Patents by Inventor Walter B. Thomas, III

Walter B. Thomas, III has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for manufacturing cathode ray tube bulbs
    Patent number: 4154494
    Abstract: In a combined bake and seal process for manufacturing a cathode ray tube, wherein screen baking and panel-funnel seaing are accomplished in a single sealing step, chemical reduction of the panel-funnel seaing glass by organic screen components is suppressed by providing an oxygen-evolving agent within the tube during sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1979
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Charles R. Skinner, Jr., Walter B. Thomas, III
  • Low-temperature devitrifiable sealing composition
    Patent number: 4097296
    Abstract: A devitrifiable sealing composition which provides a strong devitrified seal with color television picture tube glass at reduced sealing temperatures, and which is thermally compatible with such glass during sealing and subsequent tube processing, is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Walter B. Thomas, III, Christopher H. Welker