# US 5,708,326 A · Rhenium tungsten alloy wire for use in a filamentary cathode of a fluorescent display device

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- Number: US 5,708,326 A
- Document ID: US5708326A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/654,203
- Filed: 1996-05-28
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1993-01-22
- Assignees: Futaba Denshi Kogyo K.K.; Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Inventors: Tadashi Mizohata; Masashi Suzuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5708326A

## CPC

- H01J 1/15: Cathodes heated directly by an electric current
- H01J 29/04: Cathodes
- H01J 31/126: {using line sources}
- H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)

## Abstract

A fluorescent display device including a cathode filament increased in mechanical strength and reduced in end cool. A 26% Re-W filament of 0.64 MG (corresponding to 0.64 mg in weight per 20 cm in length) exhibits an end cool as small as 4.2 mm on each of both sides thereof at a temperature of about 580.degree. C. The end cool in a conventional W filament of the same diameter is increased to about 8 mm. The 26% Re-W filament is increased in mechanical strength by 50% as compared with the conventional W filament.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A Re-W alloy for use in a filamentary cathode of a fluorescent display device consisting of greater than 15 wt. % of Re and balance of W.

### Claim 2

A filamentary cathode comprising a linear filament made of Re-W alloy consisting of greater than 15 wt. % of Re and balance of W which is surrounded by electron emission material.