Tubular incandescent lamp having spaced segments
AssigneeGTE Sylvania Incorporated
InventorsLeroy Huston, George D. Gounaris
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Abstract
In a tubular, double ended electric incandescent lamp in which the filament comprises coiled segments spaced from each other, the filament coiled segments are electrically connected by means of skip space wire sections coiled at each end thereof, which are threaded onto the filament segments.
Claims2
In an elongated, tubular, double-ended incandescent lamp of the type where the filament is axially located and comprises separated filament coiled segments, the improvement which comprises spacer wire sections between said coiled segments, each spacer wire section consisting of a single length of wire and further consisting of a coil at each end thereof with an intermediate skip-space therebetween, each of said coils being electrically and mechanically fastened to the adjacent filament coiled segment by being threaded onto the end of said adjacent filament coiled segment, the diameter of the wire of said spacer wire section being larger than the diameter of the wire of said filament coiled segment.
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