EP0192290A1 - Electric lamp having a coloured lamp vessel - Google Patents
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- EP0192290A1 EP0192290A1 EP86200141A EP86200141A EP0192290A1 EP 0192290 A1 EP0192290 A1 EP 0192290A1 EP 86200141 A EP86200141 A EP 86200141A EP 86200141 A EP86200141 A EP 86200141A EP 0192290 A1 EP0192290 A1 EP 0192290A1
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- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 34
- 239000000049 pigment Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N magnesium oxide Inorganic materials [Mg]=O CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 10
- 239000000395 magnesium oxide Substances 0.000 claims description 10
- AXZKOIWUVFPNLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N magnesium;oxygen(2-) Chemical compound [O-2].[Mg+2] AXZKOIWUVFPNLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 9
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- 238000000149 argon plasma sintering Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 229940065285 cadmium compound Drugs 0.000 claims 1
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- QCWXUUIWCKQGHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zirconium Chemical compound [Zr] QCWXUUIWCKQGHC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 239000004411 aluminium Substances 0.000 description 3
- XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium Chemical compound [Al] XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 229910052782 aluminium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 239000001030 cadmium pigment Substances 0.000 description 3
- 230000004927 fusion Effects 0.000 description 3
- 229910052726 zirconium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Atomic nitrogen Chemical compound N#N IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 230000002730 additional effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052793 cadmium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- BDOSMKKIYDKNTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N cadmium atom Chemical compound [Cd] BDOSMKKIYDKNTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 229910052757 nitrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
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- 238000012856 packing Methods 0.000 description 1
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- WFKWXMTUELFFGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N tungsten Chemical compound [W] WFKWXMTUELFFGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910052721 tungsten Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010937 tungsten Substances 0.000 description 1
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01K—ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
- H01K1/00—Details
- H01K1/28—Envelopes; Vessels
- H01K1/32—Envelopes; Vessels provided with coatings on the walls; Vessels or coatings thereon characterised by the material thereof
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
- H01J61/02—Details
- H01J61/38—Devices for influencing the colour or wavelength of the light
- H01J61/40—Devices for influencing the colour or wavelength of the light by light filters; by coloured coatings in or on the envelope
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- the invention relates to an electric lamp having a glass lamp vessel which is sealed in a gastight manner and in which a light source is arranged, which is connected to current supply conductors, which are passed through the wall of the lamp vessel to the outside, this lamp vessel having on its inner surface an electrostatically applied powder layer which comprises a light-scattering powder.
- a lamp is known from European Patent Application 0116994 - (PHN 10.593).
- An electrostatically applied powder layer is distinguished from a powder layer formed from a suspension.
- the former kind of layer has a very low packing density, which may even be fifty times lower than that of a layer formed from a suspension having the same powder composition.
- the surface of the layer has a remarkable roughness as compared with the smooth surface of a layer formed from a suspension, when applied to a transparent non-frosted lamp vessel, an electrostatically applied layer shows clearly, when looking at the lamp vessel along a tangent line to this lamp vessel, that the wall of the lamp vessel has certain thickness. This is not the case with a lamp vessel with a coating obtained from a suspension.
- the method of coating a lamp vessel electrostatically affords the advantage that no organic solvents and binders are introduced into the lamp vessel, which have to be removed therefrom.
- an electrostatically applied layer contains moisture, which is released gradually therefrom only during the operation of the lamp and adversely affects the quality of the lamp. The moisture may lead to the lamp vessel becoming leaky and in incandescent lamps may involve an accelerated transport of tungsten from the filament to the wall of the lamp vessel.
- electrostatically applied layers containing a cadmium pigment exhibit a discolouring at areas at which they are strongly heated during the manufacture of the lamp. In a lamp in which the lamp vessel is fused at one end to a tube (stem tube) which tapers and projects into the lamp vessel, this discolouring occurs near this areas of the fusion of lamp vessel to stem tube.
- the invention has for its object to provide a lamp of high quality coated electrostatically with powder.
- this object is achieved in a lamp of the kind described in the opening paragraph in that the powder layer contains as an addition magnesium oxide.
- magnesium oxide in a powder layer containing cadmium pigment reduces the discolouring of the layer.
- 3 to 7 parts by weight thereof to 100 parts by weight of the other constituents of the powder With an addition of 3 to 7 parts by weight thereof to 100 parts by weight of the other constituents of the powder. the discolouring has been effectively suppressed. In general, the use of about 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents is sufficient to prevent the discolouring entirely or substantially entirely.
- the light source of the lamp may be a filament, but may alternatively be a high-pressure discharge arc.
- the powder layer comprises besides magnesium oxide at least one light--seattering substance. However, moreover a pigment may be present which may contain cadmium.
- the quanity of magnesium oxide required for a maximum effect on the life of an incandescent lamp depends upon the moisture content of the electrostatic powder layer. In general, 3 to 10 parts by weight of magnesium oxide per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents of the powder are sufficient.
- the powder layer will generally contain about 5 parts by weight of magnesium oxide per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents.
- the lamp vessel 1 of bright glass sealed in a vacuum-tight manner has at its inner surface an electrostatically applied powder layer 2.
- a filament 3 is arranged in the lamp vessel 1 and is connected to current supply conductors 4 which are passed through the wall of the lamp vessel to the outside and are connected to a lamp cap 5.
- the lamp vessel 1 is fused at the end at which the lamp cap 5 is provided to a tube 6 (stem tube) which tapers and extends in the lamp vessel.
- the fusion of the tube 6 to the lamp vessel 1 may lead to a discolouring of the powder layer in the proximity of the fusion area.
- composition of the powder layer in the lamp according to the invention are (quantities in parts by weight):
- the first layer can be much thinner than the layer according to Examples 1 and 2 and nevertheless the same colour satiration of the emitted light can be obtained.
- the powder mixtures were obtained by mixing powders of the constituents in dry state. This has the advantage that no liquids are used and consumed so that environmental pollution and energy consumption for drying the mixture are avoided.
- the lamps were manufactured in a flow of nitrogen. A positive pontential of 12 kV with respect to the powder mixture to be applied was given to the lamp vessel. The lamp vessel was fused to a stem tube provided with a gas filling or evacuated and then sealed. No or substantially no discolouring of the powder layer could be observed.
- the Table indicates results of life tests carried out on 40 W, 230 V vacuum incandescent lamps of the kind shown in the drawing.
- the Table also states whether a mixture of zirconium and aluminium as a water getter is present (+) or is not present (-) on a current supply wire in the lamp.
- the lamps were operated in the bare state or in a hot fitting (a luminaire open only on the lower side) at 105% and 100%, respectively, of the nominal voltage (Vn).
- the lamps 1 having a red electrostatically applied powder layer according to Example 1 have a considerably longer life than the lamps 3, whose powder layer does not contain magnesium oxide.
- the presence of a mixture of zirconium and aluminium in lamps 2 does not exert an additional effect.
- the lamps 4 provided with a white electrostatically applied powder layer according to Example 5 have a considerably longer life than the lamps 6 which do not contain MgO in the powder layer.
- the mixture of zirconium and aluminium does not exert an additional effect either.
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- The invention relates to an electric lamp having a glass lamp vessel which is sealed in a gastight manner and in which a light source is arranged, which is connected to current supply conductors, which are passed through the wall of the lamp vessel to the outside, this lamp vessel having on its inner surface an electrostatically applied powder layer which comprises a light-scattering powder. Such a lamp is known from European Patent Application 0116994 - (PHN 10.593).
- An electrostatically applied powder layer is distinguished from a powder layer formed from a suspension. The former kind of layer has a very low packing density, which may even be fifty times lower than that of a layer formed from a suspension having the same powder composition. The surface of the layer has a remarkable roughness as compared with the smooth surface of a layer formed from a suspension, when applied to a transparent non-frosted lamp vessel, an electrostatically applied layer shows clearly, when looking at the lamp vessel along a tangent line to this lamp vessel, that the wall of the lamp vessel has certain thickness. This is not the case with a lamp vessel with a coating obtained from a suspension.
- The method of coating a lamp vessel electrostatically affords the advantage that no organic solvents and binders are introduced into the lamp vessel, which have to be removed therefrom. However, it has been found to be disadvantageous that an electrostatically applied layer contains moisture, which is released gradually therefrom only during the operation of the lamp and adversely affects the quality of the lamp. The moisture may lead to the lamp vessel becoming leaky and in incandescent lamps may involve an accelerated transport of tungsten from the filament to the wall of the lamp vessel. It has further been found that electrostatically applied layers containing a cadmium pigment exhibit a discolouring at areas at which they are strongly heated during the manufacture of the lamp. In a lamp in which the lamp vessel is fused at one end to a tube (stem tube) which tapers and projects into the lamp vessel, this discolouring occurs near this areas of the fusion of lamp vessel to stem tube.
- The invention has for its object to provide a lamp of high quality coated electrostatically with powder.
- According to the invention, this object is achieved in a lamp of the kind described in the opening paragraph in that the powder layer contains as an addition magnesium oxide.
- The presence of magnesium oxide in a powder layer containing cadmium pigment reduces the discolouring of the layer. With an addition of 3 to 7 parts by weight thereof to 100 parts by weight of the other constituents of the powder. the discolouring has been effectively suppressed. In general, the use of about 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents is sufficient to prevent the discolouring entirely or substantially entirely.
- The light source of the lamp may be a filament, but may alternatively be a high-pressure discharge arc.
- In incandescent lamps, the life was found to be considerably lengthened due to the presence of magnesium oxide as an addition in the powder layer. The powder layer comprises besides magnesium oxide at least one light--seattering substance. However, moreover a pigment may be present which may contain cadmium. The quanity of magnesium oxide required for a maximum effect on the life of an incandescent lamp depends upon the moisture content of the electrostatic powder layer. In general, 3 to 10 parts by weight of magnesium oxide per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents of the powder are sufficient. The powder layer will generally contain about 5 parts by weight of magnesium oxide per 100 parts by weight of the other constituents.
- An embodiment of the lamp according to the invention is shown in the drawing in a side elevation partly broken away.
- In the Figure, the lamp vessel 1 of bright glass sealed in a vacuum-tight manner has at its inner surface an electrostatically applied powder layer 2. A filament 3 is arranged in the lamp vessel 1 and is connected to current supply conductors 4 which are passed through the wall of the lamp vessel to the outside and are connected to a
lamp cap 5. The lamp vessel 1 is fused at the end at which thelamp cap 5 is provided to a tube 6 (stem tube) which tapers and extends in the lamp vessel. With the use of cadmium--containing pigments in the powder layer 2, the fusion of the tube 6 to the lamp vessel 1 may lead to a discolouring of the powder layer in the proximity of the fusion area. -
- In the lamps according to Example 4, the first layer can be much thinner than the layer according to Examples 1 and 2 and nevertheless the same colour satiration of the emitted light can be obtained.
- The powder mixtures were obtained by mixing powders of the constituents in dry state. This has the advantage that no liquids are used and consumed so that environmental pollution and energy consumption for drying the mixture are avoided.
- The lamps were manufactured in a flow of nitrogen. A positive pontential of 12 kV with respect to the powder mixture to be applied was given to the lamp vessel. The lamp vessel was fused to a stem tube provided with a gas filling or evacuated and then sealed. No or substantially no discolouring of the powder layer could be observed.
- The Table indicates results of life tests carried out on 40 W, 230 V vacuum incandescent lamps of the kind shown in the drawing. The Table also states whether a mixture of zirconium and aluminium as a water getter is present (+) or is not present (-) on a current supply wire in the lamp. The lamps were operated in the bare state or in a hot fitting (a luminaire open only on the lower side) at 105% and 100%, respectively, of the nominal voltage (Vn).
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- It appears from the Table that the lamps 1 having a red electrostatically applied powder layer according to Example 1 have a considerably longer life than the lamps 3, whose powder layer does not contain magnesium oxide. The presence of a mixture of zirconium and aluminium in lamps 2 does not exert an additional effect.
- It further appears that the lamps 4 provided with a white electrostatically applied powder layer according to Example 5 have a considerably longer life than the lamps 6 which do not contain MgO in the powder layer. In the
lamps 5, the mixture of zirconium and aluminium does not exert an additional effect either. - In the lamps 1 and 2, no local discolouring of the powder layer containing cadmium pigment was observed, this in contrast with the lamps 3.
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| NL8500295 | 1985-02-04 | ||
| NL8500295 | 1985-02-04 | ||
| NL8503477A NL8503477A (en) | 1985-02-04 | 1985-12-18 | ELECTRIC LAMP WITH AN ELECTROSTATICALLY COVERED LAMP VESSEL. |
| NL8503477 | 1985-12-18 |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP0192290A1 true EP0192290A1 (en) | 1986-08-27 |
| EP0192290B1 EP0192290B1 (en) | 1989-05-24 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP19860200141 Expired EP0192290B1 (en) | 1985-02-04 | 1986-02-03 | Electric lamp having a coloured lamp vessel |
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| EP (1) | EP0192290B1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPS61183865A (en) |
| CN (1) | CN1004954B (en) |
| DE (1) | DE3663606D1 (en) |
| HU (1) | HU192524B (en) |
| NL (1) | NL8503477A (en) |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6919679B2 (en) * | 2001-12-14 | 2005-07-19 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Contaminant getter on UV reflective base coat in fluorescent lamps |
| US7207250B2 (en) | 2002-10-04 | 2007-04-24 | Peter Lisec | Process and device for moving and positioning sheets of glass |
Citations (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0116994A1 (en) * | 1983-02-10 | 1984-08-29 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Electric lamp having a coloured lamp envelope |
| EP0118962A1 (en) * | 1983-03-14 | 1984-09-19 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Electric lamp having a coloured lamp envelope |
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1985
- 1985-12-18 NL NL8503477A patent/NL8503477A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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- 1986-01-31 HU HU45386A patent/HU192524B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-02-01 CN CN86100621.6A patent/CN1004954B/en not_active Expired
- 1986-02-01 JP JP1920686A patent/JPS61183865A/en active Pending
- 1986-02-03 DE DE8686200141T patent/DE3663606D1/en not_active Expired
- 1986-02-03 EP EP19860200141 patent/EP0192290B1/en not_active Expired
Patent Citations (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0116994A1 (en) * | 1983-02-10 | 1984-08-29 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Electric lamp having a coloured lamp envelope |
| EP0118962A1 (en) * | 1983-03-14 | 1984-09-19 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Electric lamp having a coloured lamp envelope |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6919679B2 (en) * | 2001-12-14 | 2005-07-19 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | Contaminant getter on UV reflective base coat in fluorescent lamps |
| US7207250B2 (en) | 2002-10-04 | 2007-04-24 | Peter Lisec | Process and device for moving and positioning sheets of glass |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| NL8503477A (en) | 1986-09-01 |
| JPS61183865A (en) | 1986-08-16 |
| HU192524B (en) | 1987-06-29 |
| DE3663606D1 (en) | 1989-06-29 |
| CN1004954B (en) | 1989-08-02 |
| EP0192290B1 (en) | 1989-05-24 |
| HUT39534A (en) | 1986-09-29 |
| CN86100621A (en) | 1986-07-30 |
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