EP0062713A1 - Méthode pour fabriquer une lampe fluorescente et lampe fluorescente obtenue par cette méthode - Google Patents

Méthode pour fabriquer une lampe fluorescente et lampe fluorescente obtenue par cette méthode Download PDF

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EP0062713A1
EP0062713A1 EP81301574A EP81301574A EP0062713A1 EP 0062713 A1 EP0062713 A1 EP 0062713A1 EP 81301574 A EP81301574 A EP 81301574A EP 81301574 A EP81301574 A EP 81301574A EP 0062713 A1 EP0062713 A1 EP 0062713A1
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fluorescent lamp
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Kinji Kaneko
Koshiro Sugibuchi
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/30—Vessels; Containers

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  • the present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp and a method of manufacturing a fluorescent lamp.
  • Fluorescent lamps have been used as a general source of illumination for many years.
  • a fluorescent lamp has high lighting efficiency and a low consumption of electric power in comparison with an incandescent lamp and a fluorescent lamp employing a lamp base of an incandescent lamp, e.g. a screw base, has been developed.
  • a fluorescent lamp employing a lamp base of an incandescent lamp, e.g. a screw base, has been developed.
  • a fluorescent lamp in order to interchange such a fluorescent lamp with a compact incandescent lamp, it is necessary for the fluorescent lamp to have a folded envelope because, in order to obtain about the same brightness as with an incandescent lamp, it is necessary for the fluorescent lamp's envelope to have a certain length.
  • Such a fluorescent lamp is known, for example, from U.S. Patents Nos. 3,551,736 and 4,199,708.
  • Such a folded or winding envelope is usually surrounded with a bowl or a cover. Consequently, the temperature of the fluorescent lamp rises on
  • a fluorescent lamp comprising:
  • a fluorescent lamp which comprises a winding envelope, the method including the steps of:
  • a bowl-shaped base member 1 having a plurality of ventilating holes 1' provides a conventional incandescent lamp base 2 at one end thereof and at the other end of the base member 1 there is formed a globe 3.
  • a partition plate 4 divides the base member from the globe and defines two spaces, i.e. a base member space and a globe space.
  • Reference numeral 5 refers designates a fluorescent lamp, the latter having a compact, winding envelope 6 formed as follows.
  • the envelope 6 is made by bending a straight glass tube into a U-shape to form a first bent part 6a and a pair of first leg parts 6b, followed by the bending of each leg part of the pair of leg parts 6b into a second U-shape to form a pair of second bent parts 6c and two pairs of second leg parts 6d.
  • the thus formed envelope 6 is of a small and compact shape and may be referred to as a saddle-shaped envelope.
  • the winding envelope 6 has a layer of phosphor material on the inner surface thereof.
  • a respective electrode 7 is mounted at each end of the envelope 6 and predetermined amounts of mercury and rare gas are sealed in the envelope 6.
  • the envelope 6 is formed with a projection, i.e. a sealed-off tip part 8, at the first bent part 6a.
  • the fluorescent lamp 5 is fixed to the partition plate 4 with first bent part 6a facing the partition plate 4, the tip part 8 projecting into the base member spade through a hole 4' formed in the partition plate 4.
  • a ballast 9 is also fixed to the partition plate 4 adjacent the fluorescent lamp 5.
  • the tip part 8 is shielded by the partition plate 4 so that heat radiated from the fluorescent lamp and the ballast 9 is shielded by the partition plate 4. Moreover, the part 8 is exposed to open air via the ventilating holes 1' of the base member 1. Consequently, the part 8 becomes the lowest temperature part of the fluorescent lamp 5.
  • the fluorescent lamp 5 It is thus possible for the fluorescent lamp 5 to maintain high lighting efficiency in spite of relatively high surrounding temperatures such as in the bowl 3. This is due to the fact that the mercury vapour pressure in the fluorescent lamp 5 is now determined by the coolest wall part of the fluorescent lamp.
  • a centre part 10a of a conventional straight glass tube 10 having openings 10' is heated to a working temperature by a heater (not shown).
  • the glass tube made of soda-lime glass, has a diameter of approximately 17.5mm and has a softening point of about 700°C.
  • the straight tube 10 softened by the heater is bent into a U-shape having the first bent part 6a and the pair of first leg parts 6b as shown in Figure 3b.
  • each of the pair of leg parts 6b is heated to a working temperature and each is bent into a second U-shape in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the first U-shape to form the pair of second bent parts 6c and the two pairs of second leg parts 6d as shown in Figure 3c.
  • an exhaust tube 20 made of soda-lime glass is fixed to the first bent part 6a in a manner so as to point in the same direction as the openings 10',as shown in Figure 3d.
  • the winding envelope 6 provided with the exhaust tube 20, is then positioned with the openings 10' thereof facing upward. Then, a suspension of phosphor material is poured into the openings 10'. Following this, the envelope 6 is turned upside down so that the openings 10' face downward. Thus, excess suspension from the coating step is drained through the exhaust tube 20 and the openings 10'. Therefore, after drying the suspension of phosphor material, a uniform layer of phosphor material 12 is formed on the inner surface of the winding envelope 6.
  • the exhaust tube 20 is fused together near the bent part 6a to form the tip part 8 and seal the envelope, the remainder of the tube 20 being removed. Thereby, the tip part 8 is formed at the first bent part 6a.
  • the exhaust tube 20 it is possible to form a uniform thickness of the layer 12 of phosphor material, by employing the exhaust tube 20 at the first bent part 6a. That is, since the position of the exhaust tube 20 is at a point of symmetry of the winding envelope 6, on draining the excess phosphor material suspension, it drains evenly from the openings 10' and the exhaust tube 20 and is prevented from collecting at the bent parts 6a and 6b.

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EP81301574A 1981-04-10 1981-04-10 Méthode pour fabriquer une lampe fluorescente et lampe fluorescente obtenue par cette méthode Expired EP0062713B1 (fr)

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DE8181301574T DE3172957D1 (en) 1981-04-10 1981-04-10 A method of manufacturing a fluorescent lamp and a fluorescent lamp obtained by this method
EP81301574A EP0062713B1 (fr) 1981-04-10 1981-04-10 Méthode pour fabriquer une lampe fluorescente et lampe fluorescente obtenue par cette méthode

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Cited By (3)

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US4794301A (en) * 1986-08-19 1988-12-27 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Fluorescent lamp having a convoluted discharge passage and fluorescent lamp apparatus incorporating the same
GB2278718A (en) * 1993-06-01 1994-12-07 Eldon Kai Choi Lee Method of manufacture of a discharge tube
WO2009115373A1 (fr) * 2008-03-20 2009-09-24 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Enceinte à décharge pour une lampe à décharge et lampe à décharge

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GB668259A (en) * 1949-11-03 1952-03-12 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in and relating to methods of shaping vitreous tubes
US3152278A (en) * 1959-06-12 1964-10-06 Patent Treuhand Ges Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen Mbh Fluorescent lamp with low melting amalgam filling
GB1068704A (en) * 1964-07-22 1967-05-10 Philips Electronic Associated Improvements in and relating to methods of introducing sodium into a discharge vessel
US3551736A (en) * 1968-04-02 1970-12-29 Gunther Anthony Doehner Fluorescent lamps constructed for use in conventional light fixtures
GB1503636A (en) * 1975-06-20 1978-03-15 Philips Ltd Lowpressure mercury vapour discharge lamp
EP0000966A1 (fr) * 1977-08-23 1979-03-07 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe à décharge basse pression à vapeur de mercure
US4199708A (en) * 1977-08-23 1980-04-22 U.S. Philips Corporation Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp
GB2033653A (en) * 1978-10-26 1980-05-21 Philips Nv Low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp

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AU529323B2 (en) * 1979-09-29 1983-06-02 K.K. Toshiba Fluorescent lamp

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB668259A (en) * 1949-11-03 1952-03-12 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in and relating to methods of shaping vitreous tubes
US3152278A (en) * 1959-06-12 1964-10-06 Patent Treuhand Ges Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen Mbh Fluorescent lamp with low melting amalgam filling
GB1068704A (en) * 1964-07-22 1967-05-10 Philips Electronic Associated Improvements in and relating to methods of introducing sodium into a discharge vessel
US3551736A (en) * 1968-04-02 1970-12-29 Gunther Anthony Doehner Fluorescent lamps constructed for use in conventional light fixtures
GB1503636A (en) * 1975-06-20 1978-03-15 Philips Ltd Lowpressure mercury vapour discharge lamp
EP0000966A1 (fr) * 1977-08-23 1979-03-07 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe à décharge basse pression à vapeur de mercure
US4199708A (en) * 1977-08-23 1980-04-22 U.S. Philips Corporation Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp
GB2033653A (en) * 1978-10-26 1980-05-21 Philips Nv Low-pressure mercury vapour discharge lamp

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4794301A (en) * 1986-08-19 1988-12-27 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Fluorescent lamp having a convoluted discharge passage and fluorescent lamp apparatus incorporating the same
GB2278718A (en) * 1993-06-01 1994-12-07 Eldon Kai Choi Lee Method of manufacture of a discharge tube
WO2009115373A1 (fr) * 2008-03-20 2009-09-24 Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Enceinte à décharge pour une lampe à décharge et lampe à décharge

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