Automated system and method for assembling image intensifier tubes
US5314363A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J2231/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automation system for assembling photocathodes into vacuum tube housings so as to produce vacuum tube assemblies. Photocathodes are loaded, cleaned and otherwise processed in a first evacuated chamber. Similarly, vacuum tube housings are loaded, cleaned and otherwise processed in a second evacuated chamber. The first and second chambers are selectively interconnected wherein the photocathodes from the first chamber are transferred into the second chamber by an automated transfer mechanism. Once in the second chamber, the photocathodes are joined to the vacuum tube houses in an automation process, creating the final product vacuum tube assemblies.
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