Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Discharge device and/or rectifier in the supply circuit – Flashers
Patent
1984-12-21
1987-03-31
Chatmon, Saxfield
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Discharge device and/or rectifier in the supply circuit
Flashers
362216, 339 50C, 315DIG1, 315DIG5, 315306, H05B 3700, H05B 3900, H05B 4114
Patent
active
046545620
ABSTRACT:
A flashing lamp unit comprising a fluorescent lamp, an ionization electrode in close proximity to the lamp, and an electrical means for exciting the lamp and ionization electrode to cause the lamp to flash. In one embodiment, the lamp is torroidal in shape, the ionization electrode is arc-shaped and abuts the lamp, and an optical scanning device peers through the center space of the lamp so that the lamp provides a substantially uniform illuminated field for viewing by the scanning device.
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Chatmon Saxfield
The Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.
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