Electric lamp and discharge devices – Liquid electrode discharge devices
Patent
1990-12-10
1992-12-08
Yusko, Donald J.
Electric lamp and discharge devices
Liquid electrode discharge devices
313573, 313634, 313612, H01J 1708
Patent
active
051700913
ABSTRACT:
A noble-gas flashlamp having a self-replenishing mercury-pool cathode. The lamp includes a lamp envelope which is transparent to UV radiation and which forms a linearly extending discharge chamber for holding a noble gas discharge material. At the cathode end of the discharge chamber the envelope forms a cavity or bubble communicating with the discharge chamber. The cathode of the lamp is formed by a cathode electrode and a pool of liquid mercury in the cavity. The electrode is both electrically and thermally conducting, and the pool of liquid mercury covers the electrode and is in heat exchange relation with the electrode in the cavity. For enhanced heat transfer the cathode electrode extends beyond the lamp envelope so that it may be brought into direct contact with the lamp coolant material. The anode comprises an electrically and thermally conducting anode electrode at said anode end of the discharge chamber. The anode may also be formed with a cavity or bubble in the lamp envelope surrounding the anode electrode and with a much heavier than conventional heat sink in the form of a heavy tungsten rod protruding beyond the lamp envelope so that it may also be brought into direct contact with the lamp coolant material.
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Giust John
Ultraviolet Energy Generators, Inc.
Yusko Donald J.
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