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Flat circular foil-filament lamp

US4585971A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1984
Grant dateApr 29, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01K1/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An incandescent electric lamp with a flat circular foil filament which emits a circular beam of maximum intensity in the direction perpendicular to the filament. The filament is mounted inside a ring conductor and has a reflective rear plate which returns heat to the filament as means of increasing the incandescence.Current flows from a center post conductor through the filament to a ring conductor.

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