Tungsten halogen lamp with heat-dissipating base

A method of making a high temperatuare tungsten halogen lamp comprised of a sealed envelope of vitreous material having a bulb portion and a press-sealed portion at one end thereof with a pair of electrically conductive lead-in wires hermetically sealed through said press-sealed portion in spaced-apart relationship to one another and extending beyond sad press-sealed portion with sad lead-in wires connected to a filament structure positioned within said bulb portion, said method comprising:

• providing a ceramic base including a top portion having a pair of oppositely positioned upper edges thereon and further including spaced-apart ear means that extend above said top portion of said base, said upper edges and said ear means defining therebetween a pair of heat-dissipating windows;
• inserting said sealed envelope into said base such that said ear means extend above said press-sealed portion to contact said bulb portion of said envelope and only a portion of each of two sides of said press-sealed portion is located above a respective one of said upper edges so as to be exposed through a respective one of said heat-dissipating windows, the remainder of said press-sealed portion inserted within said base so as to be surrounded by said base;
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• cementing said base to both said bulb portion and said press-sealed portion of said envelope, said cemented base providing enhanced support of said envelope while enabling sufficient heat dissipation from said lamp to thereby prevent excessively high seal temperatures.