Abstract: A discharge tube includes a pair of electrode devices mounted within a discharge tube body in an opposed relation to each other, each of the pair of electrode devices including an arc discharge electrode and a glow discharge electrode. An electron-radiating substance vaporized and emitted in a scattered manner from the arc discharge electrode is captured by the glow discharge electrode. The arc discharge electrode is composed of a sintered body containing the electron-radiating substance therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 1992
Date of Patent:
April 19, 1994
Assignees:
Tokyo Densoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Norittake Co., Limited