# US 10,245,445 B2 · Infrared-ray lamp tube

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- Number: US 10,245,445 B2
- Document ID: US10245445B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/314,631
- Filed: 2015-06-30
- Published: 2017-07-06
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-15
- Assignees: Yong-Joo Sin; Chin-Woong Pyeong; Gyu-Tae Pyon
- Applicants: Chin-woong Pyeon; Gyu-tae Pyon; Yong-Joo Sin
- Inventors: Chin-woong Pyeon; Gyu-tae Pyon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245445B2

## CPC

- A61N 5/0625: {Warming the body, e.g. hyperthermia treatment}
- A61F 7/00: Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N)
- G02B 5/281: {designed for the infrared light}
- H01K 1/26: Screens; Filters (associated with envelope H01K1/28)
- H01K 1/58: Cooling arrangements
- H05B 3/42: non-flexible
- A61F 2007/0088: {Radiating heat}
- A61N 2005/0654: {Lamps}
- A61N 2005/0659: {infrared}
- A61N 2005/0665: {Reflectors}
- A61N 2005/0667: {Filters}
- H05B 2203/032: Heaters specially adapted for heating by radiation heating
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H01K: ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS (details, apparatus or processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps H01J; light sources using a combination of incandescent and other types of light generation H01J61/96, H05B35/00)
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

An infrared-ray lamp tube has; an elongate tube-shaped housing having an inner space defined therein, wherein the elongate tube-shaped housing have both side open ends; an infrared-ray emitting array disposed in the inner space, wherein an infrared-ray emitting array includes a plurality of halogen lamp units spacedly arranged in an array in the inner space in a length direction of the housing; two plugs respectively fitted into the both side open ends of the elongate tube-shaped housing; and a filtering liquid filling the inner space of the elongate tube-shaped housing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An infrared-ray lamp tube comprising:
an elongate tube-shaped housing having an inner space defined therein, wherein the elongate tube-shaped housing have both side open ends;
an infrared-ray emitting array disposed in the inner space, wherein an infrared-ray emitting array includes a plurality of halogen lamp units spacedly arranged in an array in the inner space in a length direction of the elongate tube-shaped housing;
a filtering liquid filling the inner space of the elongate tube-shaped housing;
two plugs respectively fitted into the both side open ends of the elongate tube-shaped housing, and including:
a first plug having an inlet through which the filtering liquid flows into the inner space; and
a second plug opposite to the first plug and having an outlet through which the filter liquid in the inner space flows out; and
a bubble-discharge guide in the inner space in a position adjacent to the outlet, and including:
a front surface facing the first plug, and positioned to conceal the outlet when viewed from the first plug;
an outer circumferential surface spaced apart from an inner surface of the elongate tube-shaped housing with a first gap; and
a rear surface opposite to the front surface, facing the outlet, and spaced apart from an inner wall of the second plug with a second gap being in fluid communication with the first gap such that the filtering liquid in the inner space flows toward the outlet over the front surface through the first pap and the second gap in order.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The infrared-ray lamp tube of claim 1, wherein the elongate tube-shaped housing is made of a light-transmitting material to allow a light beam from the infrared-ray emitting array to pass through the elongate tube-shaped housing, and the light-transmitting material includes a polycarbonate-based synthetic resin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The infrared-ray lamp tube of claim 1, further comprising a reflection plate, disposed in the elongate tube-shaped housing at a first inner side face thereof to reflect a light beam from the infrared-ray emitting array toward a second inner side face thereof, wherein the first side face is opposite to the second side face.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The infrared-ray lamp tube of claim 3, further comprising an insulating filling disposed between the reflection plate and the first inner side face of the elongate tube-shaped housing.