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Incandescent lamp having IR reflecting layer and specially shaped bulb

US6160341A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1998
Grant dateDec 12, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01K1/28
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electric incandescent lamp with a rotationally symmetrical lamp bulb and an IR radiation reflecting coating has an ellipsoidal partial contour. ellipsoidal partial contour of the lamp bulb is produced by an elliptical section, the semiaxis of which is oriented vertically to the longitudinal axis, i.e., vertically to the rotational axis of the lamp bulb, and is longer than the greatest radius of the lamp bulb. The length of the smallest semiaxis lies preferably in the range of R<b<R+5.multidot.w.sub.x, wherein R and w.sub.x denote the largest radius of the lamp bulb and the radius of the rotational symmetrical luminous element, respectively. The lamp is characterized by uniform back reflection of IR radiation onto the luminous element arranged centrally inside the lamp bulb, and thus by a uniform temperature distribution and increased efficiency.

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