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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Macklin, Highlands, NJ (US);
William T Silfvast, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Obert R Wood, II, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 76 ; 313564 ; 313565 ; 313566 ; 372 56 ; 372 81 ; 372 87 ;
Abstract
In an arc discharge device, a thin film bridges the gap(s) between adjacent electrodes, thereby enabling the arc discharge to be initiated and sustained by a low voltage D.C. supply. Application of the invention to both light source (e.g., laser) and material working (e.g., metal deposition) embodiments is described. One of the light source embodiments utilizes a cathode electrode which includes a pool of liquid Hg to generate a Hg ion plasma.