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TUBE FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE WAVE LENGTHS
Filed Nov. 21 , 1941

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Patented June 13, 1944 2,351,055

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,351,055
TUBE FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE WAVE
LENGTBS
George Lakhovsky, New York, N.Y.; Anne-Marie
Louise Lakhovsky, administratrix of said
George Lakhovsky, deceased, assignor to Henry
S. Blum, Chicago, Ill.
Application November 21, 1941, Serial No. 420,006
11 Claims. (C. 250-33)
This invention relates generally to electric de vational view of a tube incorporating features of
vices excited by electric impulses and more par my invention.
ticularly to multiple wave length conducting Fig. 2 is a similar view of an alternate form
and/or producing means. This invention has for thereof.
its primary object the provision of such means Fig. 3 illustrates in a similar manner a modi
disposed within a vacuum tube or a tube contain fied form of my invention.
ing rare gas or gases. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of a mod
My work over a period of more than 20 years ification made in accordance with the invention.
has led me to the belief that there is great need Fig. 5 is a similar view of another modification.
for means conducting and/or producing multiple Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views illustrating
Wave lengths which may be employed in many types of wires used in either of the forms of my
industrial and medical fields. Suitable appara invention as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
tus for producing waves of various lengths is dis Fig. 8 is a partial sectional, partial elevational
closed in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,962,565, view illustrating a tube incorporating a plurality
dated June 12, 1934. Embodiments of this appa of grids and Selective capacity means for varying
ratus have been in use the World over. Because the effects of said grids.
of the need for simplification in such apparatus Fig. 9 is a similar view of a tube, such as shown
so that it may be handy and easily used by per in Figs. i. or 2 and incorporating Oscillating or
Sons lacking skill in electrical matters, I have vibrating means.
In that form of my invention shown in Fig. 1,
concluded that by providing one unit which in 20 there
Corporates Oscillation generating means and an is provided a sealed preferably transparent
other in which the Wave lengths are produced, envelope O made of glass or like material affixed
the apparatus may be more universally used in in the usual manner to a screw or Edison plug .
the treatment of cellular life in therapy, in the The latter is conventionally provided with a shell
aging or treating of liquids and in other indus 25 terminal 2 and a central terminal 3. The sup
port or seal 4 of the tube serves to hold wires
trial fields. . .. . . .... . .
The present invention deals with those units, such as 5 and 6 which connect to the terminals
2 and 3.
preferably combined with one another and con Connected to the wires 5 and 6 is a primary
structed as a portable device and as stated above,
has for its major object the provision of a uni 30 inductance member in the form of a loose coil 7
which may be disposed axially of the envelope O,
tary multiple wave length producing and/or con as shown. The upper end of said member 7
ducting device in the form of a vacuum tube. forms a tight Wound coil 18 which serves to radi
The present invention further contemplates ate the strongest induced wave lengths.
the incorporation in such a tube, of means for Surrounding the primary inductance member
varying the effect of wave lengths, or selectively 7, there are arranged a plurality of separate
employing the means therefor enclosed in or coils of wire each being of different length and
forming part of said tube. . . . . .
This invention further seeks to provide a tube capacity. Thus, I provide a coil 9 having great
of the indicated type incorporating means for est capacity and successive coils 20, 2, 22, 23, 24,
generating oscillations. 40 and 25, each having less capacity than the pre
Another object of the invention is to provide a ceding coil. These coils 9 to 25 form secondary
single unit which contains an oscillation genera inductance means each permitting emanation of
tor, which produces waves of definite frequency, a wave length of different magnitude and value
and further inductance means each permitting than the other.
I may support the secondary coils in several
emanation of wave lengths of various values. 45
Ways. As shown, I prefer to provide a dielectric
The structural features of my invention also member such as a glass sleeve 26 surrounding the
form a material part of this disclosure, the ob
jects and advantages being attained in structures primary inductance wire member 7 and to
mount the secondary coils 9 to 25 on the outer
such as shown in the accompanying drawing,
which exemplifies the invention. The following 50 Surface of Said sleeve, leaving the coil 8 exposed
specification, based on said drawing, more clearly at the top thereof. In order to effectively sup
points out the purposes and advantages of my in port and centralize the glass sleeve 26, I provide
vention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spacing washers 27 and 28 of mica or the like,
In the drawing: ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . top and bottom, and provide a supporting cross
Flg. is a vertical, partial sectional, partial ele piece 29 on the lower portion of the wire fl.
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The tube above described may be employed as 56, and 57 and cutting in one or more of the
indicated for the treatment of Cellular Structures grids 52, 53, and 54.
by connecting it to any one of the rings in the The effect of the spark as produced in the
electrostatic field of high frequency, such as form of the invention depicted in Fig. 3 may be
shown in said U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,962,565, further utilized in Fig. 9 in which I also incor
each of the coils 8 to 25 producing by induc porate a vibrator 62 which produces electrical
tion a different wave length, as can be under oscillations by a spark intermittently generated
stood. between the end of the primary inductance mem
In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 2, ber 7d and vibrator armature 64. In other re
the envelope Ca is somewhat differently shaped, lo Spects the structure follows that of Fig. 1.
and the Wire Ta straight instead of arranged as It may be noted that any type of spark pro
an open coil. In other respects, the structure:: ducing or oscillation generating means may be
follows that described with reference to Fig. 1. substituted for the vibrator shown. The tubes
As shown in Fig. 3, there may be arranged a ShoWn in FigS. 3 and 9 may be used in the manner
plurality of open rings 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 3G, 37, described for Fig. 1 by connecting one terminal
38, 39, and 40 in frustro-conical form, for in of the base as set forth to produce an induction
effect. These tubes may be also connected across
stance, with the largest of said rings at the top
and the smallest one adjacent the bottom. I both terminals with a suitable potential to obtain
have shown said rings as supported, for instance, r. the spark effect.
by glass posts 4 and 42, said posts being sup 20 From the foregoing it may be seen that I have
ported on the seal 4b, as by a band 43. I. pro provided tubes in various forms for the purpose
vide extensions for the terminal wires 5a and of generating and conducting multiple wave
6a and connect said extensions 44 and 45 to lengths. Other forms of the invention may be
the upper ring 30 and the next lower ring 3, re produced within the spirit, and scope of the in
spectively. W ". . . Vention as claimed. . . .
The rings 30 and 3 may become the primary 25 Having thus described my invention, what I
inductance members, whereas the remaining rings claim as new and desire to be secured by Let
constitute the secondary inductance members as ters Patent, is:
before set forth. Electric current conducted to 1. A device of the character described com
the suitably spaced rings 30, 3 f will cause a spark 30
prising a vacuum tube having an envelope and
46 to be drawn between the rings 30 and 3 pro base, primary inductance means, and a plu
viding oscillations emanating from electrical dis rality of separate secondary inductance means
charges therebetween and causing the radiation of different length for radiating waves of various
of waves of various lengths within the envelope lengths extending above said primary inductance
Ob and affecting the remaining rings. . - means, all said inductance means being arranged
In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the secondary 35 Within said envelope.
coils as formed of Wires having uniform cross 2. A device of the character described compris
section. Fig. 4 illustrates how such wires may ing a vacuum tube having an envelope and base,
be made progressively smaller in the Succeeding a primary inductance member axially arranged
coils 9c, 20c, and, 2c, etc. Similarly, I have 40 in said envelope, and a plurality of secondary
shown the rings of Fig. 3 made progressively inductance members spaced apart and independ
Smaller in Fig. 5, said rings being designated by ent from each other each member surrounding
numerals 30d, 3d, 32d, 33d, 34d and 35d., etc. In a respective portion of said primary inductance
Such various manners, the Wave length producing member and within the field of influence thereof.
effect of the secondary coils or rings may bear 45 3. A device of the character described com
rived at. .
The secondary coils or rings may be round or prising a vacuum tube having an envelope and
somewhat flattened wire as shown in Fig. 6 or base, a primary inductance member axially ar
tubular as in Fig. 7, offering a yet greater flex ranged in said envelope, and a plurality of sec
ibility of design. ondary inductance members each surrounding
50 the primary inductance member and within the
The devices of Figs. 1 and 2 above described field of influence thereof, each of said secondary
may be incorporated in the system shown in said inductance members having a different wave
U. S. Letters Patent by connecting one of the length effect than the others. .
rings a, b, c, d, e, or f with plug of Fig. 1, 4. A device of the character described com
since either terminal 5, 6 is in contact with 55 prising a vacuum tube having an envelope and
primary inductance member 7. To this end a base, a primary inductance member comprising
conductor (not shown) connects such a ring with a pair of split rings in inductive relation, and
said plug or socket. a plurality of secondary inductance members
In Fig. 8, I have shown a modification of the each comprising split rings. . . . . . .
invention which comprises a vacuum tube 50 con 5. A device of the character described com
60
taining a plate 5 and a plurality of different prising a vacuum tube having an envelope and
wave lengths producing grids 52, 53, and 54. I base, a primary inductance member comprising
connect each grid with a variable capacity de a pair of split rings in inductive relation, and a
vice, such as 55, 56, and 57 carried by said tube plurality of secondary inductance members each
50 and preferably by its base support 63, whereby 65 comprising split rings, said latter rings being ar
the grids may be selectively connected into an ranged in different planes and being of different
operating circuit (not shown) by means of the length to produce a different wave length effect.
respective prongs 58, 59, and 60, and the plate 6. In a device of the character described,
prong. 6t. Heating or other exciting means may means for producing multiple wave lengths com
be incorporated in the tube in a well-known man 70 prising a wire member, enclosing dielectric
ner. This combination tube 50 is designed to means for said member, and a plurality of sepa-.
replace a plurality of known tubes each operat rate wire coils of different lengths on said di
ing with different and variable wave length ef electric means and in the field of inductance of
fect, mere exterior manipulation at said base said wire member. . .. . .
support brings about change of the capacities 55, 75 in a device of the character described,
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means for producing multiple Wave lengths com 10. In a device of the character described,
prising a wire member, enclosing dielectric means for producing multiple Wave lengths
means for said member, and a plurality Of Wire comprising two split rings in inductive relation,
coils. On Said dielectric means and in the field and a plurality of split rings in inductive rela
of inductance of said wire member, each coil 5 tion to the tWO Split rings, the plurality of rings
extending over said wire member and having being of Smaller diameter than the mentioned
a different number of Convolutions than the tWO rings and each progressively smaller than
others.
the others, all of the rings being arranged in
8. In a device of the character described, frusto-conical disposition.
means for producing multiple wave lengths O 11. In a vacuum tube having a primary in
comprising two split rings in inductive relation, ductance member and secondary inductance
and a plurality of split rings in inductive rela members, a vibrator arranged in the field of in
tion to the two split rings. fluence of Said primary inductance member and
9. In a device of the character described, Secondary inductance members, a vibrator ar
ranged in the field of influence of Said primary
means for producing multiple wave lengths 5 inductance
comprising two split rings in inductive relation, member for affecting the induction
and a plurality of split rings in inductive rela of said Secondary members.
tion to the two split rings, the plurality of rings GEORGE LAKHOWSKY.
being of smaller diameter than the mentioned
two rings and each progressively smaller than 20
the others.