US1961719A - Gaseous electric discharge device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to gaseous electric discharge devices generally and more particularly the invention relates to such devices in which a metal vapor constitutes the gaseous atmosphere, or is a component of the gaseous atmosphere.
- Gaseous discharge lamp devices employing the vapor of a. difficultly vaporizable metal, such as sodium, cadmium, thallium, or magnesium, as a light giving element are very efficient light sources.' Since these metals vaporize only at elevated temperatures it is desirable that the container of the gaseous electric lamp device be provided with a heat conservator to reduce to a minimum the radiation of heat from the walls of the container in order that the container walls may be at the required elevated temperature during the operation of the device. Two types of heat conservators are useful for this purpose.
- One type is a gas tight, sealed envelope enclosing the container of the lamp and the space between the envelope and the container is wholly or partially evacuated, or is filled with a gas at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure when desired.
- the other type of heat conservator is a double walled jacket separate from the lamp container and in which the container of the lamp device is mounted. The space between the walls of the jacket is wholly or partially evacuated, or is filled with a gas at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure when desired.
- This last mentioned type of heat conservator that is the type wherein the heat conservator is separate from the container of the gaseous electric discharge device, has various advantages over the first mentioned type among which are a lower manufacturing cost, a lower replacement cost and facility in transportation.
- the quantity of metal used is usually greater than that required to provide a saturated vapor atmosphere in the lamp at the normal operating temperature of said lamp.
- the excess metal which is solid at room temperature, deposits on the coolest part of the container, and that the place at which the deposit forms varies greatly in difierent lamps and in the same lamp at different times. This is probably due to the fact that the difference in'temperature of different parts of the wall of the container is small since the container is in an atmosphere the pressure of which is lower than atmospheric pressure.
- the above is particularly true where the container is mounted in a double walled jacket since the air present between the jacket and the container tends to equalize the temperature at all parts of the container. This uncertaintyas to the place on the container where the metal will deposit is dis advantageous for the metal frequently deposits where it interferes with the emission of light by the lamp.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a lamp unit comprising the combination of a gaseous electric discharge lamp device the gaseous atmosphere of which comprises a metal vapor and a heat conservator for said lamp device wherein the deposits of condensed metal vapor are restricted to a particular part of the container of the lamp device.
- the object of the invention is attained by mounting the container of the lamp device eccentrically in the heat conservator.
- the part of the wall of the container closest the wall of the heat conservator is then the coldest part of said container wall and, of course, the metal deposits are localized on the part of the container at the lowest temperature, the other parts of said container being unobscured by metal deposits.
- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of one type of a gaseous electric discharge lamp device and a heat conservator therefor, said conservator being 1 having a thermionic electrode 2 sealed the-rein at each end thereof.
- Each of said thermionic electrodes 2 has two current inleads and comprises a coiled metal filament, such as a tungsten filament, and a coating of electron emitting material, such as barium oxide, on said metal filament.
- Said container 1 has a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising a mixture of a gas, such as neon, and the vapor of a difficultly vaporizable metal which is solid at room temperature, such as sodium.
- An envelope 3 encloses said container 1 and the inleads of said electrodes 2 are sealed into said envelope 3.
- Said envelope 3 is evacuated to insure the thermal insulation of said container 1 from the outside atmosphere.
- the current inleads for said electrodes 2 support said container 1 in said envelope 3 and said inleads are bent so that the longitudinal axis of said container 1 is out of the longitudinal axis of said envelope 3.
- the bent inleads are flexible to allow for uneven expansion of container 1 and envelope 3 during the operation of the device.
- one side 4 of said container 1 is closer to the wall of said envelope 3 than the opposite side 5 of said container 1.
- the side 4 is at a lower temperature than the side 5 of said con tainer 1 during the operation of the lamp and any condensation of sodium vapor takes place on the side 4 of said container 1 so that the side 5 remains free from undesired deposits of condensed material and the light from the luminous positive column discharge between said electrodes 2 passes unhindered through the side 5.
- the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing comprises a gaseous electric discharge lamp device comprising a bulb shaped container 6 having sealed therein a thermionic cathode '7 and two ring shaped anodes 8 mounted on opposite sides of said cathode 7 and at equal distances from said cathode 7.
- Said cathode 7 is similar in structure to the electrodes 2 of the lamp device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.
- Said container 6 has a gaseous atmosphere therein similar to that in the lamp device of Figs. 1 and 2.
- the bulb shaped lamp device in this embodiment of the invention is mounted in a double walled jacket 9.
- the space between the walls of said jacket 9 is evacuated or filled with a gas at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, when desired.
- the gaseous electric discharge lamp device is mounted eccentrically in the double walled jacket so that the side 10 of the container 6 of said lamp device is closer to the wall of said jacket 9 than the opposite side 11 thereof.
- the side 10 is the coldest part of said container 6 during the operation of the lamp device and the condensed metallic material deposits on the side 10. The light emitted by the arc discharge can thus pass unobstructed through the side 11 of the lamp.
- an electric discharge lamp device comprising a container, electrodes sealed therein, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising a difiicultly vaporizable metal and a heat conservator therefor said container being mounted eccentrlcaliy in said heat conservator to localize deposits of the condensed metal in said container during the operation of said lamp.
- an electric discharge lamp device comprising a container, electrodes sealed therein, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising a dilficultly vaporizable metal and a heat conservator therefor said heat conservator being a. gas tight envelope enclosing said container, said container being mounted eccentrically in said heat conservator to localize deposits of the condensed metal in said container during the operation of said lamp.
- an electric discharge lamp device comprising a container, electrodes sealed therein, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising a diflicultly vaporizable metal and a heat conservator therefor said heat conservator being a double walled jacket, said container being mounted eccentrically in said heat conservator to localize deposits of the condensed metal in said container during the operation of said lamp.
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DE415613X | 1932-11-15 | ||
DEN35074D DE611962C (de) | 1932-11-15 | 1933-04-01 | Elektrische Entladungslampe mit Dampffuellung schwer verdampfbarer Metalle |
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US695622A Expired - Lifetime US1961719A (en) | 1932-11-15 | 1933-10-28 | Gaseous electric discharge device |
US715462A Expired - Lifetime US2103226A (en) | 1932-11-15 | 1934-03-14 | Gaseous electric discharge lamp device |
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Cited By (6)
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US3619682A (en) * | 1969-04-01 | 1971-11-09 | Sylvania Electric Prod | Arc discharge lamp including means for cooling envelope surrounding an arc tube |
US3662203A (en) * | 1969-05-20 | 1972-05-09 | Patent Treuhand Ges Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen Mbh | High pressure saturated metal vapor, preferably sodium or metal halide vapor discharge lamp |
US5229681A (en) * | 1989-10-10 | 1993-07-20 | Musco Corporation | Discharge lamp with offset or tilted arc tube |
US5856721A (en) * | 1994-09-08 | 1999-01-05 | Gordin; Myron K. | Discharge lamp with offset or tilted arc tube |
US20030147240A1 (en) * | 2002-02-07 | 2003-08-07 | Gordin Myron K. | High-intensity lighting fixture |
WO2006126144A3 (en) * | 2005-05-23 | 2008-06-12 | Philips Intellectual Property | High-intensity discharge lamp |
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DE1110754B (de) * | 1958-09-05 | 1961-07-13 | Philips Nv | Aus mindestens einer rohrfoermigen Entladungslampe bestehende Lichtquelle |
BE631753A (de) * | 1962-05-02 |
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- 1933-10-24 FR FR763159D patent/FR763159A/fr not_active Expired
- 1933-10-28 US US695622A patent/US1961719A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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Cited By (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3619682A (en) * | 1969-04-01 | 1971-11-09 | Sylvania Electric Prod | Arc discharge lamp including means for cooling envelope surrounding an arc tube |
US3662203A (en) * | 1969-05-20 | 1972-05-09 | Patent Treuhand Ges Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen Mbh | High pressure saturated metal vapor, preferably sodium or metal halide vapor discharge lamp |
US5229681A (en) * | 1989-10-10 | 1993-07-20 | Musco Corporation | Discharge lamp with offset or tilted arc tube |
US5856721A (en) * | 1994-09-08 | 1999-01-05 | Gordin; Myron K. | Discharge lamp with offset or tilted arc tube |
US20050231955A1 (en) * | 2001-02-07 | 2005-10-20 | Musco Corporation | High intensity lighting fixture |
US7284879B2 (en) | 2001-02-07 | 2007-10-23 | Musco Corporation | HID lighting fixture with quick-disconnect light source mount |
US20030147240A1 (en) * | 2002-02-07 | 2003-08-07 | Gordin Myron K. | High-intensity lighting fixture |
US7059745B2 (en) | 2002-02-07 | 2006-06-13 | Musco Corporation | Lighting fixture with quick-disconnect light source mount |
WO2006126144A3 (en) * | 2005-05-23 | 2008-06-12 | Philips Intellectual Property | High-intensity discharge lamp |
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FR763159A (fr) | 1934-04-25 |
GB415613A (en) | 1934-08-30 |
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