公开(公告)号：US4174944A

公开(公告)日：1979-11-20

申请号：US873250

申请日：1978-01-30

申请人： P. Bruce Newell ,  James C. Morris ,  John F. Waymouth

发明人： P. Bruce Newell ,  James C. Morris ,  John F. Waymouth

IPC分类号： F21K5/08 ,  F21K5/02

CPC分类号： F21K5/02

摘要： An electrically fired flash lamp which utilizes a single conductive lead member. The lead protrudes within the lamp's envelope and is covered by a quantity of primer material. A conductive coating (e.g. tin oxide) covers a major portion of the external surface of the envelope and is capacitively coupled through the envelope's wall to the combustible filamentary material (e.g. shredded zirconium) therein. In another embodiment, a second conductive coating is located on the internal surface of the envelope opposite the outer coating and in electrical contact with the filamentary material. Accordingly, both coatings are capacitively coupled when the lamp is electrically fired. A sequentially-activated array of the above lamps is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种使用单个导电引线部件的电火花闪光灯。 引线突出在灯的外壳内并被一定数量的底漆材料覆盖。 导电涂层（例如氧化锡）覆盖外壳的外表面的主要部分，并且通过封套的壁电容耦合到其中的可燃丝状材料（例如切碎的锆）。 在另一个实施例中，第二导电涂层位于外壳的与外涂层相对的内表面上并且与丝状材料电接触。 因此，当灯被电火焰时，两个涂层都电容耦合。 还公开了上述灯的依次激活的阵列。

公开(公告)号：US4158878A

公开(公告)日：1979-06-19

申请号：US873376

申请日：1978-01-30

申请人： James C. Morris ,  P. Bruce Newell ,  John A. Scholz

发明人： James C. Morris ,  P. Bruce Newell ,  John A. Scholz

IPC分类号： F21K5/12 ,  G03B15/02

CPC分类号： F21K5/023

摘要： Several means are described for providing an electrical coupling path through a protective, insulative layer, e.g. cellulose acetate, located on an electrically activated flash lamp envelope. The function of the path is to interconnect a thin conductive coating positioned on the envelope's external surface under the insulative layer with an electrical contact located externally of the flash lamp and adapted for igniting the lamp.

摘要翻译： 描述了几种用于提供通过保护性绝缘层的电耦合路径的装置，例如， 醋酸纤维素，位于电活化的闪光灯灯管上。 路径的功能是将位于绝缘层下面的外壳表面上的薄导电涂层与位于闪光灯外部的适于点燃灯的电触点相互连接。

公开(公告)号：US4119888A

公开(公告)日：1978-10-10

申请号：US777872

申请日：1977-03-15

申请人： P. Bruce Newell ,  James C. Morris

发明人： P. Bruce Newell ,  James C. Morris

IPC分类号： H05B41/34 ,  H05B41/32

CPC分类号： H05B41/32

摘要： A circuit for operating an arc discharge flash lamp that is directly coupled across an alternating current (AC) source. The lamp is ignited by a high voltage pulse generated by a trigger circuit energized by the AC source. A voltage multiplier, such as a doubler circuit, is connected across the flash lamp for increasing the voltage across the lamp above that provided by the AC source, thereby facilitating starting of the lamp by the trigger circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于操作直接耦合在交流（AC）源上的电弧放电闪光灯的电路。 灯被由AC电源激励的触发电路产生的高电压脉冲点燃。 诸如双倍电路的电压倍增器连接在闪光灯两端，用于增加由AC源提供的灯两旁的电压，从而便于由触发电路启动灯。

公开(公告)号：US6124683A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-26

申请号：US414364

申请日：1999-10-07

申请人： Joseph A. Olsen ,  Warren P. Moskowitz ,  P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates

发明人： Joseph A. Olsen ,  Warren P. Moskowitz ,  P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates

IPC分类号： H05B41/288 ,  H05B41/292 ,  G05F1/00

CPC分类号： H05B41/2888 ,  H05B41/2883 ,  H05B41/2928 ,  Y02B20/208

摘要： A system and method for the operation of a mercury free high intensity discharge lamp is disclosed which provides lamp longevity and improved photometric results regardless of the orientation of the lamp. To this end, an acoustically modulated ballast without off-time and low power time is supplied to the lamp.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于操作无汞高强度放电灯的系统和方法，其提供灯寿命和改进的测光结果，而不管灯的取向如何。 为此，将没有关闭时间和低功率时间的声学调制镇流器供应到灯。

公开(公告)号：US06731069B1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-04

申请号：US09413923

申请日：1999-10-07

申请人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates ,  Elliot F. Wyner

发明人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates ,  Elliot F. Wyner

IPC分类号： H01J6118

CPC分类号： H01J61/827 ,  H01J61/125 ,  H01J61/30 ,  H01J61/34

摘要： A mercury-free metal halide arc lamp having an arc vessel of fused silica, an aspect ratio greater than 5, and containing a noble gas such as xenon, argon or krypton and a metal halide. In a preferred embodiment, the arc vessel has a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 80 mm, a fill of sodium/scandium iodides and a buffer gas of xenon.

摘要翻译： 一种无汞金属卤化物电弧灯，其具有熔融二氧化硅的电弧容器，纵横比大于5，并含有惰性气体如氙，氩或氪以及金属卤化物。 在优选实施例中，电弧容器具有8mm的直径和80mm的长度，填充了氙/钠钪和氙气的缓冲气体。

公开(公告)号：US06392346B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-21

申请号：US09413922

申请日：1999-10-07

申请人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates ,  Richard A. Snellgrove

发明人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates ,  Richard A. Snellgrove

IPC分类号： H01J1720

CPC分类号： H01J61/125

摘要： Rare-earth halides are shown to be a replacement for scandium halides in mercury-free discharge arc lamps if modifications are made to the prior art lamp design and operating temperatures. The inventive chemical compositions of the discharge medium provide enhanced color rendition index values. In addition, it has been unexpectedly determined that during the operation of the discharge lamps, the rare earth iodides do not react significantly with the fused silica arc tube. Equally as significant, any free iodine, which is so formed, has minimal impact on the efficacy of the lamp compared to the conventional scandium iodide lamps. Therefore, the rare earth iodide-containing lamps provide longer lifetime with superior illumination characteristics than conventional discharge lamps.

摘要翻译： 如果对现有技术的灯设计和操作温度进行了修改，稀土卤化物被证明是替代无汞放电弧灯中的卤化钪。 放电介质的本发明化学组成提供增强的颜色再现指数值。 此外，已经意外地确定在放电灯的操作期间，稀土碘化物不会与熔凝石英电弧管显着反应。 同样重要的是，与常规的钪碘化物灯相比，所形成的任何游离碘对灯的功效影响最小。 因此，含稀土碘化物灯具有比常规放电灯更长的使用寿命和优异的照明特性。

公开(公告)号：US6166495A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-26

申请号：US413924

申请日：1999-10-07

申请人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates

发明人： P. Bruce Newell ,  Nanu Brates

IPC分类号： H05B41/24 ,  H05B41/288 ,  H05B41/292 ,  H05B37/00

CPC分类号： H05B41/2928 ,  H05B41/2883 ,  Y10S315/05

摘要： A ballast for a mercury-free, metal halide arc lamp having a quartz or fused silica envelope. The ballast provides a square-wave voltage, which substantially reduces or eliminates the re-ignition voltage in the mercury-free, metal halide arc lamp. The ballast reverses the voltage polarity, and reestablishes the arc current in the opposite direction, before the free halogen in the envelope can quench the arc.

摘要翻译： 一种无汞金属卤化物电弧灯的镇流器，具有石英或熔融二氧化硅外壳。 镇流器提供方波电压，其基本上减少或消除了无汞金属卤化物电弧灯中的再点火电压。 镇流器反转电压极性，并且在相反方向重新建立电弧电流，然后封套内的游离卤素可以淬火电弧。