Abstract: An emitter, in particular a lamp, and a method for emitting light are described. The emitter comprises at least one LED element for producing electromagnetic radiation in a first frequency range and an active cooling unit for cooling the at least one LED element, having at least one cooling channel for a coolant. The at least one cooling channel is arranged at least partially in a beam path of the electromagnetic radiation produced by the at least one LED element. The coolant comprises at least one phosphor for converting at least a part of the electromagnetic radiation into light to be emitted in a second frequency range, which is different from the first frequency range.

Abstract: A cooling system for a light emitting diode assembly includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat from a fluid to ambient air, an enclosure configured to house the LED assembly, and a pump configured to circulate the fluid through the enclosure, through the LED assembly, or both, and through the heat exchanger. The fluid is configured to absorb heat at the LED assembly and generated by the LED assembly, and the heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid and remove the heat absorbed by the fluid at the LED assembly.

Abstract: A gas cooled LED lamp and submount is disclosed. The centralized nature of the LEDs allows the LEDs to be configured near the central portion of the optical envelope of the lamp. In example embodiments, the LEDs can be cooled and/or cushioned by a gas in thermal communication with the LED array to enable the LEDs to maintain an appropriate operating temperature for efficient operation and long life. In some embodiments, the LED assembly is mounted on a glass stem. In some embodiments a thermal resistant path is created that prevents overtemperature of the LED array during the making of the lamp. In some embodiments the LED assembly comprises a lead frame and/or metal core board that is bent into a three-dimensional shape to create a desired light pattern in the enclosure or an extruded submount formed into a three-dimensional shape.

Abstract: A flash lamp with a gas fill for suppressing self-starting includes an elongate discharge tube having two electrodes arranged in the discharge tube at opposite ends of the discharge tube. A starting electrode for applying a starting voltage is arranged outside the discharge tube, and the discharge tube has a length of at least 1000 mm and is filled with a gas fill. In order to suppress undesired self-starting, the discharge tube is filled with a gas mixture which contains at least one inert gas and at least one gas suppressing self-starting.

Abstract: An LED lamp includes an envelope, a circuit board, a plurality of LEDs, a lamp body and a lamp holder. The LEDs are arranged on the circuit board. The envelope covers the LEDs. The lamp body is connected between the envelope and the lamp holder. The lamp body includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The lamp body defines therein a plurality of first channels and a second channels. The first channels are defined adjacent to the envelope. The second channels are defined in the vicinity of the lamp holder.

Abstract: A high heat dissipation efficiency light emitted diode (LED) bulb is disclosed, a plurality of metal plate configured side by side to form a circular metal wall, light unit is mounted on top end of the metal plate. A side opening is made on a bottom of selected metal plate. A glass bulb encloses the metal plate and the light unit hermetically. A gas with a thermal conductivity higher than that of air, such as Helium gas, is filled in the glass bulb for an internal circulation and heat dissipation of the bulb.

Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a bulb housing, at least two heat sinks, an LED chip connected on each of the heat sinks, a circuit board driving the LED chip to work, a bulb base, and a bulb cap. The inner sides of the heat sinks encircle into an air cavity. Each heat sink has a first opening. The bulb base has a second opening. The first opening is exposed in the second opening to communicate with the air cavity. The top end of the bulb housing has a third opening to communicate with the air cavity. The air cavity forms up-and-down circulating convection air via the three openings.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled light emitting diode (LED) bulb which includes a base, a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume, and a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a volume of thermally-conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume. A scavenger element comprising a scavenger material is attached to the base and is exposed to the thermally-conductive liquid. The scavenger material is configured to capture contaminants in the thermally-conductive liquid.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a lamp comprises an optically transmissive enclosure. An LED array is disposed in the optically transmissive enclosure operable to emit light when energized through an electrical connection. A gas is contained in the enclosure to provide thermal coupling to the LED array. The gas may include oxygen.

Abstract: A light source device includes a light emitting tube having a light emitting section configured to emit light, a first reflecting member configured to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting section, and a rectifying member disposed between the light emitting section and the first reflecting member, and configured to rectify a cooling fluid configured to cool the light emitting tube, and the rectifying member includes a rectifying surface configured to guide the cooling fluid flowing toward the rectifying member to the light emitting section, and a pair of standing surfaces standing from both ends of the rectifying surface.

Abstract: A liquid-filled light emitting diode (LED) bulb including a base, a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume, a thermally conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume, a support structure connected to the base, and several LEDs attached to the support structure. The thermally conductive liquid has an oxygen content of at least 5 cubic centimeters of oxygen per liter of the thermally conductive fluid.

Abstract: The support and electrode assemblies of the ion implanter are cooled by circulating a coolant through these parts during operation. The support for the arc chamber includes a one piece block of aluminum through which coolant passes and a hollow rectangular post on which the arc chamber sits with a space therebetween.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light-emitting diode (LED) light source module, a heat-dissipating unit and a phosphor-converted cover. The heat-dissipating unit is disposed below the LED light source module. The phosphor-converted cover covers the LED light source module. The phosphor-converted cover has an accommodating space, at least one air channel and a first air hole. The LED light source module is located in the accommodating space, and the first air hole is located above the LED light source module and connected to the air channel. An outside fluid passes through the accommodating space via the air channel to discharge heat generated by the LED light source module to outside via the first air hole. An aperture of the first air hole is between 0.01 millimeters and 1 millimeter.

Abstract: An LED bulb has a base, a shell connected to the base, and a thermally conductive liquid held within the shell. The LED bulb has a plurality of LEDs mounted on LED mounting surfaces disposed within the shell. The LED mounting surfaces face different radial directions, and the LED mounting surfaces are configured to facilitate a passive convective flow of the thermally conductive liquid within the LED bulb to transfer heat from the LEDs to the shell when the LED bulb is oriented in at least three different orientations. In a first orientation, the shell is disposed vertically above the base. In a second orientation, the shell is disposed on the same horizontal plane as the base. In a third orientation, the shell is disposed vertically below the base.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a light source device comprises an arc tube having a first sealing portion extending from a light emission portion. A reflection mirror is attached to neighbor the first sealing portion and has a concave reflection surface. A container accommodates the arc tube and the reflection mirror. A branch portion has a first opening which branches a part of a cooling air flowing within the container to guide the cooling air to the arc tube. First and second duct portions are each connected to the branch portion. The first and second duct portions extend along a center axis of a light reflected by the reflection mirror such that the air flows in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the light reflected by the reflection surface. A guiding member directs the air toward the first or second duct portion by moving by its own weight.

Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a bulb housing, at least two heat sinks, an LED chip connected on each of the heat sinks, a circuit board driving the LED chip to work, a bulb base, and a bulb cap. The inner sides of the heat sinks encircle into an air cavity. Each heat sink has a first opening. The bulb base has a second opening. The first opening is exposed in the second opening to communicate with the air cavity. The top end of the bulb housing has a third opening to communicate with the air cavity. The air cavity forms up-and-down circulating convection air via the three openings.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled LED light, including a lamp head, a lamp core, and a lamp shell. The lamp shell covers the periphery of the lamp core. The cavity of the lamp shell is filled with silicone oil for radiating heat. One end of the lamp core is immersed in the silicone oil; at the other end of the lamp core, the lamp shell is connected hermetically to the lamp head.

Abstract: An LED bulb has a base, a shell connected to the base, and a thermally conductive liquid held within the shell. The LED bulb has a plurality of LEDs mounted on LED mounting surfaces disposed within the shell. The LED mounting surfaces face different radial directions, and the LED mounting surfaces are configured to facilitate a passive convective flow of the thermally conductive liquid within the LED bulb to transfer heat from the LEDs to the shell when the LED bulb is oriented in at least three different orientations. In a first orientation, the shell is disposed vertically above the base. In a second orientation, the shell is disposed on the same horizontal plane as the base. In a third orientation, the shell is disposed vertically below the base.

Abstract: A lamp includes a heat dissipater having a base and an engaging member. The base includes a first air guiding portion and a fixing portion. The engaging member is mounted to an outer periphery of the base. A second air guiding portion is formed between the engaging member and the base. A lighting element is mounted to the base of the heat dissipater. A housing is engaged with the engaging member of the heat dissipater. The housing and the heat dissipater together define a compartment in communication with the first and second air guiding portions. A cooling fan is mounted to the fixing portion of the base. A circuit board is mounted in the compartment and electrically connected to the lighting element and the cooling fan. The circuit board is electrically connected to an electrically conductive member having an end extending out from the housing.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a light source device comprises a container with a duct unit disposed above an arc tube and extends along the center axis of light reflected by a reflection surface such that cooling air can flow in a direction opposite to the traveling direction of light reflected by the reflection surface. The duct unit includes a first opening disposed at a position shifted toward the traveling direction side from an opening end of the first reflection mirror, a wall portion which forms the edge of the first opening on the side opposite to the traveling direction side as a final end of the duct unit, and an inclined portion disposed in the vicinity of the edge of the first opening on the traveling direction side to bend the flowing direction of the cooling air toward an upper surface opposite to the surface having the first opening.

Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that the heat generated by the electric illumination device cannot only be dissipated to the exterior through the surface of the heat dissipater, but also enabled to be further dissipated by the air flowing capable of assisting heat dissipation through the hot airflow in a heat dissipater with axial and radial air apertures (101) generating a hot ascent/cold descent effect for introducing airflow from an air inlet port formed near a light projection side to pass an axial tubular flowpath (102) then be discharged from a radial air outlet hole (107) formed near a connection side (104) of the heat dissipater with axial and radial air apertures (101).

Abstract: A plasma torch comprises: a glass inner tube comprising an outlet where a plasma is formed; a glass outer tube comprising at least three inlets for receiving a cooling gas and distributing the cooling gas between the glass outer tube and the glass inner tube; and a cartridge housing comprising a gas receiving inlet, the glass outer tube being in fluid communication with the gas receiving inlet. Any two of the at least three inlets are radially offset by fewer than 180°.

Abstract: An LED lamp has two layers of fluorescent powder, wherein a blue light of 400-530 nm emitted by a blue light LED chip first irradiates on an inner layer of silicate fluorescent powder to excite a light of a higher wavelength which is then emitted to an outer layer of YAG fluorescent powder, so as to obtain an ideal warm white light. The yellow light excited by the silicate fluorescent powder re-excites YAG fluorescent powder to obtain a warm white light having a higher color rendering index, while a light source with an area several times greater than that of the original chip obtained by exciting the inner layer of silicate fluorescent powder can re-excite the YAG fluorescent powder to multiply the excitation effect.

Abstract: A cooling liquid can be circulated in a liquid cooling system, so that a light source unit and a control unit can be forcedly cooled by the cooling liquid. Thus, a temperature increase in these components can be suppressed, thereby achieving an increase in the output power of a liquid-cooled LED lighting device. The liquid-cooled LED lighting device can include a housing, a light source unit having LEDs as light sources, a liquid cooling system, and a control unit to control the light source unit to be turned on. The liquid cooling system can include a heat receiving jacket, a radiator, a circulation pump and a fan. The light source unit and the control unit can be disposed with the heat receiving jacket of the liquid cooling system interposed therebetween. Further, one surface of the control unit can be brought in close contact with the heat receiving jacket while a heat radiation portion (e.g., fins or pins) can be provided at an other surface of the control unit.

Abstract: An LED bulb includes at least one LED disposed within a shell, which is connected to a base. A thermally conductive liquid is held within the shell. The LED is immersed in the thermally conductive liquid. A plurality of beads is immersed in the thermally conductive liquid. The beads are compressible, where the beads are compressed in response to expansion of the thermally conductive liquid.

Abstract: A lighting fixture, such as a recessed or can type lighting fixture, has an external housing containing a number of LEDs used to provide light. The LEDs are connected to a power supply, and are mounted on a heat sink that includes heat-dissipating fins that are oriented vertically within a vertical portion of an internal flow tube. The internal flow tube may be U-shaped, with entry and exit points on opposite ends of the flow tube. The external housing and flow tube are oriented so as to create a path for air to rise along the heat sink as it is heated then flow back down along the unheated path of the flow tube. An air mover may also be placed in the flow tube to provide further air flow through the flow tube.

Abstract: An LED illuminating device includes a housing defining a sealed boiling room, an optical module and an adiabatic member. The boiling room has a lower room and annular room surrounding the lower room. A wick structure is received in and attached to an inner side of the housing. Working fluid is received in the boiling room and saturated in a bottom portion of the wick structure located at a bottom of the lower room. The optical module is provided with a plurality of LEDs attached to the housing at a position under the bottom portion of the wick structure. The adiabatic member is received in the boiling room and attached to a middle portion of the wick structure at a top of the lower room for avoiding thermal and flow interactions between liquid in the middle portion of the wick structure and vapor in the lower room.

Abstract: A light source module including a planar light source, a heat dissipation medium, and a heat dissipation element are disclosed. The planar light source includes a light box, electrodes, and an insulation layer. The light box has a light emitting surface and a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface. The electrodes and the insulation layer are disposed on the bottom surface, and the insulation layer covers the electrodes. The heat dissipation medium is disposed on the insulation layer. The heat dissipation element includes conductive contact portions contacting the heat dissipation medium and a conductive connection portion connecting the conductive contact portions, wherein the orthographic projections of the conductive contact portions and the orthographic projections of the electrodes on the bottom surface are not overlapped by each other, and airflow channels are formed between the conductive contact portions, the conductive connection portion, and the heat dissipation medium.

Abstract: A lamp is provided having an arctube having a light-transmitting envelope. The arctube is surrounded by a gaseous medium confined by a containment envelope such as a hermetic shroud. The gaseous medium is preferably He or H2 or Ne or another gas whose thermal conductivity is greater than that of N2 at 800° C., or a mixture thereof, to help cool the arctube. The inside and/or outside of the shroud may be coated with a diffusion barrier. To help cool the hot spot of the arctube the gap between the shroud and the envelope can be made small, the portion of the shroud wall near the arc can be thickened, the arctube can be offset above the longitudinal axis of the shroud, and the return lead of the arctube can be located between the shroud and the arctube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mercury-free low pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel having an ionizable filling. The surface temperature of the discharge vessel, and thus the temperature of the ionizable filling, can be adjusted at least in some sections such that an emitting substance can produce the radiation required for the excitation of the luminescent substance. The temperature of the fluid is preferably adjusted in a temperature control circuit, using a temperature sensor, a pump and a heating device.

Abstract: A portable projector with a heat dissipation system, includes a housing and two LED light sources located in the housing. Each of the LED light sources includes a circuit aboard, an LED device mounted on the circuit aboard and a heat pipe. The heat pipe has an evaporating section thermally contacting the circuit board, and a condensing section. A fin set thermally contacts with the condensing section of the heat pipe for dissipating heat therefrom. The fin set of one LED light source is located behind the evaporating section of the heat pipe of the other light source and closely adjacent to a wall of the housing.

Abstract: A plasma display assembly having increased structural rigidity without using a reinforcing member is disclosed. The plasma display assembly includes a PDP, a chassis base and at least one or more circuit boards so as to provide the electromechanical structures to produce an image. The chassis base supporting the PDP at a rear side thereof includes a base part and at least one extended bent part. The base part is formed substantially parallel to the PDP. The extended bent part is formed in at least one of upper, lower, left and right edges of the base part, and includes a first bent part bent with respect to the base part to extend rearwardly, a second bent part bent with respect to the first bent part to extend in a direction parallel to the chassis base, and a third bent part bent with respect to the second bent part to extend forwardly. The circuit boards are arranged to be connected to at the rear side of the chassis base and drive the PDP during operation.

Abstract: A cooling arrangement for an electron collector of an electron beam tube has a plurality of solid dielectric spacers surrounding the corrector with an electrically insulative and thermally conductive dielectric liquid in gaps between the spacers. A water cooling system is arranged in thermal contact with the spacers and the liquid dielectric to provide cooling by water circulation. The cooling arrangement is a hybrid of oil and water cooling systems in which the electrically non conductive oil is arranged in gaps between dielectric spacers, the dielectric spacers provide a support for the surrounding water coolant system and ordinary water may be used to be pumped through the water cooling system.

Abstract: A light source for ultraviolet ray irradiation, comprises a rod-shaped discharge lamp having an arc tube, wherein a chip formed in the arc tube is dented so as not to project from an outer surface of the arc tube, a cooling jacket having an inner pipe and an outside pipe, between which cooling fluid flows, wherein the discharge lamp is arranged so that a portion where the chip of the arc tube is formed is located in a lower portion in a gravity direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intense pulse light device, in which plural divided light filters coated with individually different materials are rotatably and uniformly aligned around a reflection mirror in order to selectively filter lights according to wavelengths thereof, so that it is not necessary to exchange a handle body or filters, thereby improving convenience of use for the IPL device, and in which the loose contact of power lines and signal lines, leakage of cooling water, and penetration of impurities can be prevented, thereby improving reliability of IPL device. A semicircular reflection mirror aligned around a flash lamp installed in a body and a light filter section is aligned around the reflection mirror while forming a predetermined space therebetween. The light filter section is uniformly divided into two or four light filters so as to increase selectivity for the light radiated from flash lamp.

Abstract: A plasma display module including a plasma display panel having front and rear surfaces, a chassis base made of a synthetic resin, having mounting holes formed therein, and being mounted on the rear surface of the plasma display panel, a heat conductive sheet disposed between the plasma display panel and the chassis base, a plurality of driving boards being mounted on a rear surface of the chassis base, the driving boards having a plurality of circuits connected to the plasma display panel by means of signal lines, and a plurality of gap pads mounted in the mounting holes formed in the chassis base to transfer heat generated from the driving boards to the heat conductive sheet, thereby discharging the heat.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus and a method of manufacturing a plasma display apparatus are provided. According to the invention, the accuracy of alignment of the plasma display apparatus is improved. A plasma display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a plasma display panel for producing images and a chassis to which the plasma display panel is attached. The plasma display panel comprises at least one aligning mark and is attached to a first surface of the chassis. The chassis comprises at least one aligning hole corresponding in position to the position of the aligning mark on the plasma display panel. The chassis comprises aluminum and an anti-reflective material. The anti-reflective material is present in the chassis in an amount ranging from about 12 to about 26 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight aluminum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for stimulating plant growth. The lighting device has a solid state light source, suitable for emitting light of at least one wavelength within a predetermined wavelength range. Furthermore, the solid state light source is adapted for connection to an electrical network. The solid state light source is in contact with a cooling medium. In an embodiment, this cooling medium has a temperature in a temperature range between ?50 and 0° C.

Abstract: A discharge lamp, and particularly a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp (an HID (high-intensity discharge) lamp or UHP (ultra-high performance) lamp), having a reflector and a cooling means is described. The cooling means comprises at least one nozzle (3) by which a flow of gas can be directed onto the discharge lamp, the at least one nozzle (3) being so arranged that it does not extend, at least to any substantial degree, into a beam path produced by the lamp (2) and the reflector (1). In this way, the cooling means does not produce any obstacles on the beam path for the light. With preferred embodiments, it is possible to produce a turbulent flow that surrounds particularly the discharge vessel (21) of the lamp and that considerably increases the effectiveness of the cooling means. Further embodiments also allow the discharge lamp to be operated in a plurality of different positions without individual regions of the lamp being too little or too severely cooled.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an LED-lamp heat-dissipation device, which comprises LED lamps, an aluminum baseplate and a hollow heat-dissipation module. The hollow heat-dissipation module further comprises a hollow accommodation unit and a cooling fin unit, and the hollow accommodation unit has a plurality of heat-dissipation strips. The LED lamps are soldered on the aluminum baseplate. The aluminum baseplate together with the LED lamps is applied onto one side of the hollow heat-dissipation module; then liquid is filled into the hollow accommodation unit of the hollow heat-dissipation module. When the LED lamps are turned on, heat will be conducted to the aluminum baseplate and then conducted to the cooling fin unit via the liquid inside the hollow accommodation unit, which the aluminum baseplate is applied onto. Then, the cooling fin unit will dissipate heat out. Thereby, the present invention can achieve a fast heat-dissipation effect.

Abstract: A lamp arrangement with a lamp and a base which is located on a hermetically sealed portion of the lamp. The base comprises a hollow cylindrical lamp holding part which holds and secures the hermetically sealed portion of the lamp, a bottom which borders the lower end of the lamp holding part, which end faces away from the lamp; and feed components which project from the back end face of the bottom, which end face faces away from the lamp. Between the lamp holding part and the bottom, a heat insulator is formed in which the amount of heat transferred in the axial direction of the base is less than the amount of heat transferred away from the base.

Abstract: Isolation IR heat lamp module and method of firing multi-zone IR furnaces for solar cell processing comprising lamps disposed in individual parallel channels in a reflector/insulator body to provide a cooling air channel surrounding each tube; the channels are covered with IR-transmissive plate material to isolate each lamp from adjacent lamps and the process zone. Cooling air is exhausted and recycled upstream for energy conservation. Lamp spacing can be varied and power to each lamp individually controlled to provide infinite control of temperature profile in each heating zone. For a spike zone, and in combination with downstream quench control and annealing zones, steep heating and cooling curves with very short dwell (sharp) peak temperature profiles permit faster throughput due to operation of the lampsm at essentially 100% rated capacity, at a 2× or greater heating and throughput rate without compromising lamp life, while producing solar cells with improved output efficiency.

Abstract: A cooling air gathering plate for enhancing a cooling effect of a projector lamp is disclosed. The gathering plate has a notch to collect the cooling air at a lampwick, a welding point of the lamp, and/or any high temperature position of the lamp. A center line of the gathering plate matches together with an axis of the lamp. The gathering plate can be fixed on the lamp, a lamp reflector, or a holder for fixing the gathering plate to guide the cooling air passing through the high temperature position of the lamp.

Abstract: A multi-tube fluorescent discharge lamp, which is constructed of multiple glass tubes of different caliber in coaxial structure, the both sides of the inner most tube are connected to a cathode respectively, by isolating, perforating and blocking the discharge path, forming a successive discharge path, and coating phosphor on surface of the discharge tubes. The Invention can then have more fluorescent area than a conventional fluorescent lamp of the similar size and higher lumen as well as power transfer factor. Compared with the power consumption of a conventional fluorescent discharge lamp, the Invention therefore has higher luminous flux.

Abstract: In a projection cathode ray tube device in which a projection cathode ray tube and a projection lens assembly are coupled and held by a coupler, superior focus characteristics and high resolution are realized by eliminating the deviation between the center of the phosphor screen of the cathode ray tube and the center of the lens assembly. In the cathode ray tube, each of the outside and inside surfaces of a faceplate is formed as a spherical convex surface which is curved toward an electron gun.

Abstract: A bulb-type fluorescent lamp has a case having an open end portion for housing a lighting circuit therein, an arc tube extending outside through the open end portion of the case, and a globe having an open end portion for housing the arc tube therein. An adhesive is supplied to the inner surface of the open end portion of the case at four circumferentially spaced areas, and the open end portion of the globe is inserted into the open end portion of the case. As a result, the globe is fixed to the case with the adhesive.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises an LED-mounted substrate and an exhauster. The substrate has a flat area as well as one or more raised areas of trapezoidal cross section which each form a passage thereunder. LEDs are mounted on the raised areas. When the LED-mounted substrate is installed on a wall, the passages are enclosed by the wall. The exhauster removes the heat from the LEDs by drawing out the air going through inside the passages.

Abstract: A vacuum fluorescent display includes a cathode electrode, grid electrode, anode electrode, at least one envelope, phosphor screen, and cap. The cathode electrode emits electrons. The grid electrode extracts the electrons from the cathode electrode. The anode electrode accelerates the electrons extracted from the cathode electrode. The envelope accommodates the cathode electrode, grid electrode, and anode electrode in a vacuum space and has a phosphor screen plate having light transmission properties. The phosphor screen is formed on an inner surface of the phosphor screen plate of the envelope and adapted to emit light upon bombardment of the electrons accelerated by the anode electrode. The cap is made of an X-ray shielding material and supported outside the envelope so as to surround the phosphor screen plate of the envelope through a gap. The cap has a light exit portion from which the light emitted from the phosphor screen emerges through the phosphor screen plate of the envelope.

Abstract: A discharge lamp, suitable for operation by means of dielectrically impeded discharge, having a discharge vessel with two at least partially parallel vessel walls (2; 7), and at least one spacer (1) made from optically transparent insulating material. The or each spacer (1) is in contact with the two vessel walls (2; 7) via bearing surfaces. The or each spacer has an optically diffuse surface (8) at least in the region of one bearing surface.

Abstract: A cooling structure of a projection tube having a following constitution is disclosed. A chamber in which a liquid coolant for cooling a panel surface is filled is formed on the panel surface of the projection tube and the chamber is defined by the panel surface, a lens which faces the panel surface in an opposed manner and a metal envelope which radiates heat. A first seal member is disposed between the metal envelope and the panel surface, while a second seal member is disposed between the metal envelope and the lens. A holder for pressing the lens in the direction toward the metal envelope is disposed in the periphery of the lens. Pads which have surfaces approximately perpendicular to a tube axis of the projection tube are formed on a funnel portion of the projection tube. A sustainer for supporting the chamber is brought into contact with the pads.