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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Kazuhiko Machida, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
An electrical discharge tube comprises a cylindrical body, made of insulating material, having an inner surface, and having end faces defining respective openings. Metallized layers are formed on the respective end faces of the cylindrical body and are substantially parallel to each other. Electrodes airtightly close the respective openings by means of the metallized layers and have respective electrical discharge faces, between which an electrical discharge gap is defined. At least one first electrical discharge trigger wire is formed as a loop on the inner surface of the cylindrical body and extends substantially in parallel to the metallized layers along a first surface located within a range of the electrical discharge gap. At least one second electrical discharge trigger wire is formed on the inner surface of the cylindrical body and extends from the upper metallized layer to a fourth surface located between a second surface including the electrical discharge face of the upper electrode and the upper metallized layer.