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(11) EP 0 441 387 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.04.1992 Bulletin 1992/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/33

(21) Application number: 91101715.0

(22) Date of filing: 07.02.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01J 61/70, H01J 61/36, H01J 61/78
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 08.02.1990 JP 27073/90

(71) Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Minato-ku, Tokyo-To (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kikuchi, Kuniharu
    Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi (JP)

(74) Representative: Henkel, Feiler, Hänzel & Partner 
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München
81675 München (DE)


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    (54) Low pressure gas discharge lamp


    (57) The present invention provides a low pressure gas discharge lamp comprising a light-emitting bulb (1) having a pinch seal portion (2) formed in an end portion of said bulb, an exhaust tube (11) airtightly inserted into and arranged at said pinch seal portion, a lead wire (8) airtightly inserted into and arranged at said pinch seal portion, a pair of electrodes (4), (5) generating discharge therebetween, one of which is positioned in the bulb and jointed to the one lead wire, wherein the tube and the one lead wire are located side by side so that a central axis of the bulb is positioned between the tube and the one lead wire.






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