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US 3,982,185 AGranted
Lamp basing using UV curable adhesive
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMichael G. Shinn, Billy G. Fransen
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for using ultraviolet curing adhesives to join a wire lamp to its base comprising the steps of cooling the wire lamps, applying the adhesive to either the wire lamp or the warmed base, attaching the base to the wire lamp, and curing the adhesive with incident ultraviolet radiation.
Claims8
A process for joining a base to a wire lamp comprising the steps of:
- cooling the seal area of said wire lamp to less than 300.degree.F;
- warming said base to a temperature above ambient and below 180.degree.F;
- applying an ultraviolet curable adhesive to one of said wire lamp and base;
- applying said base to said wire lamp;
- and
- curing said adhesive by irradiation with ultraviolet light to bond said base to said wire lamp.
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