摘要:
Disclosed is an electrodeless, low pressure gas discharge lamp (10). The lamp (10) includes a vitreous envelope (12) containing a metal vapour and an inert gas. The envelope (12) is shaped with an external chamber (14) for receiving an electrical excitation circuit. The excitation circuit is effective for exciting the metal vapour to emit light with electromagnetic fields that are passed through the vitreous envelope (12) from outside, to inside, the envelope (12). A circuit supplies electrical power from power mains to the excitation circuit. A transparent, electrically conductive coating (26) is disposed on the inner surface of the vitreous envelope (12) for suppressing electromagnetic interference on the power mains. An electrically conductive coating (30) is disposed on the outer surface of the vitreous envelope (12); it is capacitively coupled to the inner conductive coating (26), via a wall of the vitreous envelope (12), and is maintained at a suitable potential for suppressing electromagnetic interference on the power mains. The outer conductive coating (30) comprises a matrix (40) of a contiguous, inorganic, glass layer bonded to an exterior surface of the vitreous envelope (12), and conductive particles (42) embedded in the matrix (40) in a sufficiently dense manner to form a conductive coating.
摘要:
A UV absorbing soda-lime glass containing specific amounts of cerium oxide and iron oxide permits the use of significantly less Ce0₂ than is used in prior art glass. The amount of cerium oxide and iron oxide present is .02-.07 wt. % and 02-.06 wt. %, respectively, with a combined total typically no more than .13 wt. %. This glass is useful for fluorescent lamp envelopes in absorbing UVB radiation having a wavelength between 280-320 nm, while being transparent to visible light radiation without effecting the color of the light emitted by the lamp.
摘要:
An incandescent lamp (54) containing a coiled filament (28) within a vitreous envelope wherein the filament is supported at at least one point along its coil length by a refractory metal support wire (10) one end of which is welded to a coil (28) and the other end secured to the envelope wall by a glass bead (24). The support prevents filament sag during lamp operation and is especially useful with double-ended high intensity tungsten-halogen lamps having an elliptically shaped filament chamber with an infrared reflecting and visible light transmitting optical interference coating on the chamber.
摘要:
An electric lamp (100) including a sealed light-transmissive lamp envelope (105) having an interior space, a base fixed to the outer envelope (105), a non-insulated main conductor wire (160) within the outer envelope and connected to the base (110) at one end, a light source (140) capable of generating light within the outer envelope (105), a shroud (145) surrounding the light source (140) and mounted adjacent the non-insulated main conductor wire (160), and a first center support. The light source (140) has first and second ends. The first end is electrically coupled to the non-insulated main conductor wire (160), and the second end is coupled to a stem lead (180). The first center support (150) supports the shroud (145) and the light source (140) and mechanically couples the shroud (145) and the light source (140) to the non-insulated main conductor wire (160).
摘要:
An arc tube for a ceramic metal halide lamp includes a hollow first body member (40) that is tapered along a majority of its length to aid in removing the molded component from a pin during assembly. An open end (46) of the first body member has a constant diameter (60) allowing it to be joined to a constant diameter portion (72) of the second body member or end cap (70). The mating constant diameter portions ensure that the hollow first body member can be monolithically joined with the end cap with a reduced level of seal voids.
摘要:
A solid step process for converting a polycrystalline body to a single crystal body includes the steps of forming a selected surface topography on the body and then heating the body at a temperature below its melting temperature for a time sufficient to substantially convert the polycrystalline material to single crystal material. The surface topography includes depressions or protrusions from the body having sidewalls of the polycrystalline material that are disposed to intersect one another at junctions forming relatively sharp comers, and the dimensions of the sidewalls are greater than the average grain size of the polycrystalline material. Typically alumina is the polycrystalline material and surface features include grooves or the like. The patterned alumina body with the selected surface topography is heated to a temperature between 1800 DEG and 2000 DEG C in one or more cycles to convert the polycrystalline alumina to sapphire.