EP0930809A3 - Procedure and device for the power supply of fluorescent discharge lamps - Google Patents

Procedure and device for the power supply of fluorescent discharge lamps Download PDF

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EP0930809A3
EP0930809A3 EP98500274A EP98500274A EP0930809A3 EP 0930809 A3 EP0930809 A3 EP 0930809A3 EP 98500274 A EP98500274 A EP 98500274A EP 98500274 A EP98500274 A EP 98500274A EP 0930809 A3 EP0930809 A3 EP 0930809A3
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procedure
power supply
discharge lamps
fluorescent discharge
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Juan Roura Ares
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/46—Circuits providing for substitution in case of failure of the lamp

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  • Circuit Arrangements For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
  • Fastening Of Light Sources Or Lamp Holders (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Discharge-Lamp Control Circuits And Pulse- Feed Circuits (AREA)
  • Light Sources And Details Of Projection-Printing Devices (AREA)

Abstract

The procedure consists on a single balast which is suitable for one individual tube and feeds successively multiple identical fluorescent lamps, which are connected in parallel with the balast terminals, illuminating a single lamp in a set of fluorescent lamps and continuing to light from one lamp to the next automatically when the operating lamp stops working.
EP98500274A 1997-12-17 1998-12-16 Procedure and device for the power supply of fluorescent discharge lamps Expired - Lifetime EP0930809B1 (en)

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ES9702617 1997-12-17
ES009702617A ES2136034B1 (en) 1997-12-17 1997-12-17 PROCEDURE AND ITS DEVICE FOR THE SUPPLY OF FLUORESCENT DISCHARGE LIGHTING TUBES.

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EP0930809A2 EP0930809A2 (en) 1999-07-21
EP0930809A3 true EP0930809A3 (en) 2000-02-23
EP0930809B1 EP0930809B1 (en) 2003-11-12

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US6483260B1 (en) * 2001-07-23 2002-11-19 Hubbell Incorporated Apparatus for operating respective single lamps among multiple lamps coupled to the same ballast

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DE2612343A1 (en) * 1976-03-23 1977-10-06 Neon Es Fenycsoeberendezeseket Emergency lighting system with two discharge lamps in parallel - has ignition or operating voltages of lamps differing by at least two percent
DE3116933A1 (en) * 1981-04-29 1983-01-05 Adolf Schuch Kg, Lichttechnische Spezialfabrik, 6520 Worms Light circuit for interruption-sensitive high-pressure lamps
US4862038A (en) * 1987-06-08 1989-08-29 Morten John F Automatic relamping system
JPH03171605A (en) * 1989-11-29 1991-07-25 Tokyo Electric Co Ltd Stabilizer for discharge lamp
US5089943A (en) * 1989-12-07 1992-02-18 Vdo Adolf Schindling Ag Illuminating device, having two identical lamps connected in parallel
JPH0696893A (en) * 1992-09-10 1994-04-08 Toshiba Lighting & Technol Corp Fluorescent lamp lighting device and luminaire

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DE2612343A1 (en) * 1976-03-23 1977-10-06 Neon Es Fenycsoeberendezeseket Emergency lighting system with two discharge lamps in parallel - has ignition or operating voltages of lamps differing by at least two percent
DE3116933A1 (en) * 1981-04-29 1983-01-05 Adolf Schuch Kg, Lichttechnische Spezialfabrik, 6520 Worms Light circuit for interruption-sensitive high-pressure lamps
US4862038A (en) * 1987-06-08 1989-08-29 Morten John F Automatic relamping system
JPH03171605A (en) * 1989-11-29 1991-07-25 Tokyo Electric Co Ltd Stabilizer for discharge lamp
US5089943A (en) * 1989-12-07 1992-02-18 Vdo Adolf Schindling Ag Illuminating device, having two identical lamps connected in parallel
JPH0696893A (en) * 1992-09-10 1994-04-08 Toshiba Lighting & Technol Corp Fluorescent lamp lighting device and luminaire

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 412 (E - 1124) 21 October 1991 (1991-10-21) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 018, no. 355 (E - 1573) 5 July 1994 (1994-07-05) *

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EP0930809A2 (en) 1999-07-21
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ES2136034B1 (en) 2000-05-16
EP0930809B1 (en) 2003-11-12
ATE254387T1 (en) 2003-11-15

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