"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5855637 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using bonding agents A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emissio... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5677190 | Cell and circuit for monitoring photochemical reactions An improved measurement cell and circuit for measuring the electrical characteristics of a liquid sample during exposure to radiation includes a glass cell formed of a main tube extending generally parallel to an elongated lamp emitting the radiation, and... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5312472 | Method for manufacturing resonant cavity for laser A method for affixing the optics of a laser to the laser tube, comprising: providing a substrate seat, coupling a substrate to the seat, coating the substrate with a multilayer thin film coating, and securing the substrate seat to the laser tube. In a fur... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5242478 | Method of controlling metal oxidation during waveguide formation An optical waveguide forming process is disclosed which enables glass waveguides to be deposited on metalized substrates without substantial degradation of the wiring of the substrate. The process involves the use of carbon material to protect the metal w... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5004489 | Process for producing a glass-metal connection The invention concerns glass-metal sealing comprising effecting on a metallic piece, in particular an alloy based on iron and nickel or iron, nickel and cobalt, first of all a decarburization under an atmosphere, at a temperature of between 950° C. and 1... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4995340 | Glass coating apparatus An apparatus for coating flat glass by directing a reactant gas over the glass surface incorporates a gas flow restrictor which comprises a chamber which is adapted to receive a supply of reactant gas and is adapted to output a flow of the reactant gas ov... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4915719 | Method of producing a hermetic glass to metal seal without metal oxidation A method for forming a hermetic compression glass to metal seal which leaves the metal free of oxide. A temporary assembly of a metal header having a glass bead in an aperture therethrough and an electrical feedthrough conductor passing through the glass ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4906311 | Method of making a hermetically sealed electronic component A cermic substrate supports a thin or thick film electronic circuit hermetically enclosed by a vitreous glass covering sealed to the ceramic substrate by a heat fused vitreous sealing glass. The vitreous sealing glass is screened onto the vitreous glass c... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4725333 | Metal-glass laminate and process for producing same This application is directed to a process of forming a laminate. The steps include providing a glass and a metal foil of either deoxidized copper alloy or oxygen-free copper alloy. The glass is heated at a temperature of between about 600° to about 1025Â... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4687540 | Method of manufacturing glass capacitors and resulting product This invention relates to a laminated glass capacitor and method of making the capacitor. The capacitor is constructed of a plurality of internal electrodes stacked and having glass layers therebetween to give electrostatic capacity. External electrodes a... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4545799 | Method of making direct seal between niobium and ceramics A high pressure arc lamp has a ceramic arc tube envelope. A niobium feedthrough positions electrodes within the tube. A ceramic insert at each end of the tube forms a direct high temperature hermetic seal with the niobium feedthrough and the ceramic tube ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4526601 | Method of fixing an electron gun assembly into the neck of a cathode ray tube and structure so produced An improved means for incorporating an electron gun and stem assembly into the neck of a cathode ray tube wherein the stem is engaged with a metal collar while providing a groove therebetween, a thermally insulating fusible adhesive having an initial melt... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4445920 | Method of making glass-to-metal seal (header) A metal-to-glass-to-metal seal that includes a chemical bond between the ss and metal as well as a mechanical seal is obtained by using an oxide layer which joins the glass and metal. A glass tube or glass powder with a coefficient of expansion which app... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4433962 | Process for making envelope for projection television tube A process for making an envelope for a projection televised tube, that includes a spherically curved electronic beam target surface spaced away from the neck of the tube, a larger reflective surface spherically curved concentrically with the target surfac... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4347658 | Method of making magnetic reed contact unit Reed switch contact unit is made in a sealed box and a pivotally-mounted guide member (7) with a V- or Y-shaped slot aligning the bottom reed during assembly.... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4340409 | Method of fabricating a pressure sensor A pressure sensor including a pressure capsule such as a dual diaphragm quartz capacitance pressure capsule and structure for supporting and sealing same within the pressure environment to be measured. The pressure capsule having two parallel quartz plate... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4214885 | Method for producing miniature lamps Method for producing miniature lamps comprising the steps of heating a stem by radiation such as infrared rays by which inner periphery of a glass tube contacting the stem is melted, said heating is performed in the vacuum atmosphere, and at the same time... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4198225 | Microchannel plate in wall fabrication, method and apparatus A method and apparatus is provided for manufacturing microchannel-plate-iall structures (MIW's) wherein the electrical properties of the microchannel plate are protected by the localized application of a cover gas.... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4178050 | Manufacture of halogen cycle incandescent lamps To permit the use of hard glass rather than silica or quartz glass, a bulb of hard glass is drawn from a length of hard glass tubing, the exhaust tube being molded on adjacent the rounded-off bulb. A mount assembly composed of filaments and two or more le... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4125390 | Method of vacuum-sealing vacuum articles A sealing member not adhesive before melting is applied to a portion of a vacuum article to be sealed while maintaining a communication passage between the inside and outside of the article. After mounting the article in an evacuation tank, the tank is ev... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4025327 | Method for fabricating a mass spectrometer inlet leak A method of fabricating an inlet leak for measuring chemically reactive gases. The method involves the steps of preparing a selected internal surface of a high melting point metal tubing for sealing to a glass tubing; inserting a portion of the glass tubi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3941575 | Multi-element reed capsule sealing apparatus and method for making A machine for assembling the plural contact pairs of a multi-element reed capsule switch inside of a glass envelope and maintaining the overall assembly in alignment while the glass envelope is heated and sealed around the terminal ends of the contact pai... | 03/02/1976 |