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Incandescent electric lamp withheat recovery means

US4275327A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1978
Grant dateJun 23, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01K1/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An incandescent electric lamp utilizing an infrared (IR) reflector for directing IR energy back to the filament to increase its operating efficiency in which a reflector is used to redirect circulating infrared energy back to the wall of the envelope where it then can be redirected back to the filament, or reflected directly back onto the filament.

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