Method of dispensing mercury into a fluorescent lamp and lamp to operate with method

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EP 0 085 969 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	30.05.1984 Bulletin 1984/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.08.1983 Bulletin 1983/33

(21)	Application number: 83101082

(22)	Date of filing: 04.02.1983

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE FR GB NL

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Priority:

10.02.1982 US 347605

(71)	Applicant: GTE Products Corporation
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(72)	Inventors:
	Roche, William J. () Parks, Ralph P., Jr. ()

(54)	Method of dispensing mercury into a fluorescent lamp and lamp to operate with method

(57) 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.

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