Abstract:
A display device includes an elongated display tube to be filled with a discharge gas and provided with a phosphor layer therein, a supporter in contact with the display tube for supporting the display tube, and a plurality of electrodes arranged on a surface of the supporter facing the display tube, for externally applying a voltage to the display tube for generating discharge in the display tube so as to perform a display. The supporter has a shape fitting the display tube whereby the electrode is in contact with the display tube along the surface shape of the display tube.
Abstract:
A ring mounted by sealant between a lamp body and an output window has a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate to those of the lamp body and output window, thus to compensate for differing rates of thermal expansion and contraction of the lamp body and output window. A ring may be of solid metallic material, and may be solid or adapted to flex between the body and window.
Abstract:
A high transmittance polycrystalline alumina arc tube for a metal halide discharge lamp is formed by treating an alumina arc tube material having a few percent of closed porosity in a two step process, which provides a high-transmittance arc tube. An initially porous arc tube is formed by extruding or die pressing individual components of the tube from a mixture which includes powdered alumina, assembling the components into an arc tube body, and then partially sintering the components to seal them together. The two step process includes hot isostatic pressing of the partially sintered arc tube and then chemically polishing the surface of the tube. The first, pressing step involves heating the alumina arc tube in an inert atmosphere, such as argon, at a temperature of 1600 to 1900null C. and a pressure of about 700 to 2100 kg/sq.cm. for from about one to three hours. This reduces porosity in the crystalline structure. In the second step, the surface of the tube is immersed in a flux comprising a molten alkali metal borate at moderately elevated temperatures, or coated with a flux material which is heated to form the flux, to remove surface imperfections. The finished arc tube has transmittance values which approach those of single crystal sapphire arc tubes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel with a ceramic wall which is closed at an end by a projecting plug. A lead-through construction inside the projecting plug leads to an electrode inside the discharge vessel. Part of the lead-through construction is formed by a cermet, which extends fully inside the lead-through element. According to the invention, the cermet is directly fastened to the projecting plug by means of a sintered joint.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp which is provided with a discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space. The discharge vessel has a ceramic wall and is closed by a ceramic plug. An electrode which is located inside the discharge space is connected to an electric conductor by way of a leadthrough element. The leadthrough element projects through the ceramic plug with a close fit and is connected thereto in a gastight manner by way of a sealing ceramic. The leadthrough element has a first part which is formed by a cermet at the area of the gastight connection. In accordance with the invention the leadthrough element has a second part which is a metal part which extends from the cermet in the direction of the electrode.
Abstract:
In a foil sealed lamp, a lamp container made of transparent material, has at least one sealing portion made of molybdenum wherein a metallic foil is buried, a light emitting section which is connected to one end of the metallic foil and a lead rod extending outward and connected to other end of the metallic foil, and wherein, in the sealing portion, a gap formed around a circumference portion of the lead rod is filled with sealing agent made of rubidium oxide or cesium oxide, and glass having boron oxide and bismuth oxide as principal components is coated on an outer end surface of the sealing portion so as to close the gap.
Abstract:
A low-pressure discharge lamp is described having a base housing (10), a discharge vessel (2), whose end sections are fixed to an end section of the base housing, and a contact-making system for making electrical contact with the lamp, which is located on the end section of the base housing (10) which is remote from the discharge vessel, a conductive section (5) being provided, which is electrically connected to the contact-making system and is arranged adjacent to the discharge vessel (2) in the base housing (10) in such a way that an electrical short circuit is formed around the discharge vessel (2). This makes it possible to reduce the starting voltage of the lamp. As an alternative, or in addition, to this, the cross section of the web attachments is increased, which also increases the rate of the luminous-flux run-up.
Abstract:
A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp (1) comprising a discharge vessel (2) having two end portions (3), wherein an electrode carrier (9) is arranged in an end portion (3) and carries an electrode (10) for generating and maintaining a discharge in said discharge vessel (2), wherein said electrode carrier (9) is at least partly made of a bimetal or a memory metal, and wherein said electrode carrier (9) is formed such that the distance between said electrode (10) and the far end of said end portion (3) increases if the temperature of said electrode carrier (9) increases.
Abstract:
The formation step of a sealing portion 2 includes the substeps of inserting, into the side tube portion 2null, a glass member 70 made of a second glass having a softening point lower than that of a first glass constituting the side tube portion 2null; tightly attaching forward and backward portions (A and C) of the glass member 70 to the side tube portion 2null by heating the side tube portion 2null when the glass member 70 is divided into the forward portion, the backward portion, and a central portion under the assumption that the side of the glass member 70 closer to a luminous bulb portion 1null is the forward side, thereby forming a cavity 30 between at least a portion of the central portion (B) and the side tube portion 2null; and heating, after the attachment step, a portion including at least the glass member 70 and the side tube portion 2null at a temperature higher than the strain point temperature of the second glass.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the use of a molybdenum-rhenium alloy in the construction of sealing tubes for high pressure discharge lamps.