Abstract: A compact fluorescent lamp employs multiple tubes frictionally fitted into apertures in a base plate to form an assembly. The assembly is fitted and positioned within an hermetically sealed envelope by means of snubbers formed on the base plate which cooperate with detent means formed on the inside surface of the envelope.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 1984
Date of Patent:
July 15, 1986
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation
Inventors:
Andre C. Bouchard, Paul A. Thibault, Rudolph V. Marcucci
Abstract: Mercury release into a sealed arc discharge lamp is accomplished by positioning a mercury containing target within the lamp and heating the same by electron bombardment derived from a D.C. power supply connected between an electrode of the lamp and the mercury target.