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US3179833A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Signal storage tubes

Assignee: Teledyne UK Ltd
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Filing: 1961-02-21
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Granted: 1965-04-20
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Expires: 1981-02-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Callick Eric Brian Butler
  • 👤 Firmin Jervois Campbell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 17:26
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J31/00; H01J31/08; H01J31/10; H01J31/12; H01J31/18

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 124 words
A SIGNAL STORAGE TUBE HAVING A WRITING GUN; A STORAGE ELECTRODES; A FLOOD ELECTRON GUN POSITIONED BETWEEN THE WRITING GUN AND THE STORAGE ELECTRODE, SAID FLOOD ELECTRON GUN BEING DIFFERENT IN AREA FROM THE STORAGE ELECTRODE AND INCLUDING A GRID OR MESH CATHODE OF ELECTRON EMISSIVE MATERIAL EMITTING THE ELECTRONS FORMING THE FLOOD BEAM AND SO FORMED AS TO ALLOW PASSAGE THERETHROUGH FOR THE ELECTRON BEAM FROM SAID WRITING GUN; AND MEANS FOR IMMERSING THE VOLUME BETWEEN THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND THE STORAGE ELECTRODE IN A MAGETIC COLLIMATING FIELD, THE FLUX DENSITY OF SAID MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND AT THE STORAGE ELECTRODE BEING INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE AREA OF THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND OF THE STORAGE ELECTRODE, RESPECTIVELY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 124 words
A SIGNAL STORAGE TUBE HAVING A WRITING GUN; A STORAGE ELECTRODES; A FLOOD ELECTRON GUN POSITIONED BETWEEN THE WRITING GUN AND THE STORAGE ELECTRODE, SAID FLOOD ELECTRON GUN BEING DIFFERENT IN AREA FROM THE STORAGE ELECTRODE AND INCLUDING A GRID OR MESH CATHODE OF ELECTRON EMISSIVE MATERIAL EMITTING THE ELECTRONS FORMING THE FLOOD BEAM AND SO FORMED AS TO ALLOW PASSAGE THERETHROUGH FOR THE ELECTRON BEAM FROM SAID WRITING GUN; AND MEANS FOR IMMERSING THE VOLUME BETWEEN THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND THE STORAGE ELECTRODE IN A MAGETIC COLLIMATING FIELD, THE FLUX DENSITY OF SAID MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND AT THE STORAGE ELECTRODE BEING INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE AREA OF THE FLOOD ELECTRON GUN AND OF THE STORAGE ELECTRODE, RESPECTIVELY.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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