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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:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy P Donaldson, Great Totham, GB;
Hugh Menown, Writtle, GB;
Assignee:
English Electric Valve Company Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ; H05B / ; H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315344 ; 315339 ;
Abstract
A magnetic thyratron interrupter is provided having between an anode and a cathode a structure having an aperture therein for a discharge presenting a succession of surfaces in the direction of discharge which are contacted when the discharge is moved by applying a magnetic field transversely to the discharge direction. Examples of structure are stacks of discs having concentric holes which are alternately of larger and smaller diameter and a strip of gauze wound into a spiral.