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Method of fixing mercury containing alloy within fluorescent tubes

US5879216A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/28
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

By applying radiation beam energy to a contact portion between an end portion 7 of a glass tube 1 and a zinc-mercury alloy drop 6 and the vicinity thereof by means of an optical fiber 5, the alloy drop 6 is directly heated so as to be caused to partly melt at a bottom portion thereof and fixed firmly to an inner wall surface of the end portion 7 of the glass tube without causing variations.

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