Method of manufacturing electrodes
OwnerDaniel Prestoninventor
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Abstract
An improved design and method and of manufacturing a luminous tube electrode comprises the steps of placing an electrode shell in an outer tube and allowing conductors connected to the electrode shell to emanate from an open end of the outer tube. A tubulation with a flared end is then butted up against the end of the outer tube, thereby sandwiching the conductors between the flared end of the tubulation and the outer tube. The flared end of the tubulation are then fused to one another forming a hermetic seal between each other and the conductors, resulting in the finished electrode. A further provision is made to blow a bubble in the tubulation.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing an electrode comprising the steps of:
- placing an electrode shell within an outer tube and on an electrode shell holder such that conductors connected to said electrode shell emanate freely from an end of said outer tube
- placing a tubulation against an end of said outer tube thereby sandwiching said conductors between said outer tube and said tubulation;
- and
- fusing said tubulation to said outer tube.
Apparatus for forming luminous tube electrodes comprising
- a mandrel for holding an electrode shell thereon;
- means for supporting an outer tube to circumferentially surround the electrode shell while allowing the conductors to freely emanate from an end thereof;
- means for butting a tubulation against an end of said outer tube;
- means for fusing said tubulation to said outer tube.
A method of forming a luminous tube electrode comprising the steps of:
- placing an electrode shell within an outer tube and on an electrode shell bolder, said outer tube having an end;
- placing an end of a tubulation against said end of said outer tube to form a junction;
- and
- fusing said tubulation to said outer tube at said junction.
A method of producing an electrode comprising the steps of:
- a) placing an outer tube proximate to a tubulation;
- b) positioning an electrode shell within said outer tube;
- c) merging said tubulation to said outer tube;
- d) heating a predetermined length of said tubulation;
- and
- e) injecting gas through said tubulation and outer tube to thereby cause a bubble to be formed in said tubulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.