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US2084772A
US2084772A US668506A US66850633A US2084772A US 2084772 A US2084772 A US 2084772A US 668506 A US668506 A US 668506A US 66850633 A US66850633 A US 66850633A US 2084772 A US2084772 A US 2084772A
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  • This invention relates to luminous electric discharge tubes of the type employing a hot cathode and solid electrodes for use with alterhating current and a filling of one or a plurality of vapors of metals solid at room temperatures or a mixture of one or more of such vapors with a gas to initiate a discharge.
  • the gas may preferably be one of the rare gases.
  • Sodium glow lamps have been proposed heretofore and it is known that many such lamps have been made, particularly for useon direct current. It has been found heretofore, however, that when operating such lamps on alternating current the necessary efficiency to make the lamp practical is not attainable inasmuch as a low current density is necessary to make the device practical particularly when it is to be used as an i1- luminant.
  • the current density could be controlled and reduced by making a device with 5 two large area anodes and could befurther reduced by dividing each of the anodes into two or more. This made it possible to not only divide the current but to dispose the electrodes in portions of the bulb remote from the cathode so as to cause a wide and complete distribution of the glow bringing it near to the surface of the bulb. It was also observed that when operating a sodium vapor lamp best results are obtained with a tubular bulb instead of along tube since a more uniform temperature distribution is more readily maintained. The coolest part of the bulb should be at relatively high temperature and cool pockets should be avoided to prevent condensation of the sodium.
  • a lamp constructed in accordance with the present invention, with a pressure of to 4 millimeters of a suitable gas as for example either neon or argon.
  • a suitable gas as for example either neon or argon.
  • the presence of a gas is essential for initial starting. At room temperature sodium has no appreciable vapor pressure and the discharge is, therefore, started in the gas with a consequent heating of the sodium to vaporize the same. It has been found that it takes only about one-half to one-third as much argon as neon to operate a lamp. Good results have been obtained when using 1 or 2 millimeters pressure of neon. Neon seems desirable since it gives a reddish colored glow which blends with the color of the sodium discharge and, furthermore. tests so far have shown that a more eflicient light output is bad with neon than with argon.
  • Curves have been ploted which show the effect of keeping the discharge current in an alternating current lamp constant with diflerent pressures of neon.
  • the output of the lamp decreases with increasing pressure but it decreases just as the wattage consumed by the lamp decreases and, as far as can be determined, it is a temperature effect. It may be desirable to use higher pressure gas on account of the lower voltage obtained. It is pointed out that if a lamp is sealed off the pumps cold, only about one-half of the gas pressure must be put in; that is, one-half of what is expected when the lamp is burning hot.
  • Curves have also been plotted to show the luminous output of the lamp measured with different wattage inputs. It has been found that a lamp constructed in accordance with the present invention has a maximum eificiency of about watts total input and that the efliciency decreases after the maximum is reached. The total wattage consumed should, therefore, be near the peak value.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a glow lamp of the sodium vapor type operable on alternating current, wherein the current density is controlled by the geometrical proportions of the component operative parts.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a glow discharge device wherein a given current density is divided and in which large current surges are avoided in the absence of the occurrence of relatively large amounts of sodium ions or high current densities.
  • Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a lamp embodying the present invention having two pairs of concentric anodes and a hot cathode, the enclosing envelope being shown in vertical cross section;
  • Fig. 2 is a view taken on line II-lI-in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a view taken on line IIIIII in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a lamp constructed in accordance with the present in- Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing a pair of anodes in the form of concentrically disposed open rings;
  • Fig. 7 shows a pair of the anodes formed of wires or rods bent to provide a plurality of rectilinear portions on different planes
  • Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view similar to the construction shown in Fig. 4, the current flow being indicated in dotted lines;
  • Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view showing the same arrangement of anodes as shown in Fig. 4 but ineluding cross connections between the anodes to give a flow of current as indicated in dotted lines;
  • Fig. 10 is a ,view taken on line XX in Fig. 9;
  • Fig. 11 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 10 but including a cathode of the indirectly heatyp
  • Fig. 12 shows a modified form of the present invention wherein a plurality of anodes are disposed in the form of a constellation surrounding the cathode to give a widely distributed glow;
  • Fig. 13 is a diagrammatical view showing the circuit arrangement for the cathode and anodes illustrated in Fig. 12.
  • anodes of a molybdenum strip of five mil thickness When anodes of a molybdenum strip of five mil thickness are used the dimensions may be varied somewhat but when very much smaller there is a tendency of the anodes to run red hot.
  • the present construction includes two pairs of anodes arranged so that the anodes are disposed at each end of a tubular bulb' with the cathode substantially central with respect to the As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, a preferred embodiment of the invention may comprise a bulb I in which a flare tube 2 is sealed to the neck portion in the usual manner.
  • the fiare tube may have a press 3 in which lead wires or conductors 4-, 5, 6,
  • the lead wires 4 and 5 extend' through the press and are connected to opposite ends of heater element in the form of a helical coil 8 the construction of which will be later described.
  • the lead wires 6 and I extend through the press and may besecured to short pieces of rod 9' and III which in turn are secured to support rods II' and I2.
  • the pieces 9 and iii are so disposed as T to constitute starting tips to initiate the glow discharge.
  • the starting tips 9' and ID are shown as projecting metallic pieces but, if desirable, they may consist of oppositely disposed exposed surfaces of the-support rods. That is, the support rods II, and I2 may be covered with an insulative sleeve as shown except that a portion on each rod opposite to the cathode may be exposed to serve as a starting electrode.
  • the support rod 9' has a relatively small electrode l3 of cylindrical form secured to its lower ,end and a relatively large electrode l4 secured to its upper end. These electrodes which are electrically connected may be considered as a pair or may be termed as double electrode.
  • the support rod I2 has a relatively large cylinelectrically connected may be considered as another pair or as a double electrode.
  • the rods 9' and Ill extend partially across the upper electrodes and are connected by an insulative coupling H.
  • the rods II and I2 may be insulated by sleeves of alundum or. magnesium on portions between the starting tip and the electrodes.
  • the electrodes are of cylindrical form and opposite electrodes of each pair are disposed in concentric relation. Other forms of arrangements of electrodes may, however, be employed, as shown in other figures of the drawings.
  • a suitable collar or packing l9 which may serve to seal the air space between the vacuum chamber l8 and the bulb I against the circulation of air.
  • the chamber l8, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, may be employed with the other constructions shown.
  • Electrical energy may be supplied to the device by means of a suitable transformer 20.
  • the primary 2 l of the transformer may be connected to conductors 22' and 23' receiving current from a suitable source (not shown).
  • the device may be operated where commercial line voltage of to volts is available.
  • the transformer is provided with a secondary winding 2d to provide a source of relatively low voltage current for the heater element 6.
  • One side of the winding 24' is provided with a conductor 25' connected with lead wire 4 of the heater element 8 and the other side is provided with a conductor 2.6 connected with the lead wire 5 of the heater element.
  • a source of high voltage is furnished by a secondary winding 21, one side of which is connected by conductor 28' with lead wire 6 which leads to the double electrode l3'--
  • the other side of the winding 21' is connected by a conductor 29' to lead wire I for the flow of current to the double electrode l5"-l 8".
  • the efiicient and effective operation of the device prefferably smooth out the alternating current wave. This may be accomplished by providing, a suitably proportioned choke coil 30 or by other means such as an auto or constant-wattage, transformer. By smoothing out the alternating current wave the device is made operable in the absence of light flicker and periods in which no discharge or light occurs areavoided.
  • opposite electrodes l3 and I5" surround the flare tube which makes it possible to provide a bulb without pockets to receive vapor which might be subject to cooling and thus condensethe vapor.
  • the bulb is made so that the electrodes are in pairs and spaced apart in which case certain advantages follow by reason of the arrangement of the electrodes but in such con-'- structions it is necessary to provide a pocket to contain the flare tube.
  • the present device may be constructed with starting tips 9' and ID as shown in Fig. 1 or without such tips as shown in the remaining figures.
  • the starting tips are preferable, however, for quick operation at low voltage and may be provided in any or all of the forms shown.
  • the winding 24' serves to heat the filament effecting an initial discharge between the starting tips 9' and III by reason of a given amount of neon or other rare gasprovided for ths purpose.
  • the sodium vapor within the bu b then quickly reaches a temperature 'ion zable or capable of providing a glow discharge at the operating voltage of the device.
  • a discharge has been initiated it continuesbetween the electrodes 13' and I4 and the cathode 8 during one-half cycle and electrodes l5" and I6", and the cathode 8 during the other half cycle of the alternating current.
  • the two electrodes With a current of say five amperes supplied. the two electrodes will receive the current and thus divide it and owing to therelativly large area of the electrodes the current density will be relatively low.
  • the present arrangement of electrodes provides a large area and since the current density is reduced per unit of area it is possible to attain the desired result in accordance with the present invention.
  • the structure may be modified to include a bulb l having a neck portion II, a press l2 and an exhaust tube IS.
  • the envelope is provided with a cathode which may comprise a coiled tungsten filament coated with a thermionically active material to provide a copious electron fiow.
  • Conductive support members l5 and I6 extend into the bulb and are attached to the terminals of the filament to support the same in a position substantially central with- I in the bulb. These support members are suitably insulated by sleeves I5 and I6 of glass or other suitable material.
  • the device is provided with pairs of electrodes or anodes l1, l8 and i9, 20.
  • the electrodes or anodes l1 and I8 are mounted on arms 23 and 24 respectively extending from .a conductive support member 2
  • 'I'hese electrodes are disposed in symmetrical spaced re.- lation to the cathode It.
  • the electrode I1 is disposed in the lower portion of the bulb and the electrode I8 is disposed in the upper portion to afford a uniform distribution of the glow discharge.
  • the electrodes or anodes l 9 and 20 are mounted on arms 21 and 28 respectively, extending from a conductive support member 25.
  • This'support member is insulated substantially throughout its length by an insulative sleeve 25 which may be similar to the sleeve 22.
  • These anodes are disposed in symmetrically spaced relation to the cathode M.
  • the anodes i8 and 20 are disposed in the upper portion of the bulb in a common plane and the anodes I i and 9 aredisposed in the lower portion of the bulb and in a common plane. This arrangement of the electrodes with respect to the cathode affords a wide and even distribution of the glow discharge and brings it to the surface of the bulb to afford the best light output.
  • the bulb may be supplied with the vapor of an alkali metal as for example sodium, potassium, caesium, or. rubidium.
  • an alkali metal as for example sodium, potassium, caesium, or. rubidium.
  • Sodium is pref- ,erabl,e and readily vaporizable and, for the purpose of preventing the vapor from reaching the cooler portion of the bulb neck, a baflie or par titlon 29 is provided.
  • This baflle may have a tubular passage 3
  • Electrical energy may be supplied to the device by means of a transformer 32.
  • the primary 32' of the transformer may be connected to conductors 33 and 34 receiving electrical energy front a suitable source of alternating current, not shown.
  • the transformer is generally thesame as shown in Fig. i and is provided with a sec.- ondary winding 35 constituting a source of filament current.
  • One side of this secondary winding is provided with a conductor 36 connectedv with a lead wire 37 which is a continuation of .ployed to give a wide the conductive filament support member
  • the other side of the winding 35 is provided with a conductor 38 connecting with a filament'lead wire 39 which is a continuation of the filament support It.
  • One side of a high voltage winding ll of the secondary is provided with a conductor" connected to a lead wire 48 which is a continuation of the support 2
  • is provided with a conductor 44 connected with the lead wire 5 which is a continuation of the support 25 connected with the anodes l9 and 20.
  • the winding 35 operates to heat the filament causing an initial discharge by reason of a quantity of-neon or other rare gas provided for this purpose whereupon the sodium vapor becomes ionizedand a discharge takes place between electrodes l1 and I8 and the cathode during one-half cycle and between electrodes
  • a crowfoot insulative member 46 is provided to carry a conductive connector member 47 which electrically connects anode with the conductive support member 2
  • the corrugations serving to increase the area and if possible the electrodes shown in Figs. 1 to 3 may be corrugated.
  • as shown in Fig. 6, may be provided which may be comprised-of-splrally formed rods or narrow strips 01 metal.
  • Fig. 7 shows electrodes or anodes 52, as an example of another practical construction, wherein the anodes may comprise bent rods or wires having straight sides and overlapping each other. The various anode constructions shown serve to give a wide distribution of the discharge.
  • Fig. 11 shows a modification of the cathode structure wherein a coiled filament or heater element 53 is disposed in a sleeve 54 which latter may be coated with a thermionically active material.
  • the cathode is of the indirectly heated ply of electron emission is desirable.
  • Fig. 12 shows a modified form of adevice wherein a greater number of anodes are emdistribution of glow throughout the device.
  • the same principle of operation is employed in that certain sets of electrodes operate to divide the current to provide a device wherein operation at low current density is obtained.
  • a modified form of the device may comprise a substantially sphericalbulb 55, a neck portion 55 of which is sealed to a pedestal 51 0f glass or other suitable insulative material, extending into the bulb and terminating in a head 58.
  • I A filament 59 may be suitably supported on support wires extending from the head.
  • the filament may be of the helically wound type comprised of tungsten wire, the terminals of which may be connected with leading-in conductors 6i and 62. Extending from the head in substantially radial formation are conductive support 10 members 63 terminating in spherical anodes 64.
  • the several anodes and their supports are similar in construction but their electrical connections are so made that a given number of the anodes serve to pass current on one half of the cycle and another series of anodes serve to pass current on the other half of the cycle.
  • Fig. 13 shows a diagrammatic arrangement of the electrodes and their circuit and, as will be noted, conductive members 65 and 66 are provided which may be connected to a transformer I in a manner similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 4. .In the arrangement shown in Fig. 13, however, during one-half of the cycle electrodes A, B, C, D, E, and F operate and during the other half cycle electrodes G, H, I, .LK and L operate.
  • Fig. 1 may be provided with vacuum chambers as shown in Fig. 1 to conserve the heat and main tain the bulb at the required temperature.
  • a bulb may be employed having a diameter of about two and a half inches and a length of four inches measuring from the constricted neck portion to the other end of the bulb.
  • This bulb as shown, may be generally of cylindrical form and rounded at the end opposodium resistant glass.
  • This filament is made by wrapping a six mil nickel wire on a sixteen mil tungsten mandrel. This wrapped tungsten wire is then coiled up into a helix of about six turns having an internal diameter of about one-eighth of an inch. The size of the mandrel and the size desired currentand voltage.
  • the ends of the The internal structure of the. lamp may com-v ,prise supporting means for the double electrodesshown. These electrodes may be in the form of rings or bands of five mil molybdenum and, as illustrated, may be disposed ateach end of the bulb and symmetrically placed so as to be from three-eighths' to a half inch from the end of the site to the neck.
  • the bulb may be of any suitable of the tungsten'wire can be varied to give the,
  • the lead or support wires of the internal structure of the lamp may be covered either with sodium resistant glass or with an alundum or magnesium insulator so that the discharge travels to the electrodes and not to the supports.
  • a metal disk is sealed across the neck of the bulb and this disk should be positioned about three-eighths to a half inch from the lower electrodes.
  • the lower electrodes may be positioned from three-eighths to a half inch from the neck portion of the bulb.
  • a disk or partition When a disk or partition is used such partition may be secured by a suitable cement such as sodium silicate and kaolin. Preferably, the disk or partition is sealed in the most constricted portion of the neck of the bulb.
  • the disk may be provided with an aperture or small tubing to provide a communicating passage, as shown, for exhaust purposes.
  • the lamp should be exhausted by means of a careful and slow exhaust, particularly when the disk is employed with a sodium silicate cement in order that the water vapor may be removed from the sodium silicate during the heating of the device during exhaust.
  • the lamp should be thoroughly baked after which the filament is heated to a sufficiently high temperature and the carbonates or azides decomposed and the gas pumped off in the usual manner.
  • the anodes are usually heated for degasification by induction heating or by bombardment with a very low pressure of neon gas.
  • a lamp made in accordance with the above description operates best at 80 watts total wattage input; that is, if 15 watts are used to heat the filament, 65 watts are used in the discharge.
  • the filament current may be 8 amperes at about two volts, with about 4 to 5 amperes in the discharge.
  • the cathode operable at incandescence
  • the anodes are arranged in positions remote from the cathode and in close relation to the wall of the bulb.
  • the anodes which cooperate with the cathode to produce a glow discharge are, as shown in the form 01' double or multiple electrodes, i. e. a common conductor is provided to supply electrical energy to an anode consisting of a number of relatively large area bodies. These bodies are dis- 5 posed so as to spread out within the bulb making possible the most eiiective and advantageous use of the electrical energy consumed.
  • the anodes operate not only to produce a glow discharge but, by reason of their close proximity to the wall of the envelope or bulb, the device is maintained at a temperature sufliciently high to keep the sodium vaporized at which a glow discharge may be produced at low current density.
  • the arrangement of the anodes, as above pointedout brings the sodium glow close to the wall of the container so that a high light output is attained in that the outer surface of the glow-is of relatively large area. Lamps have been made in accordance with the above and have been burned both on alternating and direct current in vacuum chambers both in reflectors indoors and as units for outdoor use with satisfactory results.
  • An electrical discharge device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed envelope, a thermionically active cathode, a gas at reduced pressure and sodium in said envelope, starting electrodes to produce a discharge to vaporize said sodium and a pair of electrodes, each of said electrodes being divided into a plurality of sections for ionizing said sodium vapor to produce light of relatively high intensity at relatively low current density.
  • An electrical device comprising a sealed envelope, a refractory cathode operable at incandescence, anodes and a quantity of alkali metal within said envelope, each of said electrodes being divided into a plurality of sections cooperating with said cathode to vaporize said metal and produce a glow discharge and being so proportioned and disposed in such spaced relation as to distribute said glow adjacent to the surface of said envelope and give a maximum light output.
  • An electrical device comprising the combination of a sealed container, a thermionically active cathode, a quantity of alkali metal within said container and anodes, each of said anodes being divided into a plurality of-sections and arranged to effectively distribute the heat within said device to maintain a glow discharge close to the wall of said container.
  • An electrical device comprising a sealed con.- tainer, a cathode,a quantity of alkali metal within said container, anodes each disposed on one side of said cathode to cooperate with said cathode to produce a glow discharge, a gas at reduced pressure for initiating said discharge, each of said anodes being divided into a plurality of sections so proportioned and arranged as to cause a widely distributed glow in the vapor of said alkali metal.
  • An electrical device comprising a sealed tubular container, a cathode, a quantity of sodium in said container, anodes each disposed at one side of said cathode to cooperate with said cathode to produce a glow discharge, a gas at reduced pressure within said container for initiating a dischargecausing an elevation in the temperature of said device to vaporize said sodium and produce a sodium glow each of said anodes being divided into a plurality of sections so proportioned and arranged as to produce said glow adjacent to the wall of said container.
  • An electrical device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed container, a thermionically active cathode, a quantity of sodium in,
  • each of said anodes being divided into a plurality of sections so proportioned and arranged as to distribute the sodium glow throughout the container and maintain the glow constantat low current density.
  • An electrical discharge device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed tubular envelope, a thermionically active cathode, an alkali metal vapor in said envelope, a pair of anodes, each of said anodes having a portion disposed adjacent -to one end of said envelope and another portion disposed at the other end of said envelope, said anodes cooperating with said cathode to ,cause a glow discharge to be distributed throughout said envelope.
  • a sodium vapor lamp operable on alternating current comprising a sealed bulb, a thermionically active cathode, an ionizable medium in said bulb, a plurality of pairs of electrodes arranged to alternately cooperate with said cathode to produce a glow discharge, electrodes of opposite pairs being disposed in adjacent spaced relation.
  • An electrical device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed envelope containing a gaseous atmosphere, a cathode disposed substantially central within said envelope, a pair of anodes, a portion of an anode of each pair being disposed in opposite ends of said envelope said oppositely disposed portions cooperating with said cathode to produce-a glow discharge.
  • An electrical device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed envelope containing a gaseous atmosphere, a cathode, a multiplicity of sets of ring-dike anodes, the anodes of each set being electrically connected and disposed remote from said cathode one set of said anodes operating during each half cycle of said alternating current.
  • An electric discharge lamp device comprising a tubular containen'electrodes arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the container and sealed therein, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising sodium vapor and neon, the gaseous electric discharge between said electrodes being an arc discharge, and means for maintaining said container at the operating temperature of said sodium vapor.
  • An electric discharge lampdevice comprising a tubular container, an electrode at each end of the containerand sealed therein, a thermionically active cathode in said container, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising sodium vapor and neon, the neon pressure being less than 4 mm. at room temperature, means for heating said cathode to electron emitting temperature to initiate a discharge between said electrodes, the gaseous electric discharge between saidelectrodes being an arc discharge and a heat retaining envelope surrounding said container and spaced therefrom.
  • An electric discharge lamp device comprising a container, a pair of electrodes sealed therein, a thermionically active cathode cooperating the other end of said container, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising sodium vapor and neon, the neon pressure being less than 4 mm. at room temperature, the gaseous electric discharge between said electrodes being an are discharge and a heat retaining envelope surrounding said container and spaced therefrom.
  • An electric discharge lamp device comprising a container, an electrode disposed in relatively close relation to each end of said container, each of said electrodes consisting of aplurality of electrically connected sections, a gaseous atmosphere therein comprising sodium vapor and neon, said electrodes having relatively large effective areas capable of distributing heat throughout the device to maintain said gaseous atmosphere at a pressure to support a glow discharge.
  • An electrical discharge device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed envelope, a thermionically active cathode, an ionizable medium in said envelope, means for heating said cathode to electron emitting temperature, a plurality of electrodes cooperating with said cathode to produce a glow discharge, each of said electrodes comprising a plurality of parts disposed in spaced relation in the bulb whereby the glow discharge is distributed throughout the bulb.
  • An electrical discharge device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed envelope, a thermionically active cathode, an ionizable medium in said envelope, means for heating said cathode to electron emitting temperature, electrodes cooperating with said cathode to produce a glow discharge, each of said electrodes comprising a plurality of sections, at least one section of each electrode being disposed at one side of the bulb and at least one section of the other electrode being disposed at the other side of the bulb.
  • An electrical discharge device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed tubular envelope, a thermioni'cally active cathode, sodium vapor in said envelope, a pair of electrodes each of said electrodes being divided into a plurality of sections at least one section of each electrode being disposed at each end of said envelope.
  • An electrical device comprising a sealed tubular bulb, a cathode disposed substantially centrally between the ends of said bulb, a quantity of sodium within said bulb, a plurality of anodes disposed adjacent to each end of said bulb, means for holding said anodes in space relation to the bulb wall, said anodes being so proportioned and arranged as to cause an efiective sodium glow discharge in close relation to the surface of said bulb wall.
  • An electrical device operable on alternating current comprising a sealed tubular bulb, a thermionically active cathode disposed substantially

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US5148085A (en) * 1990-02-02 1992-09-15 North American Philips Corporation Electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp
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