Radiator module for use in a lamp housing

Abstract

For insertion into a lamp housing, a radiator module (1) is provided inside of the module with at least one discharge lamp as radiation source, which puts out an ultraviolet radiation produced by plasma within a discharge chamber (2), the plasma being formed by coupling an electromagnetic field into the discharge chamber (2) and the radiation produced by the plasma exits along a given optical axis through at least one body (12) transparent to ultraviolet radiation as a window. In the range of the plasma at least one diaphragm opaque to radiation is provided with a through-bore along the axis (6), an additional thermal radiation source is fixedly arranged in a given position within the module along the optical axis (6); the additionally produced radiation penetrates through a second transparent body (13) as entry window into the discharge chamber, and then exits along the axis through the first transparent body (12) together with the ultraviolet radiation produced by the plasma. The module (1) can be inserted into a mounting of the lamp housing with a coupling lens (10), and is locked and held in a given position within the mounting by the mating fit of the module with respect to the coupling lens.

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