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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE42181 | Metal halide lamp for curing adhesives An arc lamp assembly which includes in combination a reflector and a light source which is surrounded by said reflector. A dichroic coating on the reflector functions to reflect radiation in the range of about 300 to 600 nm. The light source is an arc lamp which con... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893619 | High intensity discharge lamp A lamp includes a discharge sustaining fill which includes mercury halide, cesium halide, optionally one of indium halide and thallium halide, and a rare earth halide component selected from dysprosium halide, holmium halide, and thulium halide. In operation without... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7786674 | Quartz metal halide lamp with improved lumen maintenance A quartz metal halide lamp includes an outer sealed envelope defining an interior space, and an arc tube disposed in the interior space. The arc tube has a fill space. A chemical fill is disposed in the fill space. The chemical fill includes sodium halide and lantha... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7486026 | Discharge lamp with high color temperature A lamp includes a discharge sustaining fill which includes cesium halide, one of indium halide and thallium halide, optionally gadolinium halide and a rare earth halide component selected from dysprosium halide, holmium halide, thulium halide, and neodymium halide. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7414368 | Ceramic metal halide lamp with cerium-containing fill A metal halide lamp (10) includes a discharge vessel (12) which may be formed of a ceramic material. The vessel defines an interior space (16). An ionizable fill is disposed in the interior space. The ionizable fill includes an inert gas and a h... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7388333 | High pressure discharge lamp having emission matching an absorption spectrum of green plant The invention relates to a high pressure discharge lamp intended for use in assimilation lighting. According to the invention the high-pressure discharge lamp has a discharge vessel, which besides a buffer gas, comprises substantially LiI as metal halide or a mixtur... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7358675 | Low-pressure discharge lamp and back light device using same A low-pressure discharge lamp (1) is provided that includes a glass tube (2) having an inner diameter in a range of 1 to 5 mm and a pair of electrodes (3) disposed at end portions in the glass tube (2). The pair of electrodes (3) c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352132 | Metal halide lamp and metal halide lamp lighting device with improved emission power maintenance ratio A metal halide lamp includes a refractory, light-transmitting hermetic vessel, a pair of electrodes sealed in thehermetic vessel, a discharge medium including a halide and a rare gas, and metal storing means storing at least one selected from the group consisting of... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348731 | High-pressure gas discharge lamp with an asymmetrical discharge space A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is in particular free from mercury and suitable for use in automobile technology. The lamp is remarkable in particular for a discharge space (2) which has a volume whi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7323820 | Metal halide lamp The metal halide lamp has a ceramic discharge vessel and contains two groups of metal halides: a first group made up of the emitters and a second group made up of the wetters. The second group comprises at least one of the metal halides of Mg or Yb. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319294 | Metal halide high pressure discharge lamp In the metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp for stage, film and television lighting systems and for projection technology and effect lighting, the discharge vessel contains dysprosium and cesium as fill metals for the metal halides. Optimum results for dimmabil... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7288899 | Light source, projector, and method of driving arc tube Aspects of the invention can relate to a light source that includes a light source lamp and an arc-tube drive unit. The light source lamp can include an arc tube that emits light between a pair of electrodes, a reflector that reflects the light from the arc tube to ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282862 | High-pressure discharge lamp with mercury chloride having a limited chlorine content The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel having a filling comprising—a rare gas, for example argon, —mercury, and —chlorine, wherein the filling quantities of mercury [Hg] and chlorine [Cl] comply with the following condi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279841 | Arc tube for a discharge lamp An arc tube for a discharge lamp has a closed chamber filled with rare gas and a metal halide containing at least Na halide or Sc halide, and electrodes, wherein sealing pressure of the rare gas is 0.6 MPa or more, and a sealing density of the Sc halide in the close... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271547 | High-pressure discharge lamp having a pulse starting device, and operating method for a high pressure discharge lamp The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp having electrodes arranged inside a discharge vessel which define a discharge path of a gas discharge in the discharge vessel, and having a starting device, arranged inside the lamp base for the high-pressure d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7226470 | Phototherapeutical apparatus and method for the treatment and prevention of diseases of body cavities A phototherapeutical apparatus and method are described. The apparatus includes an ultraviolet light source, an optical guidance system, and a patient interface. The patient interface is insertable at least partially into a body cavity and is operable to apply the g... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7190109 | Illuminator for photodynamic therapy An apparatus and method for photodynamic therapy or photodynamic diagnosis using an illuminator comprising a plurality of light sources generally conforming to a contoured surface and irradiating the contoured surface with substantially uniform intensity visible lig... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187129 | High pressure gas discharge lamp and method of manufacturing the same High pressure vapor discharge lamp provided with a discharge vessel. The discharge vessel encloses a discharge space provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas, for example, in a gastight manner. An electrode is arranged in the discharge space for generating ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7115290 | Hopped malt beverage having enhanced light stability An improved process for the production of a hopped malt beer wherein a processing liquid containing riboflavin is hopped to form the desired beverage. The improvement comprises subjecting that processing liquid to an effective amount of actinic radiation of a wavele... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7061182 | Metal halide lamp A metal halide lamp has an arc tube including an arc tube container made of an oxide-based translucent ceramic material. The arc tube is filled with cerium halide as a luminescent material and a halide of a rare earth element that is more reactive with the ceramic m... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6960884 | Device for operating a short arc discharge mercury lamp A short arc ultra-high pressure mercury lamp, at least one of the electrodes of which has a melted part towards the electrode head and a coil part which extends from the melted part continuously and integrally with it in a direction away from the electrode head, avo... | 11/01/2005 |
| RE38807 | High pressure discharge lamp, with tungsten electrode and lighting optical apparatus and image display system using the same The present invention provides a high pressure discharge lamp which is provided with a discharge tube containing a pair of electrodes therein and being filled with mercury, an inert gas and a halogen gas, the amount of the mercury filled being 0.12 to 0.35 mg/mm | 10/04/2005 |
| 6946797 | Metal halide fill, and associated lamp A metal halide fill for forming an ionizable fill comprising at least one inert gas, mercury, and at least one halogen, the fill additionally comprising the following constituents: Mn halide and V halide. This fill may in particular be present in the discharge vesse... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6888312 | Metal halide lamp for curing adhesives An arc lamp assembly which includes in combination a reflector and a light source which is surrounded by said reflector. A dichroic coating on the reflector functions to reflect radiation in the range of about 300 to 600 nm. The light source is an arc lamp which con... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6873109 | Metal halide discharge lamp, lighting device for metal halide discharge lamp, and illuminating apparatus using metal halide discharge lamp Disclosed is a metal halide discharge lamp which essentially permits disusing mercury. The metal halide discharge lamp comprises a refractory and transparent hermetic vessel, a pair of electrodes fixed to the hermetic vessel, and a discharge medium sealed in the her... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6858987 | Flash lamp unit and flash radiation device The object of the present invention is to provide a flash lamp unit with a long service life which allows a high radiant efficiency to be obtained and a flash radiation device demonstrating excellent flash radiant performance despite a small size, and the flash lamp... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6841938 | Metal halide lamp Metal halide lamps have a discharge vessel operable at a high coldest spot temperature. The discharge vessel encloses a discharge space comprising an ionizable gas filling and, in addition to Hg, also an alkali iodide of Na of Li or a combination of both. According ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6812644 | Reduced mercury ceramic metal halide lamp Arc tube (10) has a bulbous body (12) with a hollow center portion (14) and opposite ends (16, 18). Each of these ends has a cylindrical terminal-receiving section (20, 22) extending therefrom. The hollow center portion (14)... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809478 | Metal halide lamp for automobile headlight A metal halide lamp for an automobile headlight is provided, which includes an arc tube in which a pair of tungsten electrodes are provided at both ends and a metal halide as a main component of a luminescent material and xenon gas as a buffer gas are sealed, wherei... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6717364 | Thallium free—metal halide lamp with magnesium halide filling for improved dimming properties A [thallium free] high pressure ceramic metal halide lamp having superior dimming characteristics with a fill composition including MgI2 and/or MgBr2. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703771 | Monochromatic vacuum ultraviolet light source for photolithography applications based on a high-pressure microhollow cathode discharge A light source with a sealed, light-transmissive tube filled with high pressure gases or high pressure gas mixtures and a microhollow cathode (MHC) discharge capable of excimer production are provided.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6670765 | Mercury-free metal halide lamp, with contents and electric power control depending on resistance properties A metal halide discharge lamp can include a light emitting tube having a discharge chamber formed in the light emitting tube and containing no mercury. A pair of electrodes can be provided with a portion, which projects into the discharge chamber. The dis... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6661175 | Solid lamp fill material and method of dosing hid lamps A solid halogen-containing lamp fill material and a method of introducing small amounts of halogen into a HID lamp are disclosed. The solid material may include an admixture of a metal and a metal halide in the form of spheres of high purity, uniform size... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6597116 | Metal halide lamp Metal halide lamps are disclosed having a discharge vessel with a ceramic wall. The discharge vessel encloses a discharge space comprising an ionizable gas filling and, in addition to Hg, an alkali iodide of Na or Li or a combination of both. The filling ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6376988 | Discharge lamp for automobile headlight and the automobile headlight A discharge lamp for an automobile headlight has a light color that lies in a region common to the following three regions: a region bounded by an ellipse with a color point (u, v)=(0.224, 0.331) as a center thereof, a major axis of 0.080, a minor axis of... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6369522 | Metal halide lamp lumen depreciation improvement A ballast and metal halide lamp circuit improvement designed to reduce lamp lumen depreciation over the life of the lamp, wherein the circuit comprises a high frequency electronic ballast configured to generate high voltage starting pulses, and a metal ha... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362569 | High-pressure metal halide discharge lamp A high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp having a power rating of at most 100 W is provided with a discharge vessel having a translucent ceramic wall with a thickness d of at least 1.2 mm. In the discharge space enclosed thereby, two electrodes are arr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6290874 | Display screen comprising a metal oxide-containing phosphor composition A display screen comprising a phosphor composition which includes a phosphor and a phosphor coating with a group of metal-oxygen compounds, the group of metal-oxygen compounds containing an yttrium-oxygen compound, is characterized by a surprising improve... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6271628 | High pressure lamp with specific amount of mercury, halogen and wall loading A high pressure mercury lamp in which formation and spreading of milky opacification in the fused silica glass forming the discharge vessel can be advantageously prevented, and thus a rapid decrease of screen illuminance prevented, when it is used as the ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6232720 | High-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp A high-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp comprises an arc tube in which a pair of electrodes are provided and in which a rare gas as a starting gas, a material from which a free halogen is to be produced during a lighting operation, and mercury are en... | 05/15/2001 |
