Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps

HELECTRICITY H01Electric elements H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

H01J9/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps

H01J9/003Auxiliary devices for installing or removing discharge tubes or lamps H01J9/006for fluorescent lamps H01J9/02Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems H01J9/022of cold cathodes H01J9/025of field emission cathodes H01J9/027of thin film cathodes H01J9/04of thermionic cathodes H01J9/042Manufacture, activation of the emissive part H01J9/045Activation of assembled cathode H01J9/047Cathodes having impregnated bodies H01J9/06Machines therefor H01J9/08Manufacture of heaters for indirectly-heated cathodes H01J9/10Machines therefor H01J9/12of photo-emissive cathodes of secondary-emission electrodes H01J9/125of secondary emission electrodes H01J9/14of non-emitting electrodes H01J9/142of shadow-masks for colour television tubes H01J9/144Mask treatment related to the process of dot deposition during manufacture of luminescent screen H01J9/146Surface treatment H01J9/148of electron emission flat panels H01J9/16Machines for making wire grids H01J9/18Assembling together the component parts of electrode systems H01J9/185of flat panel display devices H01J9/20Manufacture of screens on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted or stored Applying coatings to the vessel H01J9/205Applying optical coatings or shielding coatings to the vessel of flat panel displays H01J9/22Applying luminescent coatings H01J9/221in continuous layers H01J9/222constituted by coated granules emitting light of different colour H01J9/223by uniformly dispersing of liquid H01J9/224by precipitation H01J9/225by electrostatic or electrophoretic processes H01J9/227with luminescent material discontinuously arranged H01J9/2271by photographic processes H01J9/2272Devices for carrying out the processes H01J9/2273Auxiliary lenses and filters H01J9/2274Light sources particularly adapted therefor H01J9/2275including the exposition of a substance responsive to a particular radiation H01J9/2276Development of latent electrostatic images H01J9/2277by other processes H01J9/2278Application of light absorbing material H01J9/233Manufacture of photo-electric screens or charge-storage screens H01J9/236Manufacture of magnetic deflecting devices for cathode-ray tubes H01J9/24Manufacture or joining of vessels, leading-in conductors or bases H01J9/241the vessel being for a flat panel display H01J9/242Spacers between faceplate and backplate H01J9/244specially adapted for cathode ray tubes H01J9/245specially adapted for gas discharge tubes or lamps H01J9/247specially adapted for gas-discharge lamps H01J9/248the vessel being flat H01J9/26Sealing together parts of vessels H01J9/261the vessel being for a flat panel display H01J9/263specially adapted for cathode-ray tubes H01J9/265specially adapted for gas-discharge tubes or lamps H01J9/266specially adapted for gas-discharge lamps H01J9/268the vessel being flat H01J9/28Manufacture of leading-in conductors H01J9/30Manufacture of bases H01J9/32Sealing leading-in conductors H01J9/323Sealing leading-in conductors into a discharge lamp or a gas-filled discharge device H01J9/326making pinched-stem or analogous seals H01J9/34Joining base to vessel H01J9/36Joining connectors to internal electrode system H01J9/38Exhausting, degassing, filling, or cleaning vessels H01J9/385Exhausting vessels H01J9/39Degassing vessels H01J9/395Filling vessels H01J9/40Closing vessels H01J9/42Measurement or testing during manufacture H01J9/44Factory adjustment of completed discharge tubes or lamps to comply with desired tolerances H01J9/445Aging of tubes or lamps H01J9/46Machines having sequentially arranged operating stations H01J9/48with automatic transfer of work-pieces between operating stations H01J9/50Repairing or regenerating used or defective discharge tubes or lamps H01J9/505Regeneration of cathodes H01J9/52Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps