Single-ended low-pressure discharge lamp, such as fluorescent la

Details Single-ended low-pressure discharge lamp, such as fluorescent la Single-ended low-pressure discharge lamp, such as fluorescent la

1984-02-21

1986-07-08

Demeo, Palmer C.

Electric lamp and discharge devices

With luminescent solid or liquid material

With gaseous discharge medium

313318, 445 26, H01J 192, H01J 926

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active

045995362

ABSTRACT:
A single-ended low-pressure discharge lamp, such as a fluorescent lamp, is ade by providing an inner glass base structure which has a depending portion (2) extending towards the base (14) of the lamp, and an upper flange or rim portion (3) to which the bulb (10) is melted-on as a last step. Two U-shaped tubes (5, 5') are melted-in into an oval deformed region of the depending projecting end portion (2), a pre-heatable electrode (12, 12') being also located within the end region (8, 8a) of the U-shaped tubes, so that, in one working step, after deformation of the glass U-shaped tubes and the glass inner base structure, a press operation will seal together the electrodes within the ends of the U-shaped tubes, the glass of the U-shaped tubes and the inner base structure. The glass of the U-shaped tubes is coated with a phosphor, resulting in a long discharge path, through both of the U-shaped tubes, permitting direct replacement of screw-type based incandescent lamps by the thus formed fluorescent unit, after placing a bulb over the U-shaped tube and attachment to the rim, and introducing a fill including mercury. The axially depending end portion, being generally oval in cross section, leaves space laterally of the elongated sides of the oval between a circular base for positioning, for example, of starter and ballast elements.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4199708 (1980-04-01), Lauwerijssen et al.
patent: 4441050 (1984-04-01), Steeger et al.
patent: 4510415 (1985-04-01), Ogata et al.
Popular Science, Nov. 1983, pp. 22, 24, 26 "Folded Fluorescents".

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