High efficiency light source utilizing co-generating sources
US6268685A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01K1/26
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A general service incandescent lamp including a housing with electrically conductive base (s); a transparent envelope; a radiation discriminative reflective film reflecting wasted radiation for recycling; a electrically driven filament; wherein an improvement is a new use of lightweight low thermal capacity insulator of fibrous ceramic material spatially formed to shade the lamp base from filament and/or reflected energy from a reflective film; wherein an improvement is to use the ceramic to shape the output beam to the solid angle of radiation; wherein an improvement contains a low thermal capacity insulator with candoluminescence material that when thermally exited emits radiation via candoluminescence improving the lamp's efficacy and color; wherein an improvement contains a larger optical spot size focusing requirement for the reflective mirror as compared to the spot size formed by the lamp's filament cross section, wherein an improvement is use of a polarized discriminative reflective film.
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