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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7276704 | Photomultiplier tube, photomultiplier tube unit, and radiation detector A photomultiplier tube, a photomultiplier tube unit, and a performance-improved radiation detector for increasing a fixing area of a side tube in a faceplate while increasing an effective sensitive area of the faceplate. In the photomultiplier tube, a side face (... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6324870 | Method and device for integrating a glass part and metal part Metal collar device of the type used for integrating a glass part and a metal part of different coefficients of expansion. The collar is circular and comprises a first portion intended to be in contact with the metal part, a second portion intended to be ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6192709 | Quencher clamping operation using an electromagnet A method of embedding a magnetically attractable member (25) in a ceramic material (1) and a system therefor wherein there are provided a magnetically attractable member and a ceramic member capable of being placed in a molten state. The magnetically attr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5211595 | Method of manufacturing an arc tube with offset press seals A method of producing a high pressure discharge lamp arc tube having discharge electrodes extending from respective press seals into opposing end chambers of continuously reducing cross-section. The press seals are positioned offset from the axis of the a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5185922 | Method of making submicrometer microelectrodes Microelectrodes and methods for making the same are disclosed which have electrode tip diameter of less than 10 μm. The microelectrodes include a tapered electrode wire sealed in, and surrounded by, a tapered insulator tube. In one preferred embodiment, ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5174802 | Process for manufacturing various series of plug-in light bulbs A process for manufacturing various series of plug-in light bulbs wherein a glass tube used in making a Wedge lamp having an increasing diameter toward one end, inserting two conductive wires and a button rod within this tube integrated with its bottom en... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5133682 | Method and mold for fabricating an arc tube for an arc discharge lamp A method of fabricating an arc discharge capsule from a tubular blank, and a mold used in such fabrication, is provided wherein a first electode is sealed in a first press seal in one end of the blank, and a preform designed to facilitate insertion and po... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5108333 | Method of making a double-ended high-pressure discharge lamp To make a small high-pressure discharge lamp, for example of 50 W rating or less, and suitable, for example, for automotive applications, a quartz glass tube is heated, formed with constrictions, and a gas passed therebetween to expand the portion of the ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5037342 | Method of making an electric lamp, and more particularly a lamp vessel in which electrodes are retained in the lamp by a pinch or press seal To make a lamp of quartz or hard glass which has a bulb (10, 22) which does ot have an exhaust tip, for example a metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp or a halogen incandescent lamp, the glass bulb is formed by blow-molding the bulb to the desired sha... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5006088 | Method of making a pinch-sealed, gas-filled incandescent lamp A method of manufacturing an incandescent lamp which has a tube extending through the pinch seal of the glass envelope both for evacuating the same and for subsequently introducing a halogen gas therein. An envelope blank has its open end portion heated p... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4824459 | Marker pin for a universal stem mold An apparatus for manufacturing a glass stem for an electron tube comprises a first mold assembly and a second mold assembly for forming the stem therebetween. The glass stem includes a plurality of fillets with a lead-in conductor through less than all of... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4813992 | Universal stem mold apparatus An apparatus used to manufacture a molded glass stem comprises a plurality of conventional lower stem mold assemblies and a plurality pre-heating, heating, forming, and annealing stations. The forming stations include at least one primary forming station ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4749901 | Elimination of exhaust tube relief in press-sealed lamp A process for manufacturing an incandescent lamp includes evacuating the lamp through a hollow space formed in the lower portion of the lamp to be sealed by press jaws and sealing the lamp with press jaws whose surface is substantially flat.... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4723092 | Method of making a single-ended metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp, and single-ended lamp made according to the method To improve the high-voltage flash-over resistance by increasing the lead aration of the lamps, the pinch or press seal is, while the lamp is being made and the lamp tubing is in plastically deformable condition, extended at least is the region adjacent t... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4714510 | Method of bonding protective covers onto solar cells A method for bonding a protective cover to a solar cell is described comprising the steps of depositing onto a substrate a metallic gridwork corresponding to that which surrounds and defines the active photovoltaic areas of the solar cell; overlaying a pr... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4343643 | Sealing articles into a glass envelope and compound holder therefor A holder (55) for supporting in alignment a plurality of spaced electrodes (18) and (19) to be sealed into a corresponding plurality of envelopes (14) includes a metal base (82) which supports a stripper plate (87). A plurality of posts (36) extend from t... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4319906 | Method and apparatus for press sealing an arc tube body section A method and apparatus for press sealing a tubular quartz arc tube body section about a ribbon-type metallic seal. The method includes applying different intensities of heat to the quartz arc tube body section to be pressed in such a manner that four port... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4254300 | Electric lamp In electric lamps having a lamp envelope (20) of a type of glass containing at least 95% by weight of SiO2, the current leadthrough conductors (22, 23) usually consist of molybdenum foils to which internal (26, 27) and external (24, 25) current... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4224047 | Method of fusing a sight glass to a metal part The instant invention provides, in combination, a metal part having a cylindrical opening, a chamfer below the cylindrical opening, and an aperture below the chamfer, the diameter of the cylindrical opening being less than the diameter of the aperture at ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4142881 | Process for welding glass so that metallic elements pass through the weld bead A process for welding two glass members together to form a weld bead through which connecting wires extend. The glass members are first brought into intimate contact with metal parts which can be heated by a high frequency current. The glass members are h... | 03/06/1979 |
| 3960533 | Lamp having crystallizable light diffusing envelope An incandescent lamp has an envelope made of partially crystallized glass in order to diffuse the light emanating from the filament.... | 06/01/1976 |
