(19)
(11) 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

(30) Priority: 10.02.1982 US 347605

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