Higher efficiency incandescent lighting units
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWalter K. Brinn, Ivan Berlec, John M. Davenport, Milan R. Vukcevich, Elmer G. Fridrich
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Abstract
An improved high efficiency general service incandescent lighting unit is disclosed. The lamp has coaxial outer and inner envelopes. The inner envelope has a low voltage filament coaxially disposed therein, a halogen gas atmosphere and a fill-gas at a high pressure. The outer envelope has a coating of a light transmissive reflective infrared film on its inner surface. Further disclosed are various control systems for reducing a typical 120 v. A.C. voltage and applying the reduced A.C. or D.C. voltage across the low voltage filament within the inner envelope.
Claims10
A general service incandescent lighting unit comprising:
- (a) a base having an electrically conductive screw-in section;
- (b) an outer envelope mounted on said base;
- (c) an inner envelope coaxially disposed within said outer envelope and containing a halogen gas atmosphere along with a high pressure fill-gas;
- (d) a filament coaxially disposed within said inner envelope;
- (e) an infrared reflecting film coating the inner surface of said outer envelope and effective during the operation of said lighting unit for substantially transmitting visible radiation and substantially reflecting toward said filament infrared radiation emitted by said filament, and;
- (f) voltage reducing means located in said base having means responsive to a predetermined phase angle of a voltage having a value of about 115 volts A.C. and being effective during the operation of said lamp for developing and applying a voltage having a value determined by said phase angle within the range of about 20 to less than about 90 volts A.C. or D.C. across said filament;
- said outer envelope having means for connecting to said base which has means for complementary acceptance of said outer envelope, said means for connecting being designed in such a manner so as to be detachable from said base without causing damage to either of said base, said outer envelope or to electrical connections between said voltage reducing means and said filament.
A general service incandescent lighting unit comprising:
- (a) a base having an electrically conductive screw-in section;
- (b) an outer envelope mounted on said base;
- (c) an inner envelope coaxially disposed within said outer envelope and containing a halogen gas atmosphere along with a high pressure fill-gas;
- (d) a filament coaxially disposed within said inner envelope;
- (e) an infrared reflecting film coating the inner surface of said outer envelope and effective during the operation of said lighting unit for substantially transmitting visible radiation and substantially reflecting toward said filament infrared radiation emitted by said filament, and;
- (f) means located in said base and being effective during said operation of said lamp for applying a voltage having a value within the range of about 20 to less than about 120 volts A.C. or D.C. across said filament;
- wherein said outer envelope having said coaxially disposed inner envelope has a stem for rigidly affixing a portion of the inleads for said inner envelope and allowing passage of the remainder portion of said inleads to coupling means attachable to said outer envelope, said coupling means having ears for respectively connecting to one end of each of the leads,
- said base having portions to related channels on its upper surface for accepting said ears so that upon the rotation of said outer envelope, said channel provides a passageway for accepting and connecting in an electrical and mechanical manner said outer envelope to said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.