US3602754A
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Capillary tube gas discharge display panels and devices
Assignee: OI Glass Inc
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Filing: 1969-04-28
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Granted: 1971-08-31
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Expires: 1989-04-28
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a multiple discharge gas display/memory panel of the type in which filamentary or capillary size gas tubes or gas continuums are assembled and formed as a monolayer to form the gas discharge panel.
Inventors
- 👤 Lawrence V Pfaender
- 👤 Wolfgang W Bode
- 👤 Glenn H Dunlap
- 👤 Anthony M Kobylak
- 👤 Raymond S Richards
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 15:15
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J11/00; H01J11/10; H01J11/18; C; C03; C03B; C03B2203/00; C03B2203/02; C03B2203/04; C03B2203/10; C03B2203/14; C03B2203/16; H01J2893/00; H01J2893/0064; H01J2893/0065
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
In a multiple discharge gas display/memory panel of the type in which discrete discharges in a gas under pressure produces charges alternately collectable on surfaces of pairs of opposed dielectric members backed by pairs of conductors carrying operating alternating potentials, a glass structure comprising a plurality of axially coplanar elongated tubular glass capillary tube members formed as a monolayer and simultaneously with each other, a gaseous discharge medium in said tubes, one of said conductors of said pairs being parallel to the bore of a glass tube member, respectively, and the other of said conductor being disposed at the opposite surface of the tubes and at a transverse angle to the first conductors, respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
In a multiple discharge gas display/memory panel of the type in which discrete discharges in a gas under pressure produces charges alternately collectable on surfaces of pairs of opposed dielectric members backed by pairs of conductors carrying operating alternating potentials, a glass structure comprising a plurality of axially coplanar elongated tubular glass capillary tube members formed as a monolayer and simultaneously with each other, a gaseous discharge medium in said tubes, one of said conductors of said pairs being parallel to the bore of a glass tube member, respectively, and the other of said conductor being disposed at the opposite surface of the tubes and at a transverse angle to the first conductors, respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The invention defined in claim 1 wherein said parallel tubular members of a set are tubes and wherein the width dimension of the bore of each tube is equal to the lateral width dimension of said conductors, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
84 words
The invention defined in claim 1 wherein said parallel tubular members are rectangular in cross section and wherein each conductor lying parallel to the bore of a tubular member is greater in lateral dimension than the width of the bore of several of said tubes whereby the bores of several of said tubes lie within the lateral dimension of one of said conductors so that several discharges in the several tubes, respectively, are produced when operating potentials are applied to selected crossing conductors thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
The invention defined in claim 1 wherein said tubular members are essentially round tubes, the diameter of each bore of each tube is smaller than the width of the conductors paralleling same whereby there are several discharges on application of operating alternating potentials to preselected conductors thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The invention defined in claim 4 including solid glass fiber members between adjacent tubular members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The invention defined in claim 1 wherein said tubular members are substantially round tubes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention defined in claim 6 including at least one solid glass fiber spacer member between each adjacent tubular member, respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The invention defined in claim 7 wherein said solid fiber glass members are smaller in diameter than said tubular members.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
The invention defined in claim 7 wherein said solid glass fiber spacer members are circular in cross section and joined at their points of tangential contact with a hollow tubular member to form a groove for receiving one of said conductor members, respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The invention defined in claim 7 including at least one thin planar support substrate tangentially secured to said monolayer of capillary tubes and said glass fiber spacer members, respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The invention defined in claim 10 wherein one of said conductors is on the opposite side of said plate from said tube.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-08-30 | 1975-03-01 | 1975-08-31 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-08-30 | 1979-03-01 | 1979-08-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-08-30 | 1983-03-01 | 1983-08-31 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |