Discharge lamp starting and operating circuit
US4465954A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1984 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J61/541
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for starting and operating a discharge lamp includes a starting device having bimetals and a rigid conductive member forming a switch, a ballast coupling the switch to an AC source and a discharge lamp and a spark gap each shunting the starting device with the starting device bimetals and rigid conductive device hermetically sealed in a vacuum.
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