Dual radiation ultraviolet lamp

A fluorescent tanning lamp having multiple zones with different ultraviolet characteristics along its length comprising:

• (a) a tube;
• (b) a first fluorescent coating on the interior of said tube along a first finite length adjacent one end of said tube, said coating being adapted to produce ultraviolet radiation of substantially uniform intensity;
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• (c) a second fluorescent coating along a second finite length of about 8-18 inches of said tube adjacent the other end of said tube adapted to provide an increased UVB intensity of radiation emanating from the said second finite length, the UVB intensity of radiation emanating in said second finite length is ten to fifty percent greater than the UVB intensity of the radiation in said first finite length and wherein the UVB/UVA ratio is also larger.

A fluorescent tanning lamp assembly for a tanning chamber comprising an array of a multiplicity of parallel spaced elongated lamps having multiple zones with different ultraviolet characteristics of radiation along their length and each comprising:

• (a) a tube;
• (b) a first fluorescent coating on the interior of said tube adapted to produce ultraviolet radiation of substantially uniform intensity and extending over a first finite length of said tube adjacent one end thereof;
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• (c) a second fluorescent coating on the interior of said tube extending over a second finite length of said tube adjacent the other end thereof for producing ultraviolet radiation of a substantially uniform intensity and having radiation characteristics different from those of the radiation produced in said first finite length.