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Method and apparatus for treating fluorescent substance

US4397885A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1981
Grant dateAug 9, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05H1/42
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for treating fluorescent substances used in illumination lamps or cathode ray tubes for television receivers. A gas plasma is produced by passing a gas through a discharge tube. The gas plasma including the active species are directed so as to bring the active species into contact with the fluorescent substance, the fluorescent substance being placed at a region separated from the plasma producing region.

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