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Arsenic-free lead silicate vacuum tube glass
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1987-05-01
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Granted: 1988-04-12
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Expires: 2007-05-01
Abstract
Abstract A glass composition specially useful in the glass envelope of TV receiver tubes and which is of the lead silicate type is disclosed comprising in weight percent 30-65% SiO 2 , 20-40% PbO, 5-20% alkali metal oxides, 0-2% Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0.2-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.1-0.5% CeO 2 . The improvement resides in employment of a novel refining system when the glass is formed which employs Sb 2 O 3 , niter and CeO 2 as the refining agents in particular weight proportions to reduce the seed count in the molten glass while also reducing thermal shock breakage when the solid glass product is thereafter thermally reworked.
Inventors
- 👤 George L. Thomas
- 👤 Anup Sircar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 21:27
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C3/00; C03C3/04; C03C3/076; C03C3/102; C03C3/105; C03C3/062; C03C3/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A high voltage vacuum tube having a glass envelope, said glass consisting essentially of, in weight percent, 30-65% SiO 2 , 20-40% PbO, 5-20% alkali metal oxides, 0-2% Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.1-0.5% CeO 2 , with the aggregate content of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 being in the range of 0.4-2 wt. % wherein said glass envelope is made with the use of niter as a refining agent in an amount such that the weight ratio of niter to the aggregate weight of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 is in the range 0.5-4.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A high voltage vacuum tube having a glass envelope, said glass consisting essentially of, in weight percent, 30-65% SiO 2 , 20-40% PbO, 5-20% alkali metal oxides, 0-2% Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.1-0.5% CeO 2 , with the aggregate content of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 being in the range of 0.4-2 wt. % wherein said glass envelope is made with the use of niter as a refining agent in an amount such that the weight ratio of niter to the aggregate weight of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 is in the range 0.5-4.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A vacuum tube as in claim 1 wherein the glass consists essentially of in weight percent 45-50% SiO 2 , 25-35% PbO, 10-15% alkali metal oxides, 0.5-5.0% Al 2 O 3 , 5-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0.2-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.2-0.4% CeO 2 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vacuum tube as in claim 1 exhibiting the same optical transmission in the visible spectrum as when devoid of CeO 2 content.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
A high voltage vacuum tube glass envelope having a composition consisting essentially of, in wt. %, 30-65% SiO 2 , 20-40% PbO, 5-20% alkali metal oxides, 0-2% Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.1-0.5% CeO 2 , with the aggregate content of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 being in the range of 0.4-2 wt. % wherein said glass envelope is made with the use of niter as a refining agent in an amount such that the weight ratio of niter to the aggregate weight of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 is in the range 0.5-4.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
110 words
A high voltage vacuum tube glass envelope having a composition consisting essentially of, in wt. %, 30-65% SiO 2 , 20-40% PbO, 5-20% alkali metal oxides, 0-2% Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.1-0.5% CeO 2 , with the aggregate content of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 being in the range of 0.4-2 wt. % wherein said glass envelope is made with the use of niter as a refining agent in an amount such that the weight ratio of niter to the aggregate weight of Sb 2 O 3 and CeO 2 is in the range 0.5-4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The vacuum tube glass envelope of claim 4 wherein the glass consists essentially of, in wt. % 45-50% SiO 2 , 25-35% PbO, 10-15% alkali metal oxides, 0.5-5.0% Al 2 O 3 , 5-10% alkaline earth metal oxides, 0.2-2% Sb 2 O 3 , and 0.2-0.4% CeO 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The high voltage vacuum tube glass envelope of claim 5 exhibiting the same optical transmission in the visible spectrum as when devoid of CeO 2 content.
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