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Electric lamp with a threaded electrode

US5856726A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1996
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/0672
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electric discharge lamp with an internally threaded electrode is disclosed. The lamp includes an envelope, a support rod, and an electrode can with an interior surface having a multiplicity of peaks, points, of sharp edge regions. These equal height prominences evenly extended around the inside wall of the electrode can. The threaded electrode yields a highly emissive electrode with no emissive material to be eroded.

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