Abstract: A light emission device having an evaporating getter unit and a display device utilizing the light emission device as a light source. The light emission device includes a vacuum vessel having first and second substrates facing each other and a sealing member, the first and second substrates having an active area and a non-active area, an electron emission unit located on the first substrate at the active area, a light emission unit located on the second substrate at the active area, a getter unit provided between the first and second substrates at the non-active area, and a barrier disposed between the getter unit and the active area. The barrier blocks diffusion of getter material toward the active area during the getter activating process and prevents (or reduces) a slip or a movement of the getter unit.

Abstract: A vacuum device, including a substrate and a support structure having a support perimeter, where the support structure is disposed over the substrate. In addition, the vacuum device also includes a non-evaporable getter layer having an exposed surface area. The non-evaporable getter layer is disposed over the support structure, and extends beyond the support perimeter, in at least one direction, of the support structure forming a vacuum gap between the substrate and the non-evaporable getter layer increasing the exposed surface area.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus composed of a vacuum container having an electron source composed of multiple electron-emitting devices and a phosphor film that is irradiated with an electron from the electron source to emit light for display, an ion pump for exhausting the vacuum container through a communicating path by virtue of an action of a magnetism forming portion is arranged. A magnetic shielding member is arranged in a space where the ion pump and the electron-emitting devices are in communication with each other, whereby an influence of a magnetic field generated by the magnetism forming portion on the trajectory of an electron emitted from any one of the electron-emitting devices and display luminance unevenness incidental to the influence are removed.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an electron tube including a front substrate and a back substrate, a wiring and an electrode are formed on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A component is mounted on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A ring-less getter is mounted on at least one of the front substrate, the back substrate and the component. A vessel is assembled and sealed so that the front substrate faces the back substrate. A light is irradiated on the ring-less getter from outside of the sealed vessel, thereby activating the ring-less getter.

Abstract: A vacuum device, including a substrate and a support structure having a support perimeter, where the support structure is disposed over the substrate. In addition, the vacuum device also includes a non-evaporable getter layer having an exposed surface area. The non-evaporable getter layer is disposed over the support structure, and extends beyond the support perimeter, in at least one direction, of the support structure forming a vacuum gap between the substrate and the non-evaporable getter layer increasing the exposed surface area.

Abstract: An arc discharge lamp has an arc chamber with an amalgam tip attached to and communicating with the arc chamber through a constricted area. An amalgam retainer is positioned in the arc chamber and is abutted against the constricted area. The amalgam retainer is vibration-insensitive, solid and liquid amalgam impervious and mercury vapor pervious. An amalgam is contained within the amalgam tip.

Abstract: A field emission display package (1) includes an anode plate (30) coated with a phosphor layer (40), a resistive buffer (60) spaced from the phosphor layer, a plurality of electron emitters (50) formed on the resistive buffer, a cathode plate (70) in contact with the resistive buffer, a silicon thin, film (80), and a sealed housing (5). The sealed housing includes a front plate (10), a back plate (20) and a plurality of side walls (90) affixed between the front plate and the back plate so that the front plate, the back plate and the side walls define an interspace region. The front plate and the back plate are preferably made from glass. The side walls are made from a Kovar alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the glass.

Abstract: A field emission display package (1) includes an anode plate (30) coated with a phosphor layer (40), a resistive buffer (60) spaced from the phosphor layer (40), a plurality of electron emitters (50) formed on the resistive buffer (60), a cathode plate (70) in contact with the resistive buffer (60), a silicon thin film (80), and a sealed housing (5). The sealed housing includes a front plate (10), a back plate (20) and a plurality of side walls (90) affixed between the front plate and the back plate so that the front plate, the back plate and the side walls define an interspace region. The front plate and the back plate are preferably made from glass. The side walls are made from an Invar-36 alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the glass.

Abstract: An arc discharge lamp for operation in either a vertical base up or horiozontal position has a single getter located on the longitudinal axis of the lamp at a position between a heat shield located in the neck of the lamp and the base of the lamp.

Abstract: A getter comprising a calcium-aluminum compound including about 39% to about 43% calcium by weight produces a calcium vapor when sufficiently heated. The calcium vapor can condense to form a calcium film on an inside surface of a sealed evacuated enclosure such as a CRT to getter reactive species from the enclosed volume. The calcium-aluminum compound, preferably CaAl2 powder, can be mixed with either nickel powder, titanium powder, or both.

Abstract: Providing a light bulb having a long life by preventing filament coil breakage. A glass bulb (1) has a sealing portion (4) at one end thereof and contains a filament coil (5). The filament coil (5) is suspended between lead-in wires (7, 8) extended externally of the sealing portion (4), with its opposite ends connected to respective one ends of the wires. The lead-in wires (7, 8) are supported by a stem (6) disposed between the sealing portion (4) and the filament coil (5). A getter (9) is disposed between the sealing portion (4) and the stem (6).

Abstract: A getter supporter of a cathode-ray tube according to the present invention comprises a mounting portion to be fixed to an inside of the cathode-ray tube at one end thereof, a getter holder for holding a getter at the other end thereof, and a spring portion for connecting the mounting portion and the getter holder, in which a contact support portion contacting with the inner surface of the funnel is provided on the spring portion at a position spaced apart in the longitudinal direction from the position of the getter holder. Accordingly, fine cracks of the funnel glass due to heat generation of the getter at getter flashing and heat generation of the contact support portion due to high frequency for heating can be prevented, and also the deformation of the getter supporter by the heat conducted to the contact support portion and the spring pressure can be prevented.

Abstract: A vacuum container for a field emission cathode device capable of attaining manufacturing of the field emission cathode device with increased efficiency and enhancing durability thereof. The vacuum container includes a cathode-side substrate on which field emission cathodes are formed and an anode-side substrate arranged so as to be spaced from each other at a predetermined distance in a direction in which electrons are emitted, resulting in a space being defined therebetween. A gas or hydrogen emission material is arranged at at least one position including a position which is defined in said space or an additional space contiguous to said space and is farthest from said evacuation section.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an improved hollow cathode lamp (15). In the preferred embodiment, the lamp is comprised of a stem (23), a cathode lead (18) which passes through the stem, and a getter (26). The improvement includes a flash shield (28) positioned between the getter and the stem, whereby the flash shield will limit the deposit of getter metal on the stem when the getter flashes. The flash shield may be a circular disk and composed of nickel. The flash shield may include an evacuation passage (46). The flash shield may also be capable of being heated to about 1000° C. during flashing, whereby the flash shield may be heated so as to convectionally repel the getter metal when the getter flashes.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an improved hollow cathode lamp (15). In the preferred embodiment, the lamp is comprised of a stem (23), a cathode lead (18) which passes through the stem, and a getter (26). The improvement comprises a flash shield (28) positioned between the getter and the stem, whereby the flash shield will limit the deposit of getter metal on the stem when the getter flashes.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing impure gases from a gas discharge display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a getter engaged at an outer portion of an image effective portion of the vacuum space for absorbing an impure gas, and a blocking wall for preventing the getter from being scattered toward the image effective portion in a gas discharge display apparatus in which a certain space is formed between a pair of substrates, and the substrates are sealed by a sealant, and a combined gas which is used for an electrode discharge is filled into a vacuum space formed between the substrates after an impure gas is exhausted therefrom by a ventilation/vacuum process, for thereby enhancing an image characteristic by preventing a getter material from being scattered toward an image display surface.

Abstract: Display device, in particular a PALC device, having a plasma space provided with a capsule (46) comprising getter material for supplying guest material to the plasma, e.g. H2, HD, D2. The capsule remains closed until the critical high temperature processing has been finished.

Abstract: A hermetic container which does not require a getter room and can reliably absorb gases released in a container. In a field emission display, the hermetic container contains a front substrate and an opposite substrate confronting each other and a spacer disposed between the outer fringes of the front substrate and the outer fringes of the opposite substrate. Stripe anodes are formed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Each anode is formed of a transparent anode conductor and a fluorescent substance layer. Field emission elements are formed on the inner surface of the opposite substrate and respectively have a cathode conductor, an insulating layer, a gate, and an emitter disposed in an opening. Each of supports has one end which is disposed between stripe anodes and is in contact with the front substrate and the other end which is disposed between stripe gates and is in contact with the insulating layer.

Abstract: A mercury dispensing support strip capable of dispensing mercury and sorbing reactive gases. In one embodiment, the support strip of the invention includes at least one track of mercury releasing material deposited on one face of the support strip. At least one track of getter material is also deposited on the same face of the support strip. The tracks of mercury releasing and getter materials are deposited on the support strip such that the mechanical strains exerted by the materials on points of the support strip that are substantially symmetric with respect to a central axis of said first surface of said mercury dispensing support strip are substantially equivalent.

Abstract: A frittable evaporable getter device includes a metallic container having a disk-shaped bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A powder compact having an upper surface in which at least two radial recesses are formed is disposed in the container. The powder compact is formed of a mixture of BaAl.sub.4 powder and nickel powder. A discontinuous metallic member is embedded in the powder compact such that the member does not protrude from the upper surface of the powder compact and the member is spaced apart from the bottom wall of the container. An evaporable getter device having reduced activation time includes a powder compact formed of a mixture of BaAl.sub.4 powder, nickel powder, and between about 0.3% and about 5% by weight based on the total weight of the mixture of a third component selected from aluminum, iron, titanium, and alloys thereof.

Abstract: A vacuum device has an envelope and a getter assembly mounted within the envelope. The getter assembly includes a reservoir for containing getter material and a deflector having a surface located opposite the getter material and is oriented to deflect the getter material in a predetermined direction within the vacuum device. The deflector surface has raised and/or depressed portions, such as ribs or undulations, in the direction of diffusion of the getter material. These portions reduce the accumulation of getter material on the deflector during getterfiring, resulting in a much reduced likelihood that getter material particles may break loose from the deflector. By preventing loose particles within the vacuum device, the possibility of a short-circuit in the vacuum device is reduced.

Abstract: An improved compact, white color and pulse operated high pressure sodium vapor arc discharge lamp employing a radiation sensitive getter RF flashed onto the inner surface of the outer lamp envelope has a ceramic radiation shield interposed between the arc tube and getter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cap band for discharge lamps, in which a substrate band (1) is coated with at least one material to be introduced into the discharge lamp, in particular a mercury alloy (2) and/or getter material (3).According to the invention, a portion (5) of the substrate band (1) is severed in a direction transversely to the longitudinal direction of the substrate band (1) to form the cap band for the discharge lamp, so that the cap band, or portion, is coated over its entire width (BT) with the at least one material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tri-plate vacuum-sealed field emission type display facilitates mass production ex-situ. The method is based on a plate including an anode plate, a backing plate including at least one sealed access orifice, and a cathode/substrate plate secured between the anode plate and the backing plate. The cathode/substrate plate is vented in the active area, with a multitude of pass-through apertures, each aperture being conically shaped to optimize uninterrupted travel of damaging gas molecules to a getter located on the opposite side. Before sealing the access orifice in the backing plate, the orifice is used to decontaminate the inside of the display with a cleaning gas and to insert a granule form of getter.

Abstract: A hydrogen discharge lamp has a glass lamp enclosure formed with a radiation-emitting window and receiving a body of a zirconium-cobalt alloy forming in part a hydride which constitutes a reservoir for hydrogen or deuterium and enabling controlled liberation of the hydrogen or deuterium from the reservoir. The zirconium-cobalt alloy simultaneously forms a getter for elements interfering with spectral purity of a hydrogen discharge emission from the lamp. An electrical discharge is effected in the hydrogen or deuterium liberated in the enclosure to cause the emission of light through the window.

Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated getter device essentially consisting of at least one evaporable getter device and at least one non-evaporable getter device, wherein the different getter devices circumscribe areas at least partially superimposed or coincident, lying on essentially parallel or coincident planes and preferably arranged in a coaxial way.

Abstract: A getter fixing device for a cathode ray tube includes one or more folded strips. These strips are welded to a getter cover or united in one body with the getter cover or a support member. The device also includes two inclined wing portions that direct diffusion of the getter material. Such a getter device allows attachment of various getter forms, and parts needed for this device may be standardized.

Abstract: A display tube has a getter structure which is clamped in an aperture of the magnetic shield. The getter structure and the screening cap may be of a simple construction and the getter structure can be replaced in a simple manner so that the display tube can be easily repaired. The getter structure is supported by the cone and the inner wall of the shield.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cathode-ray tube 1 having an electron gun 3 positioned in a neck portion 2. The electron gun 3 is provided with a focusing structure 10 which includes a hollow tube 12 of electrically insulating material. A layer 14 of a material having a high resistance is applied to the inner surface of the hollow tube. The resistance layer 14 is shielded from a getter arrangement 44 positioned in the cathode ray tube 1.

Abstract: A lamp including an evacuated outer jacket, a light source capsule mounted within an evacuated outer jacket, and getter assembly disposed within the outer jacket is disclosed. the getter assembly includes a getter and protection device for protecting lamp parts, e.g., the inner surface of the outer jacket, during flashing of the getter. In a most preferred embodiment, the protection device is formed by a small glass envelope, preferably similar to a photoflash bulb envelope, having a small opening. A getter, such as a getter ring, typically used in the lighting art, is mouted within the bulb envelope. When the getter is activated, the metal vapor of the activated getter is caught inside this bulb envelope and condenses on the inside glass surface of the latter. the impurities within the outer jacket of the lamp diffuse through the opening in the bulb envelope of the protection device of the preferred embodiment and are absorbed by the getter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure sodium discharge lamp provided with a discharge vessel having a longitudinal axis 1 and a diameter D. The discharge vessel is enclosed by an outer envelope. Within the outer envelope a starting circuit is arranged, which has at least a glow starter. According to the invention, the outer envelope is a clear outer envelope and the glow starter is arranged so as to be laterally displaced over a distance of at least D/2 with respect to the discharge vessel. Moreover, the glow starter is shielded for the major part with respect to the discharge vessel by means of a heat shield.

Abstract: A discontinuous annular metallic holder for a glow starter in a high pressure discharge lamp. The holder has a hexagonal shape and encircles the bulb of the glow starter. One side is welded to one of the current-supply conductors extending from the lamp stem and two of the sides are parallel to the plane of the getters. The lower parallel side closest to the getter plane has an opening extending the length of the side to define an electrical discontinuity and to prevent a continuous circuit path within the lower side. The gap reduces the current induced in the lower side and resultant heating when the holder is subjected to an electromagnetic field during flashing of the getters. The reduced temperature of the lower side prevents damage to the glow starter.

Abstract: A method of prolonging the life of thin film dichroic coated lamp components and of employing inexpensive components has been discovered. This method is the use of a hydrogen getter located in the outer jacket of the lamp, adjacent to the dichroic coating. The getter is preferably located and aligned so as to reach an optimum operating temperature.

Abstract: A hydrogen getter for use within the arc tube assembly of a gas discharge lamp e.g. a high pressure sodium discharge lamp, comprises a layer (11) of a getter material (eg Ti) sandwiched by diffusion bonding between layers (12, 13) of a hydrogen permeable material (eg Nb) there being an exposed region of getter material. Hydrogen getters in the form of disc-like washers are formed from the sandwiched layers by a stamping process.

Abstract: A flat cathode ray display tube has an envelope divided into front and rear portions by a partition carrying frame deflection electrodes with an electron gun (30) and line scanning deflector positioned in the rear portion, the electron beam being directed initially parallel to a flat faceplate of the envelope, turned through 180.degree. by a reversing lens into the front portion and then deflected by electrodes towards a screen on the faceplate. In addition to the electrodes, other components are also mounted on the partition forming a sub-assembly whereby correct mutual positioning is ensured and assembly facilitated. A spacing structure accurately spaces the sub-assembly from the faceplate and supports also an electron multiplier for beam current amplication.

Abstract: In a flat cathode ray display tube having an electron gun adjacent a rear wall of the tube's envelope which produces an electron beam travelling across the rear wall before being turned in the opposite direction and then deflected onto a screen carried by faceplate opposite the rear wall, getter means is situated in one or more recesses, each defined at least in part by an elongate rib formed in the rear wall, e.g. by pressing, with the recess wall shielding the getter means directly from the gun to prevent contamination. The rib serves also to strengthen the rear wall. A line scanning deflector is similarly shielded.

Abstract: A cathode structure for a magnetron representative of a self-oscillation type microwave electron tube comprises a pair of opposite end shields for supporting both ends of a filament helically wound in an axial direction, and a getter fixed on at least an upper end shield positioned on the side of a terminal from which a microwave oscillation output is produced. The upper end shield is concaved with respect to a lower end shield, and the getter provided on the upper end shield is also concaved so as to be closely fitted over substantially the entirety of an outer surface of the upper end shield. Preferably, the getter provided on the upper end shield has an upright annular wall of a central burring hole. Thus, the improved cathode structure is immune to deformation and suitable for cleaning and welding, thereby ensuring improved lifetime stability and high fabrication efficiency.

Abstract: An improved getter assembly for use in cathode ray tubes, and particularly in cathode ray tubes that require a clear area or window, the getter assembly including a container with getter diffusion directing tabs extending from the sidewall of the container in a direction away from the window area.

Abstract: Ion pump (10) has feedthrough (33) for electrical connection to anode post (32) within the pumping chamber. Opening (36) in the pumping chamber wall receives a portion of insulator (42). The insulator (42) has a flange (48) which is of larger diameter than the opening (36) so that sputtered cathode material cannot directly disposit on the outer and upper surfaces of the flange (48).

Abstract: This invention relates to a glow discharge starter having a sealed envelope containing an ionizable medium, a bimetallic electrode and a counter electrode located within the envelope. A getter holder is secured to one of the electrodes adjacent the internal surface of the envelope. An arc discharge lamp employing the improved glow discharge starter as part of a starting circuit is described.