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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn E Spangler, Lutherville, MD (US);
John P Carrico, Jr, Laurel, MD (US);
Donald N Campbell, Timonium, MD (US);
Assignee:
Environmental Technologies Group, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313345 ; 2504 / ;
Abstract
A thermionic emitter for providing positive ions has been described incorporating a mixture of beta-alumina and inert material such as charcoal positioned on a filament for heating the mixture. Alternately the invention may incorporate beta-alumina with inert material such as nickle deposited in selected areas. The invention overcomes the problem of generating positive ions with low power consumption.