electrode sets. Each of the characters was secured in an annular frame which had approximately the same size as the character secured therein, so that in the area of each frame only one character could be reproduced.
- the two groups of characters are associated with one single electrode set, while the dimensions of the characters are so much smaller than those of the associated frame that within a surface area of a frame two characters associated with different groups can be reproduced.
- the frames preferably have an elongated rectangular shape in which the characters of one group are secured near one short side, those of the other group being secured near the oppositely located short side of the rectangle of the associated frame. If the groups of characters have to be located above each other, the frames are placed vertically with their long sides. The long sides of the frames will generally be placed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the discharge tube.
- FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 show frames with letter characters and FIG. 5 shows an insulating member of a given embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 8 shows a gas discharge tube of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.
- reference numeral 1 denotes a metal frame which is in this case has a substantially elongated shape.
- the frame may alternatively be, for example, in the form of a circle.
- the frame 1 comprises apertures 2 to enable the threading on an insulated pin.
- a character in the form of the letter M is secured on the upper short side of the frame 1.
- the height of the character is slightly smaller than half of the height of the frame 1.
- the letter V As shown in FIG. 2, the letter V, referred to by reference numeral 4, is secured in the same manner to the lowest short side of the frame 5, so that within the surface area of the frame two characters can be reproduced which are associated with different groups.
- the frames 1, 5, l0 and 12 are threaded on pins 15 which are covered with insulating material, separated by insulating plates 6 as shown in FIG. 5. Finally the set obtained is placed in a boxlike anode 16 which consists partly of a wire gauze 17.
- the tube as shown in FIG. 8 can represent above each other, the letters MV, MA, KV or KA. by providing the characters in the frames while rotated through said characters can also be represented beside each other.
- the uppermost group will generally furthermore comprise the characters m, n and p and the lower group also the characters 0, F, H and S.
- the frames 1, 5, l0 and 12 and the insulating plates 6 may be stacked in a U-shaped anode-part 7 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and, by providing a cover 13 which is capable of sliding, in the art 7 they may be secured therein by clamping FIG 6 an 7).
- the cover 13 may be secured to the side walls of the anode part 7 by welding.
- the cover 13 is provided with an aperture which is covered by wire gauze 14.
- insulating strips oran insulating layer 8 are provided against the sidewalls of the U-shaped anode 7.
- the anode may alternatively be manufactured from aluminum or an alloy hereof and said sidewalls may be covered with an insulating aluminum-oxide layer by electrolytic oxidation.
- the characters may be constituted by an other symbol.
- the characters and the associated frames may form one assembly an be punched or etched form a plate but alternatively they may consist of wire and be welded to the associated frame or be obtained by metal deposition.
- a gas discharge tube for reproducing two independently switchable legible characters which adjoin each other and constitute two groups, the characters each being secured to separate annular frames each of which have the same dimensions and given surface area, the groups being surrounded by an anode gauze between said groups and the viewing wall of said table, comprising the two groups of characters being associated with one single electrode set, each character having dimensions smaller than those of the frame to which it is secured all of said frames being stacked on a pair of insulated pins with adjacent character-supporting frames separated by insulating platelike frames, the characters in adjacent frames being supported at opposite sides of said adjacent frames in nonoverlapping relationship whereby two characters associated with different groups can be reproduced within said surface area.
- each frame has the form of an elongated rectangle and supports one character which is secured at one side having the shorter dimension.
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NL6800473A NL6800473A (de) | 1968-01-12 | 1968-01-12 |
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US (1) | US3581138A (de) |
AT (1) | AT284975B (de) |
BE (1) | BE726770A (de) |
CH (1) | CH489113A (de) |
DE (1) | DE1816021A1 (de) |
FR (1) | FR1599425A (de) |
GB (1) | GB1179544A (de) |
NL (1) | NL6800473A (de) |
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US4006969A (en) * | 1974-12-09 | 1977-02-08 | Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha | Electro-chromic display device |
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US3248589A (en) * | 1962-12-21 | 1966-04-26 | Csf | Multi-cathode display tube |
CA779997A (en) * | 1968-03-05 | P. Stenning George | Cold cathode gas discharge tubes |
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- 1968-12-20 DE DE19681816021 patent/DE1816021A1/de active Pending
- 1968-12-24 FR FR1599425D patent/FR1599425A/fr not_active Expired
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- 1969-01-08 US US789773A patent/US3581138A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1969-01-09 AT AT17469A patent/AT284975B/de active
- 1969-01-09 CH CH22169A patent/CH489113A/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1969-01-09 GB GB0305/69A patent/GB1179544A/en not_active Expired
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CA779997A (en) * | 1968-03-05 | P. Stenning George | Cold cathode gas discharge tubes | |
US3248589A (en) * | 1962-12-21 | 1966-04-26 | Csf | Multi-cathode display tube |
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US4006969A (en) * | 1974-12-09 | 1977-02-08 | Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha | Electro-chromic display device |
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NL6800473A (de) | 1969-07-15 |
GB1179544A (en) | 1970-01-28 |
AT284975B (de) | 1970-10-12 |
FR1599425A (de) | 1970-07-15 |
CH489113A (de) | 1970-04-15 |
BE726770A (de) | 1969-07-10 |
DE1816021A1 (de) | 1969-07-31 |
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