Fluorescent lamp unit having ballast resistor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn M. Davenport, Elmer G. Fridrich
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Abstract
An integral self-contained fluorescent lamp unit comprising an elongated lamp and an elongated ballast resistor carried in an outwardly extending housing member positioned alongside the lamp.
Claims18
An integral self-contained gas discharge lamp unit comprising an elongated gas discharge lamp, a housing member positioned against and alongside said lamp and comprising a wing portion extending away from said lamp along the length thereof, and an elongated ballast resistor positioned embedded in said wing portion along the length thereof and connected electrically to ballast said lamp when operating, whereby heat generated in said ballast resistor when the lamp is operating will be dissipated from said wing portion into surrounding space.
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