Electric lamp and discharge devices – With gas or vapor – Negative or cathode glow device
Patent
1990-12-28
1992-03-17
Yusko, Donald J.
Electric lamp and discharge devices
With gas or vapor
Negative or cathode glow device
313620, 313623, 337 22, H01J 1730, H01J 6164
Patent
active
050971778
ABSTRACT:
A quick start initiator for a flourescent light comprises a sealed glass bulb, a long conductor rod centrally located within the bulb, a pair of short conductor rods positioned to either side of the long conductor and electrically connected with a conducting lead protruding from the base of the glass bulb, and a pair of thermally deforming arcuate strips each being electrically connected to one of the short conductor rods. Wherein one arcuate bimetallic strip attached to one short conductor bar is normally separated by a space from the central conductor bar when in the inactive state. The other arcuate bimetallic strip on the other short conductor bar normally contacts the central long conductor when inactive. A mixture of argon and neon gases fills the glass bulb. Each of the leads are electrically connected in series with one respective cathode of a flourescent tube as in a conventional flourescent tube initiator circuit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2286790 (1942-06-01), Dench
patent: 4837483 (1989-06-01), Kling
patent: 4845406 (1989-07-01), Barakitis
Patel Nimrohkumar D.
Yusko Donald J.
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