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Arc tube for high-pressure mercury/metal halide lamp

US4001623A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1975
Grant dateJan 4, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 18, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-pressure mercury/metal-halide discharge lamp has the discharge electrodes offset below the central axis of the arc tube to increase the uniformity of the wall temperature and improve the performance of the lamp. The upper part of the arc tube wall is shaped to be nearer the electrodes at the ends and further from them at the center than in a cylindrical tube.

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