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US 5,748,837 AGranted
High temperature lamp heater assembly with cooling of lamp base portions
AssigneeProcess Technology Inc.
InventorsRichard A. Lokar, Dennis J. Rezabek
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AssigneeProcess Technology Inc.
InventorsRichard A. Lokar, Dennis J. Rezabek
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A heater assembly for supporting and energizing a plurality of heating lamps which includes a socket assembly which supports each of the lamps at a base portion thereof, provides power to effect energization of the lamps, and provides a directional flow of cooling fluid which is forced into close proximity to the base portions of the lamps to effect cooling of the base portions of each of the lamps. The cooling fluid is directed into a manifold disposed in the socket assembly in which each of the base portions of the lamps are disposed and is forced from the manifold through exit passageways disposed contiguous to the base portions of the lamps to force the cooling fluid into close proximity with the base portions of the lamps to efficiently cool the base portion of the lamp and assure long lamp life.
A heater assembly for supporting and energizing a plurality of heating lamps each of which include a lamp portion and a base portion having one end which is connected to a power conductor comprising a socket assembly including first and second side plates which are connected together to define a manifold therebetween, said first and second side plates each including a plurality of openings therein for receiving a base portion of a lamp therein, each of said openings in said first side plate being aligned with an opening in said second side plate to allow a base portion of each lamp to pass through an opening in said first side plate and an aligned opening in said second side plate with said one end of the base portion disposed adjacent to said second side plate, said openings in said first side plate having a cross-sectional configuration which is substantially identical and equal in size to the cross-sectional configuration of the portion of the base portion which is disposed therein, each of said heating lamps being supported by said openings in said first and second side plates with the base portion of each lamp being disposed in said manifold and the one end of each base portion extending through an opening in said second side plate and being supported adjacent to said second side plate outside of said manifold, said openings in said second side plate having a cross-sectional configuration which is similar to and larger in area than the cross-sectional configuration of the base portion which is disposed therein, the difference in the cross-sectional area of the base portion of the lamp disposed within said opening in said second side plate and the cross-sectional area of the openings in said second side plate providing exit passageways from said manifold, an inlet for directing a source of cooling fluid into said manifold, said cooling fluid flowing into said manifold to cool the base portions of the heating lamps located in said manifold, said cooling fluid flowing from said manifold around the base portions of the heating lamps and through said exit passageways in said openings in said second side plate to further cool the base portions of the lamps and conductor means connected to the one end of each of the base portions of each heating lamp adjacent said second side plate.
A heater assembly for supporting and energizing a heating lamp which includes a lamp portion and a base portion having one end which is connected to a power conductor comprising a socket assembly including first and second side plates which are connected together to define a manifold therebetween, said first and second side plates each including an opening therein for receiving a base portion of a lamp therein, said opening in said first side plate being aligned with said opening in said second side plate to allow the base portion of the lamp to be supported in said opening in said first side plate and said aligned opening in said second side plate with said one end of the base portion disposed adjacent to said second side plate outside of said manifold, said opening in said first side plate having a cross-sectional configuration which is substantially identical and equal in size to the cross-sectional configuration of the portion of the base portion which is disposed and supported therein, said heating lamp being supported by said openings in said first and second side plates with the base portion of said lamp being disposed in said manifold and the one end of the base portion extending through said opening in said second side plate and being supported adjacent to said second side plate, said opening in said second side plate having a cross-sectional configuration which is similar to and larger in area than the cross-sectional configuration of the base portion of the lamp which is disposed and supported therein, the difference in the cross-sectional area of the base portion of the lamp which is supported in said opening in said second side plate and the cross-sectional area of the opening in said second side plate providing an exit passageway from said manifold, an inlet therein for directing a source of cooling fluid into said manifold, said cooling fluid flowing into said manifold to cool the base portion of the heating lamp located in said manifold, said cooling fluid flowing from said manifold around the base portion of the heating lamp through said exit passageway in said opening in said second side plate in forced proximity to the base portion to further cool the base portion of the lamp and conductor means connected to the one end of the base portion of the heating lamp adjacent said second side plate.
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