摘要:
In a mercury-free arc tube, electrodes are configured by electrode rods heat-treated at 1,200 to 2,200° C. in a vacuum atmosphere, and which have a thickness of 0.3 mm or more. The size (radius R) of a residual compression strain layer formed around the electrode rod is set to be ¼ or less of the width D of the pinch seal portion. A glass layer outside the residual compression strain layer is thickened, thereby enhancing the strength of the pinch seal portion.
摘要:
A method of producing an arc tube including inserting an electrode assembly in which a bent portion is formed in a lead wire into a glass tube to self-hold the electrode assembly to a predetermined position of the glass tube. After the electrode has been inserted to the predetermined position, pinch-sealing is conducted on a portion of the glass tube where the assembly is inserted. In the method, the electrode assembly is inserted into a metal guide pipe which is coaxially disposed with respect to the glass tube, to be once held into the pipe. Thereafter, the assembly may be pushed by a thin rod-like pushing member to be inserted to the predetermined position in the glass tube. One or more vertical grooves which are to be axially engaged with the bent portion of the assembly to circumferentially lock the bent portion may be formed in the inner side of the guide pipe. Using the one or more grooves, the assembly may be guided to the glass tube W without being in sliding contact with the guide pipe. Therefore, in a preferable embodiment, this prevents metal powder, which may be produced by rubbing and shaving the inner side of the guide pipe with the bent portion of the lead wire, from entering the chamber portion as a foreign matter. A holding chuck is not required to insert the assembly into the glass tube, but is used to facilitate insertion of the assembly into the guide pipe. The chuck for holding the assembly is not restricted in shape. The assembly in the guide pipe is guided to the glass tube and may be restricted by the vertical grooves to be circumferentially positioned.
摘要:
A discharge lamp arc tube in which a pair of electrode assemblies each having an electrode rod, a sheet of molybdenum foil and a lead wire integrally series-connected to one another have respective molybdenum foil containing regions pinch-sealed with glass, and electrodes are disposed opposite to each other in a closed glass bulb containing a light emitting substance or the like enclosed therein. The surface of the sheet of molybdenum foil sealed at each of the pinch seal portions has a micro-asperity surface roughened by an etching treatment including oxidation and reduction, so that silica glass is closely packed in the micro-asperity of the surface of the sheet of molybdenum foil. As a result, the adhesion (mechanical bonding strength) in the interface between silica glass and molybdenum foil is improved so that foil rising is suppressed and, accordingly, the lifetime of the arc tube is extended.
摘要:
An arc tube for a discharge lamp has a closed chamber filled with rare gas and a metal halide containing at least Na halide or Sc halide, and electrodes, wherein sealing pressure of the rare gas is 0.6 MPa or more, and a sealing density of the Sc halide in the closed chamber is ranging from 1.25 to 4.70 mg/ml. In the arc tube, since the Xe gas sealing pressure slightly higher than 0.6 MPa, the pressure in the closed chamber is increased during its lightening state. Thus, reactions leading to a flicker occurrence may be accelerated. However, the flicker occurrence can be suppressed by setting the Sc halide sealing density to 4.70 mg/ml or less. Further, a luminous efficiency required for the lamp can be assured by setting the Sc halide sealing density to 1.25 mg/ml or more.
摘要:
An arc tube that effectively prevents a metal halide from being deposited in a light emitting tube portion, causing the change of a light emitting color or the generation of lighting failures in an arc tube. An axial distance L1 from a neck portion 20C of an arc tube body formed between a light emitting tube portion 20A and a pinch seal portion 24B of the arc tube body to a step-down plane portion 20Ba2 of each pinch seal surface 20Ba in a pinch seal portion 20B is set to 1 mm or less. During pinch seal, consequently, a sufficient pinching pressure is applied to a electrode 26, such as a tungsten electrode up to a portion close to a tip portion thereof. Thus, it is possible to reduce the volume of an almost wedge-shaped slit 24a formed around the tungsten electrode 26 on an end in the axial direction of a discharge space 24, thereby decreasing the amount of a metal halide deposited on the slit 24a.
摘要:
An arc tube body 20 and a foil such as molybdenum foil 30 are joined with each other such that a compressive stress of 105 N/m2 or more remains at an ordinary temperature in the arc tube body 20 along a junction surface. The compressive stress is always generated on the arc tube body 20 even if a fluctuation in the stress is caused on the junction surface by the repetition of the ON/OFF of the arc tube (or a tensile stress is caused to have a very small value even if the compressive stress and the tensile stress are alternately generated). Thus, the junction strength of both members may be increased. In one embodiment, a plurality of cracks (intercrystalline cracks) may be generated on the molybdenum foil 30 by a high pressure acting during pinch seal, and quartz glass is caused to enter the cracks so that the junction strength of both members can be increased.
摘要翻译:电弧管体20和诸如钼箔30的箔彼此接合,使得10 5 N / m 2以上的压缩应力保持在普通 电弧管主体20沿着接合面的温度。 即使通过重复发光管的接通/断开而在接合面上产生应力波动(或拉伸应力具有非常小的值),也始终在电弧管主体20上产生压缩应力 即使压缩应力和拉伸应力交替地产生)。 因此,可以增加两个部件的接合强度。 在一个实施例中,可以通过在夹紧密封期间作用的高压在钼箔30上产生多个裂纹(晶间裂纹),并且使石英玻璃进入裂纹,从而可以增加两个部件的结合强度。
摘要:
An arc tube, which is capable of prolonging the life thereof by preventing occurrence of a leak caused from a crack of an arc-tube body, has the average surface roughness of each of outer surfaces 26Aa and 26Ba of tungsten electrodes 26A and 26B pinch-sealed to pinch seal portions 20b1 and 20b2 on the two sides of a light-emission tube 20a of an arc-tube body 20 is set to be 3 μm or smaller. Thus, the state of pinch-sealing of the tungsten electrodes 26A and 26B to the pinch seal portions 20b1 and 20b2 is brought to a state in which the two elements are engaged with small pits and projections. Therefore, great compressive stress is not left in the region adjacent to the joint surface between the pinch seal portions 20b1 and 20b2 and the tungsten electrodes 26A and 26B as distinct from the conventional structure. In a case where a crack of the arc-tube body 20 is formed owing to the residual compressive stress, the crack is limited to a local portion which is the region adjacent to the joint surface. As a result, the crack is not enlarged to reach the surface of the arc-tube body 20.
摘要:
An arc tube having a closed glass bulb having no broken-off portion, and a method of manufacturing the arc tube. A glass bulb is formed on a glass tube substantially at the middle. An electrode assembly is inserted into one end portion of the glass tube, and the one end portion is closed by pinch-sealing. A light emitting material is supplied into the glass bulb through the other end portion of the glass tube, another electrode assembly is inserted into the other end portion, and the latter is closed by pinch-sealing. Since the closed glass bulb has no broken-off portion, the arc tube is free from the difficulty that the distribution of light is adversely affected. Moreover, in manufacturing the arc tube of the invention, it is unnecessary to connect an exhaust tube to the glass tube. Therefore, the number of manufacturing steps is small, and the arc tube can be manufactured with ease.
摘要:
A mercury-free arc tube for a discharge lamp unit including a closed glass bulb and a pair of electrode rods provided in the closed glass bulb so as to be opposite to each other. The closed glass bulb does not contain mercury as in the related art arc tubes, but contains main light emitting metal halide and starting rare gas enclosed in the closed glass bulb. In accordance with necessity, predetermined buffer metal halide in place of mercury may be enclosed to suppress the lowering of the tube voltage to some extent. In addition, the tube current I is increased to make the tube voltage high. The tube current I (unit: A) and the outer diameter d (unit: mm) of each electrode rod are set to have a relationship of 1.0≦I/d≦5.0. As a result, though such an increased tube current is used, the electrode temperature is kept in optimum temperature.
摘要:
A mercury-free arc tube having a closed glass bulb held between pinch seal portions located at opposite ends of the closed glass bulb and a pair of electrodes provided in the closed glass bulb. The closed glass bulb does not contain mercury (Hg), but contains a main light emitting, a buffer metal halide, and a starting rare gas enclosed in the closed glass bulb. The buffer metal halide includes a halide selected from halides of Ta, Th, Cu, Rb, Nb and Pd. Preferably, at least one of the halides is Ta, Cu, Rb or Nb. The halides serve as a buffer substance and a light emitting substance in substitution for the mercury, and have an ionization potential of about 5 to 8.5 eV and excitation potential of about 4.5 eV or less having emission spectrum in a visible range, and are sealed with the rare gas.