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Incandescent lamp having improved filament support structure

US5270609A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1991
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01K1/18
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An incandescent lamp having a filament with an integral support portion between its ends which bears against the lamp envelope for supporting the filament therein. The integral support portion includes a length of electrically conductive support wire enclosed within the filament, the filament being continuously coiled over the entire length of said support wire. Accordingly to a favorable embodiment, the support wire is a retained length of winding mandrel.

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