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Method and apparatus for cooling electrodeless lamps

US5021704A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 1990
Grant dateJun 4, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J65/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for cooling the lamp envelope of an electrodeless lamp which includes a conduit for carrying cooling gas into the vicinity of the lamp envelope and directing the cooling gas towards the lamp envelope through a slotted orifice in a wall of the conduit. The slotted orifice is preferably oriented with its long dimension substantially perpendicular to the conduct orifice and substantially parallel to the axis of a rotating lamp envelope.

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