Abstract:
A ceramic arc tube assembly and a method for making a ceramic arc tube are described which simplify the manufacture of ceramic arc tubes by reducing the number of handling and heat treatments required to assemble arc tubes prior to the final sintering operation. In particular, the invention uses transient assembly buttons during intermediate assembly steps which are removed prior to the final sintering operation.
Abstract:
Short-arc discharge lamp designed to minimize the phenomenon of foil floating between the metal foil located in the foil sealing area and the sealing quartz component that is in contact with the inside of the metal foil so as to prevent cracks from forming in the foil sealing area, gas leakage from the lamp, and premature breaking of the lamp. The short-arc discharge lamp includes electrodes which are located in an emission space, a metal foil electrically connected to the electrodes, a quartz tube part which surrounds the metal foil, a sealing quartz component in contact with the inside of the metal foil, and a metallic component inserted into the sealing quartz component and electrically connected to the metal foil. The foil sealing area is formed from the metal foil, the quartz tube, and the sealing quartz component, which are sealed against one another. By the sealing action of the foil sealing area, sealing of the emission space is ensured. The short-arc discharge lamp has an electrical input power rating of greater than or equal to 4 kW and an operating pressure during luminous operation of greater than or equal to 2null106 Pa, and is operated using direct current. The above-mentioned characteristics are achieved in that the length of the area of a metallic component inserted into the sealing quartz component is greater than or equal to roughly 40% of the total length of the sealing quartz component.
Abstract:
The formation of leachable mercury upon disposal of a mercury vapor arc discharge lamp is suppressed by fabricating the end caps of the lamp of iron, preferably steel, coated with a nickel-zinc alloy or with tin.
Abstract:
A high-pressure discharge lamp having an arc tube that includes a main tube part and a pair of capillary tube parts is provided. The main tube part includes a pair of electrodes and a metal halide enclosed, and the pair of capillary tube parts is arranged at the of the main tube part. The pair of capillary tube parts is sealed by means of a seal member to a different one of the feeders, and supplies electricity to each of the electrodes. At least one of the feeders includes a first conductive member that is resistant to halides and sealed to the capillary tube part, and a second conductive member that is connected to the first conductive member outside the capillary tube part and fixed at an outer end of the capillary tube part by means of the seal member.
Abstract:
A fluorescent lamp having a stem provided with first and second lead wires for energization of an electrode and an electrically-insulating member provided therein with a first hole and a second hole larger in cross-sectional area than said second lead wire. The first and second lead wires are inserted in the first and second holes of the electrically-insulating member, respectively, and an outer diameter of a glass envelope of the fluorescent lamp is not smaller than 13 mm and not larger than 29 mm.
Abstract:
The invention provides a joined body of a first member 7 made of a metal and a second member 4 made of a ceramic or a cermet. The joined body comprises a joining portion 6 interposed between the first member 7 and the second member 4 for joining the member 7 and the member 4. The joining portion 6 comprises main phase 14 contacting the first member 7 and an intermediate ceramic layer 13 existing between the second member and the main phase 14 as well as contacting the second member 4. The main phase 14 is composed of a porous bone structure, with open pores and made of a sintered product of metal powder, and ceramic phase impregnated into the open pores in the porous bone structure. Herewith, the joined structure has resistance to fatigue and fracture, even when the structure is subjected to repeated thermal cycles between a high temperature, for example 1000null C. or higher, and room temperature.
Abstract:
A joined structure and joining method of a member of a ceramics or a cermet and a member of a metal such as molybdenum, in which the members may be joined with a high strength, the joined structure has improved air-tightness and resistance to corrosion and repeated thermal cycles does not result in the fracture of the joined structure. A joined body comprises a joining portion 6 interposed between a first member, made of a metal, and a second member 4, made of a ceramics or a cermet, for joining the first and second members. The joining portion 6 comprises main phase 14 contacting the first member and an intermediate glass layer 13 existing between the second member 4 and the main phase 14. The main phase 14 is composed of a porous bone structure 15, with open pores and made of a sintered product of metal powder, and glass phase 10 impregnated into the open pores in the porous bone structure. Preferably, the intermediate glass layer 13 and impregnated glass phase 10 is composed of glasses of the substantially same composition.