EP0251372B1 - Lampe à incandescence électrique pour couplage en série - Google Patents

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EP0251372B1
EP0251372B1 EP87201097A EP87201097A EP0251372B1 EP 0251372 B1 EP0251372 B1 EP 0251372B1 EP 87201097 A EP87201097 A EP 87201097A EP 87201097 A EP87201097 A EP 87201097A EP 0251372 B1 EP0251372 B1 EP 0251372B1
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Wolf-Dieter Bauch
Rolf Gervelmeyer
Heinz Dr. Merker
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01K—ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
    • H01K1/00—Details
    • H01K1/62—One or more circuit elements structurally associated with the lamp
    • H01K1/70—One or more circuit elements structurally associated with the lamp with built-in short-circuiting device, e.g. for serially connected lamps

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  • the invention relates to an electric incandescent lamp for series connection with a translucent bulb, in which a filament is arranged between power supply wires that emerge through the wall of the bulb, in which bulb the power supply wires are electrically insulated from one another by a support member and the lamp is on Contains short-circuit element, which bridges the incandescent body and contains a glass mass in which metal powder is dispersed.
  • a lamp is known from GB-A-10 77 863.
  • the short-circuit element In the case of lamps of this type, the short-circuit element must be practically impermeable to current at the operating voltage, but the overvoltage which occurs when the incandescent body burns while the lamp is operating in series connection becomes conductive.
  • the short-circuit element consists of a sintered mixture of glass powder and iron powder, which is melted or sintered onto the power supply wires.
  • the mixture can be introduced into a hollow support member, itself formed as a support member or sintered on the outside of the lamp bulb.
  • This short-circuit element connecting the power supply wires initially acts as an insulator, but is said to break down when a high electrical voltage is applied and thus short-circuit the lamp when the incandescent body burns out.
  • GB-A-10 77 863 also mentions a short-circuit element for electric incandescent lamps for series connection, which consists of copper oxide powder and glass powder.
  • This organ is also non-conductive in the normal state and should only become conductive when an overvoltage is applied. It has been found in practice that this organ does not work reliably either.
  • incandescent lamp known from GB-A-839 160 with a short-circuit element made from a paste of copper powder, magnesium oxide and silicone resin, the proportion of magnesium oxide being 18 to 24% by weight of the copper proportion.
  • This organ is also non-conductive, but should become conductive when an overvoltage is applied.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an electric incandescent lamp of the type mentioned with a short-circuit element which responds reliably when the incandescent body burns through and bridges the lamp in an electrically conductive manner.
  • this lamp should also be easy to manufacture in mass production.
  • the electric incandescent lamp of the type mentioned at the outset according to the invention in that at least one of the power supply wires consists of nickel wire, copper wire or copper sheathed wire and the glass mass is a fused mass which is 50 to 70% by weight of glass and 30 to 50% by weight. % of copper powder dispersed therein and with the power supply wires is fused, wherein the aforementioned power supply wire has an oxide skin at its melting point in the glass mass, which breaks through when the incandescent body burns through.
  • the glass mass with copper powder dispersed in it is electrically conductive right from the start due to its high copper content.
  • the resistance to the direct passage of current is generated by the oxide skin located at the melting point on the power supply wire, the thickness and thus breakdown voltage of which can be controlled by the conditions during the melting.
  • This lamp has only one parameter that determines the breakdown voltage. All other known solutions, however, depend on several parameters and are therefore more vulnerable and more difficult to control from the outset.
  • both power supply wires consist of nickel wire, copper wire or copper sheath wire and have an oxide skin at their melting points.
  • the short-circuit element then comprises the already electrically conductive mass of fused glass and copper powder dispersed therein and the two initially non-conductive oxide skins.
  • the glass mass with copper powder of the incandescent lamp according to the invention dispersed therein can either be melted onto the support member holding the power supply wires, as the support member connecting the power supply wires in an electrically insulating manner, or can be fused to the bulb on the outside of the bulb.
  • a mixture of copper powder and glass powder can be pressed into a ring and sintered, after which the ring is attached to the support member provided with the power supply wires and melted until the ring material on the support member forms a connection between the power supply wires.
  • the short-circuit element can be produced on the outside of the piston.
  • the mass itself is to be designed as a support member for the power supply wires
  • a mixture of copper powder and glass powder can be pressed and sintered, whereupon the ring is placed on the power supply wires which are arranged at a distance from one another and then melted to form an electrically conductive support member.
  • a glass is advantageously chosen that does not soften at the operating temperature of the lamp, but is easy to process. Glasses with a melting point in the range of 500-600 ° C have proven to be advantageous.
  • the oxide skin on a power supply wire can be easily, e.g. when it melts into the glass mass.
  • the thickness of the oxide skin can be easily controlled by means of a protective gas jet directed at the melting point. A small number of attempts are sufficient to determine the conditions for obtaining a desired breakdown voltage.
  • both power supply wires can have an oxide skin at the melting point.
  • the lamps contain a short-circuit element 5, which bridges the incandescent body 2 and contains a glass mass 5 with metal powder dispersed therein.
  • the lamps are each provided with a screw base 7, which is connected to the power supply wires 3.
  • the glass mass 6 is a fused mass which contains 50 to 70% by weight of glass and 30 to 50% by weight of copper powder dispersed therein and which is fused to the power supply wires 3.
  • the power supply wires 3 have an oxide skin 8 at their melting points in the glass mass 6, which breaks through when the incandescent body 2 burns through.
  • the glass mass 6 is a layer in FIG. 1, which is located on the support member 4; 2, the glass mass 6 itself forms the support member 4.
  • the glass mass 6 with the copper powder dispersed therein is already electrically conductive at the beginning of the life of the lamps.
  • the mass has a resistance of about 1 ohm.
  • the power supply wires 3 are connected to one another in an electrically insulating manner, since the Mass 6 attacks the oxide skin 8 of the wires 3.
  • the mass 6 contains 60.4% by weight of glass, for example lead borosilicate glass with a melting point of about 550 ° C., and 39.6% by weight of copper powder, for example powder with a particle size between 8 and 60 ⁇ m with 90% by weight between 8 and 40 ⁇ m.
  • the short-circuit element in these lamps consists of the mass 6 and the oxide skins 8. Due to these oxide skins 8, there is an electrically non-conductive connection between the power supply wires 3 at the beginning of the life of the lamps, but when the incandescent body 2 burns out during operation of the lamps in series connection, the full voltage, which leads the row, on the short-circuit element 6, 8. The oxide skins 8 break through and the short-circuit element 6, 8 becomes electrically conductive.
  • the thickness of the oxide skins is chosen so that the breakdown voltage of the short-circuit element is between 50 and 200 V. In the exemplary embodiments described, the thickness of the oxide skins is 4 ⁇ m.
  • the lamp according to the invention has proven to be very reliable and easy to manufacture.
  • Composition 6 can be made by adding 58% by weight glass powder, 38% by weight copper powder and 4% by weight binder, e.g. Acrylic resin, mixed and pressed into rings.
  • the rings can be sintered for solidification, e.g. for 20 seconds at 625 - 635 ° C. During this and when the rings fuse with the power supply wires, the binder decomposes and the decomposition products escape.
  • the thickness of the oxide skins 8 is during the melting process by blowing with a protective gas, e.g. Nitrogen, can be influenced.

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  1. Lampe à incandescence électrique pour couplage en série présentant un récipient transparent (1) dans lequel est disposé un corps incandescent (2) entre deux conducteurs d'alimentation de courant (3) sortant à travers la paroi du récipient (1), dans ce récipient (1) les conducteurs d'alimentation de courant (3) étant reliés l'un à l'autre de façon électriquement isolante par l'intermédiaire d'un élément d'appui (4) et la lampe étant munie d'un élément de court-circuit (5) pontant le corps incandescent (2) et comportant une masse de verte (6) dans laquelle est dispersée de la poudre métallique, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins l'un des conducteurs d'alimentation de courant (3) est constitué d'un fil de nickel, d'un fil de cuivre ou d'un fil dumet, et en ce que la masse de verre (6) est une masse fondue solidifiée comprise entre 50 et 70% en poids de verre et entre 30 et 50% de poudre de cuivre dispersée dans ladite masse et qui est fusionnée avec les conducteurs d'alimentation de courant, ledit conducteur d'alimentation de courant (3) présentant, à son endroit de scellement dans la masse de verte (6), une pellicule d'oxyde (8) qui est percée lorsque le corps incandescent (2) se fond.
  2. Lampe à incandescence électrique selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les deux conducteurs d'alimentation de courant (3) sont constitués chacun d'un fil de nickel, d'un fil de cuivre ou d'un fil dumet.
  3. Lampe à incandescence électrique selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la masse de verre (6) est fixée par fusion sur l'élément d'appui (4).
  4. Lampe à incandescence électrique selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la masse de verte (6) constitue l'élément d'appui (4).
EP87201097A 1986-06-18 1987-06-11 Lampe à incandescence électrique pour couplage en série Expired - Lifetime EP0251372B1 (fr)

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DE19863620373 DE3620373A1 (de) 1986-06-18 1986-06-18 Elektrische gluehlampe fuer reihenschaltung und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung

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JP (1) JPH0719586B2 (fr)
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JPH0719586B2 (ja) 1995-03-06
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