Hand held, high power UV lamp
AssigneeAdastra Technologies, Inc.
InventorGeorge Wakalopulos
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Abstract
A hand held UV lamp and beam generator has resistive ballast provided by a glowing wire and thermal ballast provided by heated air coming via the same hot wire. A detachable reflector housing has curved symmetric spars in a generally parabolic shape defining an axis with an elongated axially lamp at a focal line. Heated air flows through the spars heating the lamp in a start mode and cooling the lamp in a run mode. The lamp and beam generator is made from electrical components found in a household hair dryer.
Claims43
A hand held ultraviolet beam generator comprising:
- a shell housing having a body and a handle connected to the body;
- electrical and thermal ballast for a lamp within the shell housing;
- a lamp housing detachably connected to the shell housing and having a reflector with an axis and an axially mounted ultraviolet lamp therein and connected to the electrical ballast;
- the thermal ballast having a heater element and a fan with the fan blowing air from the heater element over the lamp;
- and
- wherein light reflected from the reflector forms an ultraviolet beam.
A method of making a hand held UV beam generator comprising:
- providing electrical and thermal ballast for a UV lamp within a hand held housing;
- placing a UV lamp in electrical and thermal communication with the electrical and thermal ballast;
- and
- placing a beam forming reflector around a portion of the UV lamp.
An ultraviolet beam generator comprising:
- a shell housing having a body;
- a lamp housing detachably connected to the shell housing and having a reflector with an axis and an axially mounted ultraviolet lamp therein;
- an electrical an thermal wire ballast element connected to the lamp, the thermal wire ballast element being a heater element having an associated fan blowing air over the wire heater element and over the lamp;
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- wherein light reflected from the reflector forms an ultraviolet beam emerging from the lamp housing.
A method of making a UV beam generator comprising:
- providing an electrical heater wire as electrical and thermal ballast for a UV lamp;
- placing a UV lamp in electrical and thermal communication with the electrical and thermal ballast;
- and
- placing a beam forming reflector around a portion of the UV lamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.