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US 4,904,900 AGranted
Glow discharge lamp
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorsAndre C. Bouchard, Paul A. Thibault
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Abstract
A glow discharge lamp that includes a light transmitting envelope containing a noble gas fill material and a pair of electrodes disposed in the envelope. Lead-in wires couple to the electrodes and extend to and are hermetically sealed in the envelope. The anode electrodes is comprised of a refractory metal piece, preferably a molybdenum foil strip, supported from an end of a single lead-in wire that is preferably swagged to the metal strip.
Claims19
A glow discharge lamp comprising;
- a light transmitting envelope containing a noble gas fill material;
- a pair of electrodes disposed in said envelope;
- lead-in wires coupled to the electrodes and extending through and hermetically sealed in said envelope,
- one of said electrodes comprising a refractory metal piece having a thickness less than about 0.025 millimeter and supported from an end of one of said lead-in wires, said one of said lead-in wires being of a refractory material.
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