Arrangement for supporting two discharge tubes in one envelope
AssigneeNorth American Philips Corporation
InventorsJohn P. Dunn, Kathleen P. Bernard
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Abstract
A dual arc tube high pressure discharge lamp with a support frame connected to an electrical connector comprising a U-shaped piece of wire the axes of the legs of which are offset from the base so that the plane passing through the axes of the legs does not pass through the middle of the base of the wire.
Claims7
A high pressure discharge lamp including a light transmitting envelope with a longitudinal axis, two discharge tubes, each with a first tubular electrode assembly at a first end, coupling means adapted to couple said discharge tubes to a source of voltage located outside said envelope, said coupling means also mounting said discharge tubes side by side and parallel to each other equidistant from the longitudinal axis of said envelope, said coupling means including stabilizing means inside each first tubular electrode assembly structurally stabilizing the first end of each of said discharge tubes, said stabilizing means also providing an electrical connection to the first tubular electrode assembly of each of said discharge tubes, said stabilizing means being a U-shaped piece of wire welded to said electrode assemblies.
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