Vacuum fluorescent display
AssigneesNoritake Itron Corporation, Noritake Co., Limited
InventorsTadami Maeda, Kouichi Okuyama
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Abstract
A vacuum fluorescent display includes a display portion, filament cathode, grid, and a pair of filament support members. The display portion is arranged on a substrate and has an anode coated with a phosphor material in accordance with a pattern to be displayed. The filament cathode is applied above the anode of the display portion to be separate from the anode. The grid is arranged between the anode of the display portion and the filament cathode, and cooperates with the corresponding anode to display a predetermined pattern. The pair of filament support members are connected to an outside and extend the filament cathode. Part of the filament support members is clamped between a front glass plate and glass spacer and is extracted to outside.
Claims5
A vacuum fluorescent display including a substrate which forms part of an envelope, an at least partially transparent front glass plate which forms part of said envelope, and a spacer member which forms part of said envelope, is arranged at a peripheral portion of said substrate, and opposes said substrate and front glass plate to each other at a predetermined gap, said display further comprising;
- a display portion arranged on said substrate and having an anode coated with a phosphor material in accordance with a pattern to be displayed;
- a filament cathode built above said anode of said display portion to be separate from said anode;
- a grid which is arranged between said anode of said display portion and said filament cathode and cooperates with said corresponding anode to display a predetermined pattern;
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- a pair of filament support members which are connected to an outside and extend said filament cathode,
- wherein part of said filament support members is clamped between said front glass plate and spacer member and extracted to outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.