GB618256A - Improvements in or relating to a circuit for a gaseous electric discharge device and a method for operating the same - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to a circuit for a gaseous electric discharge device and a method for operating the same

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GB618256A
GB618256A GB15177/46A GB1517746A GB618256A GB 618256 A GB618256 A GB 618256A GB 15177/46 A GB15177/46 A GB 15177/46A GB 1517746 A GB1517746 A GB 1517746A GB 618256 A GB618256 A GB 618256A
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lamp
condenser
voltage
circuit
supply
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KARL FREDERICK KIRCHNER
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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
    • H05B41/02—Details
    • H05B41/04—Starting switches

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Abstract

618,256. Supply systems for discharge apparatus. KIRCHNER, K. F. May 20, 1946, No. 15177. Convention date, June 1, 1945. [Class 38 (iv)] A fluorescent lamp 6 or other discharge device, having a striking voltage in excess of the voltage of a D.C. supply source 7, 8, is started by the voltage induced in a choke 15, Fig. 1, or autotransformer 16, Fig. 2, upon cessation of the charging current which flows into a condenser 9 at the moment of closing a starting switch 14. A resistive ballast 12 of large positive temperature coefficient, such as an incandescent lamp, stabilizes the lamp current under running conditions. A leak resistor 11 ensures discharge of the condenser when the switch 14 is open. The circuit of Fig. 1 is particularly advantageous when the supply 7, 8 is subject to wide voltage fluctuations, the choke condenser combination repeatedly feeding the lamp with high voltage pulses when the supply volts fall below the running volts of the lamp. The circuit of Fig. 2 may be modified by interchanging the connections of the ballast and condenser to the terminals 17, 18 of the transformer, or by connecting the lamp directly across the condenser and connecting terminal 19 of the transformer to an external starting electrode adjacent the lamp.
GB15177/46A 1945-06-01 1946-05-20 Improvements in or relating to a circuit for a gaseous electric discharge device and a method for operating the same Expired GB618256A (en)

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Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2797365A (en) * 1954-08-06 1957-06-25 Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd Circuit arrangement for starting and operating hot-cathode electric discharge lamp
US2853655A (en) * 1955-04-25 1958-09-23 Hoerder Huettenunion Ag Glow discharge circuits
DE971932C (en) * 1951-04-14 1959-04-16 Johann Buser Circuit arrangement for the ignition and operation of discharge burners, especially for mixed light lamps
DE1077328B (en) * 1957-03-30 1960-03-10 Deutsche Bundesbahn Smoothing device in connection with a full-wave rectifier on a 16.6 Hz network for generating flicker-free lighting
DE1126992B (en) * 1957-06-05 1962-04-05 Engelhard Hanovia Inc Circuit arrangement for lighting and operating high-pressure gas discharge lamps
US3037147A (en) * 1959-11-13 1962-05-29 Gen Electric Starting and operating circuit for a discharge device
DE1150151B (en) * 1957-10-15 1963-06-12 Engelhard Hanovia Inc Series resistor for a circuit arrangement for lighting and operating high-pressure vapor discharge lamps
DE1199399B (en) * 1962-04-09 1965-08-26 Edgar Frank Circuit arrangement for starting gas discharge lamps without a starter
DE1217498B (en) * 1964-03-03 1966-05-26 Siemens Ag Rapid start circuit for fluorescent lamps
DE1539375B1 (en) * 1965-12-14 1970-09-24 Thorn Lighting Ltd Ignition switch for discharge lamps
US4316121A (en) * 1979-11-01 1982-02-16 General Electric Company Integrally ballasted fluorescent lamp unit
GB2137830A (en) * 1983-04-05 1984-10-10 Lutron Electronics Co Improved pulse network for discharge lamp dimming

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE971932C (en) * 1951-04-14 1959-04-16 Johann Buser Circuit arrangement for the ignition and operation of discharge burners, especially for mixed light lamps
US2797365A (en) * 1954-08-06 1957-06-25 Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd Circuit arrangement for starting and operating hot-cathode electric discharge lamp
US2853655A (en) * 1955-04-25 1958-09-23 Hoerder Huettenunion Ag Glow discharge circuits
DE1077328B (en) * 1957-03-30 1960-03-10 Deutsche Bundesbahn Smoothing device in connection with a full-wave rectifier on a 16.6 Hz network for generating flicker-free lighting
DE1126992B (en) * 1957-06-05 1962-04-05 Engelhard Hanovia Inc Circuit arrangement for lighting and operating high-pressure gas discharge lamps
DE1150151B (en) * 1957-10-15 1963-06-12 Engelhard Hanovia Inc Series resistor for a circuit arrangement for lighting and operating high-pressure vapor discharge lamps
US3037147A (en) * 1959-11-13 1962-05-29 Gen Electric Starting and operating circuit for a discharge device
DE1199399B (en) * 1962-04-09 1965-08-26 Edgar Frank Circuit arrangement for starting gas discharge lamps without a starter
DE1217498B (en) * 1964-03-03 1966-05-26 Siemens Ag Rapid start circuit for fluorescent lamps
DE1539375B1 (en) * 1965-12-14 1970-09-24 Thorn Lighting Ltd Ignition switch for discharge lamps
US4316121A (en) * 1979-11-01 1982-02-16 General Electric Company Integrally ballasted fluorescent lamp unit
GB2137830A (en) * 1983-04-05 1984-10-10 Lutron Electronics Co Improved pulse network for discharge lamp dimming
FR2544157A1 (en) * 1983-04-05 1984-10-12 Lutron Electronics Co PULSE CIRCUIT FOR ADJUSTING THE LIGHT OF FLUORESCENT LAMPS

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