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Flat fluorescent lamp having a luminescent surface with a diffusion groove

US5461279A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1993
Grant dateOct 24, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/305
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flat fluorescent lamp which comprises first and second glass plates and at least one spacer interposed between the glass plates, the spacer projecting in the form of a rib from an inner surface of at least one of the two glass plates toward the other glass plate, the first glass plate being formed in a luminescent surface thereof with a diffusion groove positioned in corresponding relation to the spacer and V-shaped or curved in cross section.

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