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EP 0232774 B1 19891018 - PICK-UP TUBE

Title (en)

PICK-UP TUBE

Publication

EP 0232774 B1 19891018 (DE)

Application

EP 87100956 A 19870123

Priority

DE 8603174 U 19860206

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0232774A1] 1. Image pick-up tube with a front disc (6) which is coated on its rear side with a transparent, electrically conductive layer (3) which is connected with a photoconductor (4), the acceptance of the signal current taking place by means of a contact (7a) which passes through the front disc (6) and is guided to the layer (3), characterised in that the contact (7a) lies in a right-angled channel in the front disc, the one end of which channel ends at the side of the front disc (6) and the other end of which channel ends at the layer (3).

IPC 1-7

H01J 29/92

IPC 8 full level

H01J 29/45 (2006.01); H01J 29/92 (2006.01); H01J 31/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01J 29/92 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 8603174 U1 19860619; DE 3760836 D1 19891123; EP 0232774 A1 19870819; EP 0232774 B1 19891018; JP S62129757 U 19870817

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 8603174 U 19860206; DE 3760836 T 19870123; EP 87100956 A 19870123; JP 1546587 U 19870204