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- My invention relates to the class otl electric lampsknown as incandescentlam ps, in which light is produced by the incandescence ot' a continuous conductoroflow conductivity, forming a part ofthe electrical circuit of the lamp.
- the conductor is made of carbon, which has been found to be the most available Inaterial Jfor that purpose, it is essential that it should be effectually protected, when highly heated, from all access of oxygen, as it readily oxidizes at high temperatures, and the incandescent part of the lamp has usually been inclosed in a glass globe from which the air has been exhausted or excluded.
- a serviceable cement of this kind is formed by thoroughly mixing and fusing' together iiftyeight parts, by weight, of oxide of lead, seventeen parts of silica, ten ot' oxide of iron, ten of oxide of copper, and five ot'potash or soda. It is not essential to use exactl I the ingredients named, or to combine them in precisely the proportions indicated; but it is essential that the cement should be rich in metallic constituents, and at the same time contain sufficient silica to insure perfect adhesion to the glass of the globe. I prefer to use the cementfor only ICO a small part of the base of the globe immediately adjacent to the conducting-wires, and to form the main part of the globe of glass.
- the conducting-wires are made preferably of copper, on account of its high electrical conductivity and its cheapness; but other metals may be used, lif desirable.
- A is the incandescent conductor. glass globe inclosing the conductor.
- G G are conducting-wires, of copper.
- D D are tubes, made of cement such as l have described, fused and sealed to the conductingwires at their upper ends and to the glass of the globe at their lower ends, so that the base of the globe is hermetically sealed about the conducting- Wires.
- the tube of cement should be joined to the wire when both are at a white heat, so as to remove all oxide from the surface of the metal and insure perfect adhesion between the parts.
- a second joint may be made between the tube and the wire a short distance below the upper end of the tube.
- the air may be exhausted from the globe in the usual way, so as to leave as perfect a vacuum as practicable; or the air may be replaced with a raretied atmosphere of hydrocarbon vapor or gas.
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Witqesses UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.
JOSEPH V. NICHOLS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
ELECTRIC LAMP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,833, dated January 18, 1881.
Application filed October 18, 1850. '(Model.)
.To all whom t may concern:
Be it known that I, JOSEPH V. NIoHoLs, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Lamps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part hereof.
My invention relates to the class otl electric lampsknown as incandescentlam ps, in which light is produced by the incandescence ot' a continuous conductoroflow conductivity, forming a part ofthe electrical circuit of the lamp. WVhen the conductor is made of carbon, which has been found to be the most available Inaterial Jfor that purpose, it is essential that it should be effectually protected, when highly heated, from all access of oxygen, as it readily oxidizes at high temperatures, and the incandescent part of the lamp has usually been inclosed in a glass globe from which the air has been exhausted or excluded. Various devices have been usedformakin g perfectly-tight j oints about the conducting-wires; but sealing the glass of the globe directly to the conductingwires has proved more effective and convenient for this purpose than other constructions. Platinum has been considered the only available material ot' which to make the conductingwires in lamps so constructed, as the coefficients of expansion of other metals differ considerably from that of glass, and glass, moreover, does not readily adhere to them. The firm adhesion of the glass to the metal is obviously essential to a perfect joint, and, as the lamp undergoes very considerable changes ot' temperature in use, any inequality in the coefficient of expansion ot' the parts tends to separate them at the joint or to crack the glass about the wires, and even with a metal of the same coefficient ofexpansion as the glass there is a considerable tendency to the formation of cracks in the glass about the wires, on account of the low thermal conductivity of glass. The platinum wire, becoming heated by conduction from the incandescent carbon, expands rapidly, while the adjacent glass, conducting` the heat received from the platinum very feebly, expands slowly, and the glass is temporarily subjected to a strain, which tends to crack it. The
use of platinum for conducting-wires in such lamps is, moreover, objectionable for other reasons. lts electrical conductivity is comparatively low, and, as the leadingwvires have to be made quite small when sealed into the glass, they are more or less heated by their resistance to the current, and this aggravates the tendency to crack the glass due to the expansion caused by the heat received from the carbon. This metal, moreover, as is well known, has a remarkable capacity for absorbing gases, and oxygen thus occluded in the conducting-wires is probably, to some extent, given off again within the globe when the wires become heated, to the injury of the incandescent carbon, and the expensiveness of platinum also adds considerably to the cost of the lamp.
It is obviously extremely desirable to use for conducting-wires a metal free from these objections, such as copper, and to construct the globe in such a manner as to avoid the tendency to the formation of cracks about the wires.
I have found that by forming the base ofthe glass globe, or that part which immediately surrounds the comluct-ing-wires, ot' a composition made by mixing various metallic substances with silica and potash, the adhesion of the parts may be increased and the tendency to crack diminished, and that when proper proportions are used the composition or cement so formed will readily adhere both to glass and to copper, and will not crack when the parts are subjected to changes of temperature. The composition so formed is apparently metallovitreous in its nature, being, in fact, neither metal nor glass, but possessing for certain purposes the properties of both. I find that a serviceable cement of this kind is formed by thoroughly mixing and fusing' together iiftyeight parts, by weight, of oxide of lead, seventeen parts of silica, ten ot' oxide of iron, ten of oxide of copper, and five ot'potash or soda. It is not essential to use exactl I the ingredients named, or to combine them in precisely the proportions indicated; but it is essential that the cement should be rich in metallic constituents, and at the same time contain sufficient silica to insure perfect adhesion to the glass of the globe. I prefer to use the cementfor only ICO a small part of the base of the globe immediately adjacent to the conducting-wires, and to form the main part of the globe of glass.
The conducting-wires are made preferably of copper, on account of its high electrical conductivity and its cheapness; but other metals may be used, lif desirable.
The absence of cracks in the base of a lamp so constructed is probably due to the assimi-` lation of the cement to the metal of the wires both as regards its coefcient of expansion and as regards its thermal conductivity, and to its being more tough and elastic than glass. The heating of the conducting-wires by the current is also largely avoided by constructing them of metal of high electrical conductivity.
In the drawing I have shown a lamp constructed in accordance with my invention.
A is the incandescent conductor. glass globe inclosing the conductor. G G are conducting-wires, of copper. D D are tubes, made of cement such as l have described, fused and sealed to the conductingwires at their upper ends and to the glass of the globe at their lower ends, so that the base of the globe is hermetically sealed about the conducting- Wires. The tube of cement should be joined to the wire when both are at a white heat, so as to remove all oxide from the surface of the metal and insure perfect adhesion between the parts.
Bis al By way of additional precaution, a second joint may be made between the tube and the wire a short distance below the upper end of the tube.
The air may be exhausted from the globe in the usual way, so as to leave as perfect a vacuum as practicable; or the air may be replaced with a raretied atmosphere of hydrocarbon vapor or gas.
Havingthus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
l. The combination, in an electric lamp, of a glass globe inclosing an incandescent conductor in a vacuum with conducting-wires connected with said conductor, and metallo-vitreous cement interposed between the glass of the globe and the conducting-wires and united to both by fusion, substantially as described.
2. ln an electric lamp, a glass globe inclosing the incandescent or light-giving part in a vacuu1n,in combination with conductingwires of copper or other metal of high conductivity and metallo-vitreous cement interposed between the glass of the globe and the conducting-wires and united to both by fusion, substantially as described.
JOSEPH V. NICHOLS. iVitnesses S. F. RANDALL, HENRY HrcEL.
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US2877143A (en) * | 1956-11-20 | 1959-03-10 | Rca Corp | Method of treating glass |
US3080328A (en) * | 1961-05-22 | 1963-03-05 | Owens Illinois Glass Co | Conducting solder glass compositions |
US20060088089A1 (en) * | 2004-10-25 | 2006-04-27 | Kawasaki Microelectronics America, Inc. | Adaptive equalizer with dual loop adaptation mechanism |
US20090095141A1 (en) * | 2007-10-15 | 2009-04-16 | Black & Decker Inc. | Adjustable fence for a miter saw |
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US2877143A (en) * | 1956-11-20 | 1959-03-10 | Rca Corp | Method of treating glass |
US3080328A (en) * | 1961-05-22 | 1963-03-05 | Owens Illinois Glass Co | Conducting solder glass compositions |
US20060088089A1 (en) * | 2004-10-25 | 2006-04-27 | Kawasaki Microelectronics America, Inc. | Adaptive equalizer with dual loop adaptation mechanism |
US20090095141A1 (en) * | 2007-10-15 | 2009-04-16 | Black & Decker Inc. | Adjustable fence for a miter saw |
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