Title:
SMALL RADIOACTIVE LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5519788
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A glass tube, laser sealed at its ends, has an elongated cross section, two wide side faces, and two narrow side faces. The tube contains a radioactive gas and a transducer, such as a phosphor compound, responsive to the gas. The narrow side faces of the tube are thicker than the wide side faces. Preferably, the wide side faces are outwardly bowed and the narrow side faces are semicylindrical to form an oval cross section. The ratio of the total glass thickness of the wide side faces to the spacing between the wide side faces is approximately 0.7.
Inventors:
TOOMASU EDOWAADO KIYAFUARERA
JIYOOJI JIYON RATSUDA
HARII HARISON DOUUREI JIYUNIA
JIYOOJI JIYON RATSUDA
HARII HARISON DOUUREI JIYUNIA
Application Number:
JP7575079A
Publication Date:
February 12, 1980
Filing Date:
June 18, 1979
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AMERICAN ATOMICS CORP
International Classes:
H01J9/24; G09F13/20; G21H3/00; H01J65/08; (IPC1-7): G02F1/133; G09F9/00; G09F13/20; G21H3/00; H01J9/24; H01J65/08