Patent ID: 7107676
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: H01J,H01K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing one-piece foliated leads for sealing in electrical light sources from conductive wire, each such foliated lead comprising a foil bookended by a first lead wire and a second lead wire, the process comprising the steps of: providing two opposed automated hammers, each having a working face centered on an axis; aligning the working faces of the two hammers to be centered on a common axis; positioning a portion of wire between the working faces and orthogonally crossing through the common axis; foliating the wire by hammering the wire between the working faces of said hammers with a predetermined plurality of blows in rapid succession, each blow having a predetermined magnitude of hammering energy, wherein the motion of hammering is along the common axis; and significantly increasing the magnitude of hammering energy for each succeeding blow of the plurality of blows, such that the magnitude of hammering energy of a second blow is significantly higher than that of a first blow of the plurality of blows, the magnitude of hammering energy of a third blow is significantly higher than that of the second blow of the plurality of blows, and so on such that the magnitude of hammering energy of the last blow is significantly higher than that of the next-to-last blow of the plurality of blows.