US2177858A - Apparatus for exciting luminous tubes - Google Patents

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US2177858A
US2177858A US30537A US3053735A US2177858A US 2177858 A US2177858 A US 2177858A US 30537 A US30537 A US 30537A US 3053735 A US3053735 A US 3053735A US 2177858 A US2177858 A US 2177858A
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Bethenod Joseph
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G7/00—Overhead installations of electric lines or cables
    • 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
    • H05B41/16—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by dc or by low-frequency ac, e.g. by 50 cycles/sec ac, or with network frequencies
    • H05B41/20—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by dc or by low-frequency ac, e.g. by 50 cycles/sec ac, or with network frequencies having no starting switch
    • H05B41/23—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by dc or by low-frequency ac, e.g. by 50 cycles/sec ac, or with network frequencies having no starting switch for lamps not having an auxiliary starting electrode
    • H05B41/232—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by dc or by low-frequency ac, e.g. by 50 cycles/sec ac, or with network frequencies having no starting switch for lamps not having an auxiliary starting electrode for low-pressure lamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00

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  • the dissipating member oiers to the wind a comparatively large resistance whichmay be detrimental to the mechanical safety of an overland lineand even occasion short-circuits in the case of excessive swinging;
  • the object of the present invention is to obviate these defects by the application of a novel method of exciting luminous tubes based on certain properties of the electrostatic field created about the high-tension conductor, to the exclusion of any disperser or similar member.
  • a conductor I pertains for example to a high-tension line which it is desired to indicate by night.
  • auxiliary line .2 there is arranged parallel to this line an auxiliary line .2, the distance of which from the principal conductor I is generally a few centimetres'or decimetres, and the length of which depends upon the potential of the line and the magnitude of the desired eiect.
  • the latter may be of any shape.
  • It may be arranged for vexample in the manner known per se, in helical, sinusoidal or zig-zag shape, so as to provide the greatest -possible length in a small space.
  • the other electrode being connected to the principal conductor I, it is found that the tube 4 lights nii strongly if the various elements'of the installa.- tion have been suitably ⁇ chosen. It is even possible t obtain an appreciable eiect when the distance between the conductors I and 2 is of the order of magnitude of a centimetre, and in accoidance with theory, this effect increases more and more slowly with the distance present.
  • the insulating distancepiece supports 6 have only to withstand a comparatively small drop in potential, the magnitude of which correspond to the value necessary for satisfactory operation of the tube employed.
  • the usual precautions can be taken against condensation and possible dripping of the water, though such incidents can only aiect the production of the luminosity without endangering the insulationol.' the main line, because the respective distances of the main line and auxiliary lines from the ground are of the same order, that is, comparatively great, relative to the spacing between then so that the addition of the auxiliary line does not increase the danger of grounding the main line in the case of rain.
  • connection 3 centre of the auxiliary line 2 is not. essential, but it will be preferable in general since it reduces to a minimum the radiation of parasitic waves produced by the discharges passing through the tube l. From this point of view, the device forming the object of the invention affords a considerable advantage over devices comprising dispersers, which constitute aerials with a very .strong radiation.
  • FIG. 2 Another form of carrying out the invention is shown in Figure 2. It includes the use of two tubes IA and 4B, each having one of their electrodes connected to the principal conductor I, while the other electrodes are connected together by the auxiliary line 2, the length of which again corresponds to the Vpotential of the line, the type of tubes, the eiectto be obtained and other conditions.
  • the operation of this par- ⁇ 'ticular arrangement with tubes connected together does not differ essentially from that of Fiu're 1, and it possesses similar'advantages as regai-ils the reduction of any radiationof parasitic waves.
  • the auxiliary lines and tubes are arranged sc that they act at the same time as vibration damping means and attenuate the mechanical vibrationor swinging of the hightension line.
  • the weight and rying the electrodes are selected in accordance with the desired damping eifect.
  • auxiliary line 2 is not necessarily parallel to the principal line i.
  • the tubes may be provided with internal or external electrodes.
  • impedances 5 intended to damp the .high-frequency oscillations produced by the operation of the tubes may be inserted in the conductors connecting the electrodes and the lines I and 2.
  • An apparatus for exciting gaseous luminous discharge tubes by means of a high tension conductor comprising insulators suspended from the high tension conductor. an auxiliary line sup ⁇ ported at lits extremities between the insulators and positionedl parallelly to said conductor, a
  • luminous tube provided with spacedelectrodes, means for conductively connecting one oi' the electrodes to tbe high tension conductor, and means for conductively connecting the other electrode to the auxiliary line, the distance of the auxiliary line from the high tension conductor being between a few centimeters and a few decimeters, so that the no-load potential deter-- mined in taking account only of the electrostatic induction between the high tension conductor and the auxiliary line on one hand and between the auxiliary line and the ground on the other hand to the exclusion of all'discharge effects will be greater than the starting potential of the tube employed and the length of the auxiliary line being such that at the aforesaid distance of the same from the high tension conductor the potential at the terminals of the tube after starting will be substantially ,equal to the normal potential oi' operation of the tube.
  • An apparatus for exciting gaseous luminous discharge tubes by means of a high tensionV conductor, comprising insulators suspended from thel high tension conductor, ported at its extremities between the. insulators and positioned vparallelly to vsaid conductor, a luminous tube provided with spaced electrodes arranged parallel to said conductor, means for conductively connecting one of the electrodes to the high tension conductor, meansfor conductivean auxiliary line suply connecting the other electrode to a center point of the auxiliary line, the distance of the auxiliary line from the high tension conductor being between a few centimeters and a few decimeters, so that the no-load potential determined by taking account only of the electrostatic induction between the high tension conductor and the auxiliary line on one hand and between the auxiliary line and the ground on the other hand to the exclusion of all discharge e'ects will be greater than the starting potential of the tube employed and the length of the auxiliary line being such that at the aforesaid distance of the same from
  • An apparatus for ⁇ exciting gaseous luminous discharge tubes by means of a high tension conductor comprising insulators suspended from the high tension conductor, an auxiliary line supported by its extremities between the insulators parallel to said conductor, ya luminous tube Drovided with spaced electrodes, means for conductively connecting one of the electrodes lto the /high tension conductor, means for *conductively connecting the other electrode to the auxiliary line, impedances interposed in at least one of the connecting means, the value of said impedances being-adapted to damp the high frequency oscillations produced by the operation of the tube, the distance of the auxiliary line from the high tension conductor being between a few centimeters 'and a few decimeters, so that ⁇ wno--load potential determined by taking ,account only of the electrostatic induction between the high tension conduct r and the auxiliary line on one hand and betweenctme auxiliary line and the ground on the other hand to the exclusion of all discharge eiects will be

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US3114893A (en) * 1958-03-19 1963-12-17 Ciaude Paz Et Visseaux Device for marking with light a high voltage overhead line
EP3579363B1 (fr) * 2018-06-08 2021-07-28 Tyco Electronics-Simel Avertisseur lumineux d'aéronef pour lignes d'alimentation

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DE1103190B (de) * 1958-03-19 1961-03-23 Claude Paz Et Visseaux Fa Einrichtung zur Lichtbefeuerung einer elektrischen UEberland-hochspannungsleitung
DE1092350B (de) * 1959-01-19 1960-11-03 Claude Paz Et Visseaux Fa Vorrichtung zur Lichtbefeuerung einer elektrischen UEberland-hochspannungsleitung
FR2421427A1 (fr) * 1978-03-31 1979-10-26 Claude Dispositif pour le balisage lumineux d'une ligne de transport d'energie electrique
FR2467450A1 (fr) * 1979-10-10 1981-04-17 Claude Dispositif pour le balisage lumineux d'une ligne de transport d'energie electrique
FR2786253B1 (fr) 1998-11-24 2001-10-19 Obsta Dispositif de balisage lumineux pour ligne de transport d'energie electrique

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US3114893A (en) * 1958-03-19 1963-12-17 Ciaude Paz Et Visseaux Device for marking with light a high voltage overhead line
EP3579363B1 (fr) * 2018-06-08 2021-07-28 Tyco Electronics-Simel Avertisseur lumineux d'aéronef pour lignes d'alimentation

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