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Mercury-free metal halide arc lamps

US6731069B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 1999
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/34
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mercury-free metal halide arc lamp having an arc vessel of fused silica, an aspect ratio greater than 5, and containing a noble gas such as xenon, argon or krypton and a metal halide. In a preferred embodiment, the arc vessel has a diameter of 8 mm and a length of 80 mm, a fill of sodium/scandium iodides and a buffer gas of xenon.

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