Gas operated switches
CA 1093618 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Scray, Eugene J. Jr.; Gomez, Richard S.
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Switches operated by gas, preferably controlled electrothermally, include a capillary tube closed at both ends with a conductive liquid piston dividing the tube into two chambers each filled with a non-oxidizing gas. A pair of electrical contact points are disposed within the capillary tube with the piston positioned to at selected intervals, contact both points simultaneously. In one embodiment of the switches a closed, glass capillary tube contains a pair of aligned nickel wires with ends selectively contacted simultaneously by a mercury piston or globule providing a circuit-closing position for the switch. The switch is set in the circuit-closing position by applying heat to a …
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- Granted January 13, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 13, 1998.
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