EP0441439A1 - Lampe électrique - Google Patents

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EP0441439A1
EP0441439A1 EP91200224A EP91200224A EP0441439A1 EP 0441439 A1 EP0441439 A1 EP 0441439A1 EP 91200224 A EP91200224 A EP 91200224A EP 91200224 A EP91200224 A EP 91200224A EP 0441439 A1 EP0441439 A1 EP 0441439A1
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lamp
insulator body
current supply
supply conductor
electric lamp
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Livio Borgis
Marco Vincenzo Pietro Piacibello
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01K—ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
    • H01K1/00—Details
    • H01K1/42—Means forming part of the lamp for the purpose of providing electrical connection, or support for, the lamp
    • H01K1/46—Means forming part of the lamp for the purpose of providing electrical connection, or support for, the lamp supported by a separate part, e.g. base, cap

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  • the invention relates to an electric lamp comprising
  • Such an electric lamp is known from GB 503.462 (1939-04-06).
  • the insulator body in the known lamp consists of glass. Its tubular section extends so far into the lamp cap that its free end is enveloped in a cement compound with which the lamp cap is also fastened to the lamp vessel. Furthermore, the lamp comprises a disc made of insulating material at the end portion of the lamp vessel, which disc renders the stemtube closed to the cement compound.
  • the construction of the known lamp has the disadvantage that an extra component, the disc of insulating material, is to be mounted during lamp assembly and also that it is uncertain whether the cement compound actually closes off the tubular section and prevents a discharge arc between the current supply conductor inside that section and the shell portion.
  • GB 1.184.300 (1970-03-11) discloses a lamp in which a separate hollow insulator body is present in the lamp cap, which body extends from the base portion into the cement compound with which the lamp cap is fastened.
  • This lamp has the disadvantage that the lamp vessel and the lamp cap must be assembled with the lamp cap in bottom position in order to prevent the insulator body dropping from the lamp cap or assuming a skew position in the lamp cap. After assembly the lamp should then be reversed to bring the lamp cap in top position in order to achieve the fastening of the current supply conductor to the base contact member.
  • Another disadvantage is that the insulator body, being an additional assembly component, has to be applied in the lamp cap first during lamp assembly.
  • US 2.141.146 (1935-09-17) discloses a similar lamp, but also a lamp in which the shell portion of the lamp cap is coated with an insulating compound at the inside.
  • the compound may consist of the same material as the insulating material of the base portion, usually glass, and be integral with it. It has proved to be difficult, however, to apply sufficient insulating material the guarantee contact with the adhesive compound, but on the other hand to achieve that not so much insulating material is applied that the lamp cap is no longer certain to fit the end portion of the lamp vessel.
  • GB 1.139.266 (1969-01-08) discloses a lamp which is realised with the use of a lamp cap in which a ring of material was pressed which generates a foam upon heating.
  • This lamp has the disadvantage that, after foaming of the material and curing of the foam, rifts may be present in the foam which still render the shell portion accessible to a discharge arc. Moreover, the foam proves to be degenerated and pulverized at the end of lamp life. It has also proved necessary to check the lamp cap for the presence of the foam ring before lamp assembly.
  • US 2.076.582 (1937-04-13) discloses a lamp in which the current supply conductor to the base contact member is surrounded by a sleeve of insulating material.
  • a disadvantage of this is that an extra component must be applied during the assembly of lamp cap and lamp vessel.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a lamp of the kind described in the opening paragraph which is, among other characteristics, of a simple and reliable construction and which is easy to manufacture.
  • this object is achieved in that the insulator body is made of synthetic resin and extends into the stemtube.
  • the first current supply conductor is certain to be laterally separated from the lamp cap shell by insulators, i.e. by the insulator body and the stemtube together, or indeed by the insulator body alone in the case of a favourable embodiment, in which the insulator body extends into the stemtube to beyond the lamp cap. Contact between the enveloped current supply conductor and the lamp cap shell is thus impossible. The risk of a discharge arc arising between this conductor and the lamp cap shell is effectively counteracted.
  • the insulator body extends up to the pinch of the stemtube.
  • the first current supply conductor then is substantially completely separated from the other current supply conductor, so that the risk of a discharge arc arising between one current supply conductor to the other current supply conductor is minimized.
  • the tubular portion of the insulator body may enclose only the first current supply conductor and extend next to the exhaust tube in the stemtube. Alternatively, however, it is possible for the tubular section also to enclose the exhaust tube.
  • An advantage of this is that the first current supply conductor is easily caught in the wide, tubular portion when the lamp cap is applied on the lamp vessel, because of the exhaust tube/current supply conductor ratio, and is guided to the relevant contact at the base portion of the lamp cap. It is favourable for the ease of assembly if the tubular portion extends to beyond the lamp cap.
  • the fuse is part of the enveloped current supply conductor.
  • the fuse may easily lie entirely inside the insulator body and extend from the stemtube up to the contact member at the base portion.
  • the current supply conductor then consists of no more than three portions connected in series: a first portion mainly inside the lamp vessel, a second portion sealed in a vacuum-tight manner from the pinch of the stemtube into the stemtube proper, and a third portion extending to the contact member.
  • the second current supply conductor is identical to the first.
  • a current supply conductor is connected to the shell of the lamp cap, usually in that this conductor is guided to the exterior of the shell through the space between the end portion of the lamp vessel and the lamp cap, and is fastened to this exterior.
  • the other current supply conductor is also enveloped by the insulator body from the stemtube, enclosed in a separate cavity in this body. By enclosing the other current supply conductor in an own, separate cavity it is prevented that a discharge arc jumps over from one current supply conductor to the other.
  • the insulator body it is favourable to form the insulator body, if it extends up to the pinch, in such a way at its free end positioned at this pinch that the body is deformable.
  • An insulator body which is too long for a certain lamp from a series of lamps, owing to spread in stemtube length, can then be deformed during cap mounting in order to adapt itself to this stem tube length.
  • the insulator body may at its free end have, for example, a wall which becomes thinner, stepwise or not.
  • thermoplastic synthetic material An attractive result of the use of the insulator body of thermoplastic synthetic material is that the shell of the lamp cap can have a thinner wall. This is because the metal shell is no longer subjected to the high temperature of molten glass during lamp cap manufacture, which temperature renders the shell soft and thus less permanent in shape. This lack of permanence in shape renders it necessary to use shells of greater thickness when glass is used.
  • the insulator body is manufactured separately from the shell portion and is fastened to the base portion. This fastening may be realised in various ways.
  • the insulator body may be glued to the base portion, for example, by the use of an adhesive agent or by direct adhesion of the insulator body to the base portion.
  • a mechanical connection for example a clamp connection
  • the base portion may have a snap connection with the insulator body, for example around the tubular portion thereof.
  • the parts may be united by a scrape connection, tongues projecting into the lamp cap bearing on the tubular portion with clamping fit.
  • projections for example pins, to be present on the insulator body, which projections enter openings in the base portion and are, for example, ultrasonically upset.
  • the contact member(s) at the insulator body may be formed at this body during manufacture of this body, such as is the case for conventional lamp caps with a glass insulator body at the base portion.
  • a stub which may or may not be countersunk in the surface of this body, over which stub a current supply conductor is guided and around which a contact member, which may be, for example, tube- or bush-shaped, grips with clamping fit.
  • a contact member is a metal disc which has a perpendicularly flanged split tongue which keeps a current supply conductor clamped in by way of piercing contact.
  • the flanged tongue may be enclosed in a groove in the insulator body.
  • the contact member may have a second, possibly split tongue which is also enclosed in a groove in order to give the contact member an additional fixation.
  • thermoplastic synthetic materials are eligible for use in the insulator body.
  • synthetic resins for example thermoplastic synthetic materials. Examples which can be mentioned are polyether imide, polyether sulphone, polyether etherketone, polybutylene terephtalate, polypropylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, polyamide imide and polyimide.
  • An incandescent body may be the light source of the lamp, but alternatively it may be a discharge arc.
  • the electric lamp of Fig. 1 has a translucent lamp vessel 1 with an end portion 2 which comprises a stemtube 4, closed off with a pinch 3 and containing a sealed exhaust tube 5.
  • the lamp vessel 1 surrounds a light source 6, while a lamp cap 7 provided with contact members 8, 9 is fastened to the end portion 2 of the lamp vessel 1.
  • Current supply conductors 10, 11 extend from the light source 6 to respective contact members 8, 9 at the lamp cap 7 and are fastened thereto.
  • a fuse 10c, 11c is included in a respective current supply conductor 10, 11.
  • the lamp cap 7 has a metal shell portion 12 and a base portion 13, the latter carrying an insulator body 14 at an exterior surface thereof.
  • the insulator body 14 has a tubular portion 15 which extends inside the lamp cap 7 and surrounds a first current supply conductor 10, which extends to a contact 8 at this insulator body 14.
  • the insulator body 14 is made of synthetic resin and extends into the stem tube 4. In the Figure, the insulator body extends to beyond the lamp cap 7 up to the pinch 3 of the stemtube 4.
  • the insulator body 14 surrounds both the exhaust tube 5 and the first current supply conductor 10.
  • the first current supply conductor 10 has, as has the other current supply conductor 11, three portions: a portion 10a which lies substantially inside the lamp vessel 1, a portion 10b which is sealed in a vacuum-tight manner and runs from the pinch 3 into the stemtube 4, and a portion 10c which has the function of a fuse and extends up to the contact member 8.
  • the fuse 10c in the first current supply conductor 10 is entirely inside the insulator body 14.
  • the insulator body 14 is capable of deformation at its end adjoining the pinch 3.
  • the insulator body 14 is a separately manufactured body which is fastened to the base portion 13 of the lamp cap 7, in the Figure by mechanical means.
  • Clamping tags 16 are formed at the base portion 13 in the Figure, gripping around the insulator body 14, particularly around the tubular portion 15 thereof, and scraping themselves into this portion if said body 14 should be pulled from the lamp cap 7.
  • the current supply conductor 10 is fastened to the contact member 8 with a solidified drop of metal 17.
  • the lamp has a bayonet lamp cap 27 provided with two contact members 28, 29 at the base portion 33.
  • An insulator body 34 of synthetic resin is fastened to the base portion 33 by upsetting of pins 36.
  • the insulator body 34 extends with its tubular portion 35 to against the pinch 3 and surrounds both the exhaust tube 5 and the current supply conductor 10.
  • the insulator body 34 has a separate cavity 38 for the current supply conductor 11, which extends to the stemtube 4, in the Figure to beyond the lamp cap 27.
  • the insulator body 54 made of, for example, polyether etherketone has a recess 55 for accommodating the contact member 48 of Fig. 4.
  • the insulator body has a groove 56 which can accommodate a split tongue 49 of the contact member 48, which tongue keeps a current supply conductor clamped in by way of piercing contact.
  • the tongue 49 is bent away from the contact surface of the contact.
  • the insulator body 74 has a substantially circular groove 76 which forms a recessed stub 77.
  • a current supply conductor emerging from the insulator body 74 to the exterior is bent back about this stub 77.
  • a bush-shaped contact member 68 of Fig. 6 can enter the groove 76 with its substantially circular wall 69, thus clamping in the current supply conductor.

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WO2001071771A1 (fr) * 2000-03-22 2001-09-27 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe electrique
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US2076582A (en) * 1936-05-27 1937-04-13 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Protector for lamp fuses
FR1099072A (fr) * 1954-02-05 1955-08-30 Centre Nat Rech Scient Perfectionnements aux lampes destinées à l'observation et à la photographie sousmarines
JPS54107178A (en) * 1978-02-08 1979-08-22 Toshiba Corp Incandiscent bulb
FR2631739A1 (fr) * 1988-05-18 1989-11-24 Dumas Pierre Manchon de jonction monobloc a ballast non recuperable entre un culot edison et une ampoule fluorescente

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US2076582A (en) * 1936-05-27 1937-04-13 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Protector for lamp fuses
FR1099072A (fr) * 1954-02-05 1955-08-30 Centre Nat Rech Scient Perfectionnements aux lampes destinées à l'observation et à la photographie sousmarines
JPS54107178A (en) * 1978-02-08 1979-08-22 Toshiba Corp Incandiscent bulb
FR2631739A1 (fr) * 1988-05-18 1989-11-24 Dumas Pierre Manchon de jonction monobloc a ballast non recuperable entre un culot edison et une ampoule fluorescente

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 3, no. 130 (M-78) 27 October 1979, & JP-A-54 107178 (TOKYO SHIBAURA DENKI K.K.) 22 August 1979, *

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EP1089323A1 (fr) * 1999-09-28 2001-04-04 General Electric Company Lampe munie d'un fusible
WO2001071772A1 (fr) * 2000-03-22 2001-09-27 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe electrique
WO2001071771A1 (fr) * 2000-03-22 2001-09-27 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lampe electrique
KR100463318B1 (ko) * 2002-05-29 2004-12-23 주식회사 일광 전구의 도입선과 아일렛의 용접구조

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