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US 2014/0125218 A1Published application
Luminaire Comprising A Fluorescent Light Bulb, Mercury Sorbent, And Secondary Covering
OwnerJames Scott Hacsiinventor
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Abstract
A luminaire comprising a fluorescent light bulb, mercury sorbent, and a secondary covering is presented along with methods for making and using a luminaire that has mercury sorbent placed under a secondary transparent or translucent covering, coating, or skin and over the glass-casing of the fluorescent light bulb comprising the luminaire so that elemental mercury will not escape to the environment surrounding the luminaire if and when the glass-casing of the fluorescent light bulb ever breaks or ruptures.
Claims7
A luminaire, comprising:
- a fluorescent light bulb comprised of a lamp base, glass-casing, mercury, electrodes, and an inert gas, and
- mercury sorbent matter positioned outside of said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, and
- a secondary transparent or translucent covering, coating, or skin positioned to enclose and encase both said mercury sorbent matter and said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb,
- whereby said mercury inside said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb cannot be absorbed by or chemically combine with said mercury sorbent matter inside said secondary transparent or translucent covering, coating, or skin until or unless said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb breaks or ruptures.
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A method for preventing elemental mercury from leaking to the environment surrounding a fluorescent light bulb, comprising:
- providing a fluorescent light bulb comprised of a glass-casing and mercury, and
- providing a permanently-affixed translucent or transparent secondary covering, coating, or skin that can encase, enclose, or substantially cover or coat said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, and
- providing mercury sorbent matter, then
- placing said mercury sorbent matter over, around, or on the outside surface of said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, then
- placing said secondary covering, coating, or skin over, around, and enclosing both said mercury sorbent matter and said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, then
- retaining said mercury sorbent matter between said secondary covering, coating, or skin and outside of said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, then
- allowing said mercury sorbent matter to chemically react with said mercury escaping from said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb when said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb breaks or ruptures, then
- disposing of or recycling said fluorescent light bulb, said covering, coating, or skin, and chemically combined said mercury and said mercury sorbent matter,
- whereby environmentally unfriendly said mercury of said fluorescent light bulb does not leak to the surrounding environment when said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb breaks or ruptures.
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A method of manufacturing a luminaire, comprising:
- providing a fluorescent light bulb comprised of a glass-casing and mercury, and
- providing a transparent or translucent secondary covering, coating, or skin, and
- providing mercury sorbent matter, then
- placing said mercury sorbent matter over or around the outside surface of said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb, then
- placing said secondary transparent or translucent covering, coating, or skin over or around both said mercury sorbent matter and said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb so said mercury sorbent matter is retained and encased between said secondary translucent or transparent covering, coating, or skin and said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb,
- whereby said mercury inside said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb cannot be absorbed by, or chemically combine with, said mercury sorbent matter outside said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb and inside said secondary translucent or transparent covering, coating, or skin until or unless said glass-casing of said fluorescent light bulb breaks or ruptures.
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