Abstract:
In a gas discharge lamp of the mercury vapor type, an improved upper support member for the arc tube mount assembly which comprises a leaf spring member rotatably secured to the upper crossbar element of the arc tube support frame which, during lamp assembly, enters the outer bulb in a position canted only slightly from axial alignment with the mount but rotates to a position perpendicular to the axis of mount assembly when in an assembled position against the top of the outer bulb to support and retain the arc tube mount in an axial position within the outer bulb.