Abstract: A long, tubular incandescent lamp has incorporated therein a filament formed by coupling light emitting segments and non-light-emitting segments alternately with each other. Each of the light emitting segments is composed of a light emitting coil and a coil-like coupling member of a larger pitch than the light emitting coil. Each of the non-light-emitting segments is composed of a bar formed to have a straight short-circuit part, bent portions at both ends thereof and supports respectively extending from the bent portions. The short-circuit part is inserted into the coil-like coupling member and these elements are then welded to each other to obtain the filament of alternately coupled light emitting and non-light-emitting segments. The composite filament is subsequently sealed in a long, tubular bulb. Thus, the resulting incandescent lamp is easily assembled, simple in structure, and highly shock resistant.

Abstract: A simplified lamp mount structure is disclosed in which one end of the filament is attached to the apex of a loop with the free ends of the loop embedded in glass. The other end of the filament is attached to a conventional inner lead wire.

Abstract: The coiled-coil filament of a tubular incandescent lamp is held in suspended longitudinally-extending position within the envelope by lead-in conductors and a single support wire that is anchored in one of the envelope seals and has a hook portion that is coupled to one of the secondary turns of the filament. The free end of the filament-support member is formed into a single loop that nestingly engages the arcuate wall of the envelope and thus holds the support member and filament in the desired position during the sealing-in operation and within the finished lamp. The unique shape of the support member simplifies its manufacture and its subsequent assembly with the coiled filament and envelope.

Abstract: In tubular incandescent lamps having an axially arranged double-coiled filament on each support is present on a single-coiled part between two double-coiled parts of the filament. The single-coiled parts and the double-coiled parts have the same inside diameter, which enables a simple method of production, and hence have a different outside diameter. As a result of this a support provided on a single-coiled part cannot move onto a double coiled part. The construction results in lamps which have a usual operating life span which is closer to a desirable norm.

Abstract: A location- or positionally-sensitive proportional counter tube of high resolution having a trough-shaped cathode in a counting chamber. A resiliently elastic wire forming the anode extends longitudinally through the counting chamber. Suitable fastening arrangements engage the ends of the wire so as to mount the wire equidistantly from the side walls of the cathode trough and in electrical communication with the input resistor of a preamplifier. The counting chamber is an openable high-pressure chamber with inlet and outlet apertures for a pressurized counter tube gas.

Abstract: An elongated electric incandescent lamp having a closed envelope the inner diameter of which is less than 16mm and which is filled with an inert gas, a plurality of filaments suspended within the envelope and a getter disposed in the vicinity of each of the filaments.

Abstract: The invention relates to halogen incandescent lamps for use in photoreproduction processes and with a simple and cheaper filament construction. In this construction the filament sections emitting light during operation form one assembly with the connection conductors interconnecting them and connection conductors of a large length have in one or more places helically wound turns which are shortcircuited by a support connected thereto.

Abstract: An improved lead wire forming apparatus is described comprising wire flattening apparatus, a three jaw hook former, and clamping dies for fastening the lead wire about a filament.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to the manufacture of incandescent lamps and, in particular, to apparatus for fastening lead wires to incandescent filaments, especially coiled filaments.In the prior art, lead wires were flattened, given an initial bend with clamping jaws, received a filament while in the clamping jaws, and then clamped around the filament using the filament as an anvil in the same clamping jaws.While the connection provided in this manner is adequate initially, the connection has a tendency to deteriorate in use, particularly where the use requires a large number of on-off cycles as in signal lamps. This deterioration causes early and unpredictable failure of the lamp.The deterioration is believed due to a number of factors which revolve around the way the connection is made.

Abstract: An electric incandescent lamp and method of manufacturing same in which two filaments stretched in frames are arranged. The frames are coupled together by a brace having a central portion which is incorporated in the exhaust tube seal in the upper wall of the lamp envelope.

Abstract: An electric incandescent lamp comprising an axially extending filament in a tubular vitreous envelope has improved filament supports of wire whose outer turns are formed as hexagonal loops comprising straight segments with angles between successive segments. The sharp bends at the angles decrease the springback and unwinding of the support when it is released from the mandrel, so that variations in support loop diameter with wire tension and size are reduced. The support may be fabricated through a new method and apparatus on a forming mandrel by engaging a wire in a slot in an exposed end face simulating a shallow helicoid. As the mandrel revolves, at least one full turn is wound around its periphery (which may be hexagonal) to form the outer envelope-engaging loop. The wire is then bent radially inwards at the shoulder of the projecting portion of the helicoid face to wind filament-engaging turns around the filament and wire mandrel which extend through an axially aligned aperture in the forming mandrel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric incandescent lamp having a tubular envelope in which a coiled-coil filament is stretched which is supported in at least one place between the ends by a support formed from wire, of which support a part bears on the inner wall of the envelope and another part supports the filament, The part which supports the filament has a helical shape and, according to the invention, is present inside the secondary winding of the filament. The said part comprises at least two turns the winding sense of which corresponds to that of the secondary turns of the filament.