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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044558 | Dimmable high pressure arc lamp apparatus and methods A dimmable arc lamp assembly comprises a lamp enclosure comprising a chamber enclosing a light-emitting material, first and second electrodes extending into the chamber of the lamp enclosure, and a heating element proximate the chamber configured to heat at least a ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7325946 | Fluorescent lamp fixture and heater A lamp fixture includes a housing with a high voltage end lamp socket therein. A fluorescent lamp extends from the socket. A heater is at the fluorescent lamp at the high voltage end lamp socket and is adjacent to. The heater includes a plate radiator which is attac... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7235796 | Method and apparatus for the generation of anionic and neutral particulate beams and a system using same An apparatus for the generation of anionic and neutral particulate beams is described. The apparatus comprises a duct defined by walls having an inner surface capable of sustaining a temperature above an electron emission temperature of the surface, so as to negativ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223463 | Stripping foil A foil is formed on a given substrate, then, peeled off of the substrate and floated on the water surface charged in a tank. The surface level of the water is decreased to contact the foil to a folding plate of a jug substrate and thus, fold the foil at the folding ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218042 | Plasma display panel Provided is a plasma display panel (PDP) including a rear substrate and a front substrate, which are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other to face each other and between which a plurality of discharge cells are formed. A heating portion is disposed i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195365 | Vehicle lamp Disclosed is a vehicle lamp that is designed to reliably remove snow, etc. adhering to a lens. A carbon-based heating element is mounted within a lamp body so that the heat rays radiated from the heating element irradiate a rear surface of the lens. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187131 | Discharge lamp with internal starting electrode An arc discharge light source (10) for automotive headlight applications comprises an arc tube (12) having a hollow body (14) arrayed along a longitudinal axis (16) and provided with first and second ends (18, 20). The first and se... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186953 | Mercury-heating device and method of manufacturing the same A mercury-heating device is provided. The device is disposed on a substrate of a planar light source. The heating device includes a patterned electrode and a container. The patterned electrode is formed on the substrate and coupled to an external power source. The c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164224 | Backlight having discharge tube, reflector and heat conduction member contacting discharge tube A display device includes a backlight having a discharge tube and a reflector. A heat conduction member is attached to the reflector in contact with the discharge tube, so that a part of the discharge tube is locally cooled by the heat conduction member. Liquid merc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7122815 | Infrared radiation emitter An emitting source capable of radiating substantial energy in the near infrared spectrum and suitable for use in non-dispersive infrared gas analyzers or other devices is described. Operation can be steady state (DC) or pulsed at high frequency with excellent modula... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7009329 | Thermally optimized cold cathode heater Systems and methods for providing a thermally optimized cold cathode heater in which a heater wire is disposed in a plurality of turns are shown. Turns of the plurality of turns are closely spaced to concentrate heat in an area of a host cathode device corresponding... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999109 | Light beam scanning apparatus with an image head A light beam scanning apparatus is constructed so that light beams scanned from an image head form spots on a photosensitive drum to form an image. The image head includes a light emitting device and a lens system. The light emitting device has a plurality of light ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6949742 | Method and a system for producing electrospray ions A system for producing electrospray ions includes a thermal inkjet material dispenser configured to selectively emit a plurality of sample material particles, and an electrically conducting grid disposed in proximity with the thermal inkjet material dispenser, the g... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6924495 | Heat controlled ultraviolet light apparatus and methods of sanitizing objects using said apparatus A heat controlled ultraviolet light apparatus includes a source of ultraviolet light, a cover, and a heating or cooling element that heats/cools the space or gap between the ultraviolet light source and the cover. Accordingly, the ultraviolet light source may be mai... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921878 | Warmth-keeping structure of cold cathode lamp A warmth-keeping structure of cold cathode lamp comprises a cold cathode lamp, a soft electric heating component and two insulating components. The soft electric heating component is wound around the surface of the cold cathode lamp. Two ends of the soft electric he... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6914369 | Quick temperature-raising structure of cold cathode fluorescent lamp A quick temperature-raising structure of cold cathode fluorescent lamp comprises a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, a soft electric heating component, an insulating tube and two insulating components. The soft electric heating component adheres onto the surface of the... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906462 | Gas discharge lamp with ignition assisting electrodes, especially for automobile headlights The gas discharge lamp has a burner, which has a discharge vessel with a void, in which a filling of gas and other substances is disposed. Two electrodes protrude into the void, and between them, in operation of the gas discharge lamp, an electric arc develops. On t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6765339 | Infrared lamp and procedure for heating material to be processed An infrared lamp with a closed-off enveloping tube which encloses an emission source joined with contacts for a power supply in the form of a carbon ribbon which, extending in a direction of a long axis of the enveloping tube, determines an irradiation length of the... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6545427 | Discharge lamp having an improved temperature homogeneity A discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharges, having a discharge vessel filled with a discharge medium and having discharge electrodes which are at least partly separated from the discharge medium by a dielectric layer, wherein the discharge ves... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5936330 | Apparatus for preventing filament shorting in a magnetron cathode A magnetron includes a cylindrically shaped cathode having an electron emitting surface and a filamentary heater adapted to raise the temperature of the emitting surface sufficient to permit thermionic electron emission therefrom. The filamentary heater c... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5841219 | Microminiature thermionic vacuum tube An integrated circuit vacuum tube array includes an insulating or highly resistive substrate, electrically conductive materials disposed on the substrate to define and surround a plurality of first voids extending from the substrate upwardly through the m... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5827438 | Electrically modulatable thermal radiant source with specific filament The invention is related to an electrically modulatable thermal radiant source with a multilayer structure. The radiant source includes a substrate, a first insulating layer formed onto the substrate, a radiant surface layer formed onto the first insulati... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5773926 | Electrodeless fluorescent lamp with cold spot control This invention relates to electrodeless fluorescent RF lamp which includes bulbous lamp envelope (10, 20) with a top, a bottom and a fill of rare gas and vaporizable amalgam (14) therein. A reentrant cavity (11, 21) is disposed adjacent the bottom of the ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5723943 | Methods and apparatuses for high-speed control of lamp intensities and/or wavelengths and for high-speed optical data transmission Methods and apparatuses for high-speed control of lamp intensity and for high-speed optical data communication are disclosed. In particular embodiments, an arc, plasma or halogen lamp is provided with the ability to change wavelengths and/or intensities a... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5616989 | Fluorescent lamp system including an integrated heater/power harness A fluorescent light source includes a fluorescent lamp, lamp bases attached to opposite ends of the fluorescent lamp, and an electrically insulating substrate connected to the fluorescent lamp. A heating element is positioned on the fluorescent lamp, and ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5514933 | Plasma display heater A gas plasma display panel heater device for use with a gas plasma panel display, and methods for using and mounting the same. The gas plasma display panel has a display viewing area, external connection and heather. The gas plasma display heater device i... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5359254 | Plasma compensation cathode A plasma compensation cathode includes a casing (1) accommodating coaxially with its outlet hole (2) a hollow holder (3) and a thermal emitter (4) with a central passage (5), a layer (10) of material chemically inert at high temperatures to the materials ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5325277 | Electroluminescence device and electronic printing apparatus using the same An electroluminescence device which has a short light emission decay time and high light emission efficiency and an electronic printing apparatus which can print at a high speed using the electroluminescence device. The electroluminescence device comprise... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5311097 | Fluorescent lamp apparatus for avionics liquid crystal displays An improved avionics fluorescent lamp including a fluorescent tube having a resistive element disposed on its exterior and a terminal block for receiving an inserted fluorescent tube, the terminal block having a semi-rigid electrical contact for contactin... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5245246 | Gas discharge lamp temperature control A low pressure gas discharge lamp of the capillary bore type is equipped with a temperature control system whereby the electrode containment section and the light output section of the lamp are at higher temperatures than the capillary bore section. Vapor... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5237240 | Mercury vapor discharge lamp containing device for heating amalgam-forming material A mercury vapor discharge lamp such as a negative glow discharge lamp includes a light-transmitting envelope containing a noble gas fill material. An anode electrode and a cathode electrode are spacedly located within the envelope. An amalgam-forming mate... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5204580 | Ring-shaped lamp device having bulb tiltable relative to base structure A lamp device includes a ring-shaped bulb, terminated at a prescribed annular length, each terminated portion of which is formed in a linear shape so as to make the bulb axis of one of the terminated portions coincide with that of the other terminated por... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5130601 | Quick warm-up cathode heater for high average power magnetrons An uncoated radiative heating filament wire is electrically and thermally isolated from the cathode of a high power magnetron. The filament wire helically surrounds the cathode support rod and is suspended above the support rod surface by ceramic members.... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5095336 | Temperature control of a fluorescent lamp having a central and two end amalgam patches An amalgam fluorescent lamp is designed to operate with minimum axial illumination variations when changing from an off to an on state. This is accomplished by incorporating at least three amalgam patches internal to the lamp. Two patches are located at o... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5079681 | Illuminating apparatus An illuminating apparatus including a casing having an open side, a light reflective surface formed on the interior of the casing, a light diffusive transmission member on the casing and covering the open side, a discharge lamp mounted in the casing under... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5051648 | Flat type low pressure gas discharge lamp The discharge space of a flat type fluorescent lamp in which a pair of electrodes are oppositely positioned for producing discharge therebetween establishes a predetermined elongated width W along the pair of electrodes and a prescribed height H in a dire... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5051649 | Arc discharge lamp with liquid metal and heating means A ballastless high pressure discharge lamp includes an arc tube, electrodes disposed in the arc tube, a column of mercury disposed in the arc tube and having a volume less than the volume of the arc tube, and cushion material disposed in the arc tube adja... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4965484 | Vapor discharge lamp with gradient temperature control An end-viewed vapor discharge lamp having a differential temperature control structure that removes heat more effectively from a base end of the lamp than from the light emitting output end of the lamp. The lamp envelope which contains an excitable vapor,... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4956573 | Gas discharge display device with integral, co-planar, built-in heater A gas discharge display which includes a heater element that is built into the unit. The heater element is co-planar with the cathode electrodes of the display. A single set of parallel conductive pins is used to provide the connections for the anode, cat... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4931685 | Discharge lamp A discharge lamp includes a bulb in which a pair of electrodes are installed and mercury and a rear gas are sealed. A heater unit is tightly attached to the outer surface of the bulb by a heat-shrinkable tube fitted over the bulb. The heater unit includes... | 06/05/1990 |
