Heraeus Noblelight Gmbh

Dieter Steck

Beate Herter

Anke Schnabl

Karsten Ernesti

For insertion into a lamp housing, a radiator module ( ) is provided inside of the module with at least one discharge lamp as radiation source, which puts out an ultraviolet radiation produced by plasma within a discharge chamber ( ), the plasma being formed by coupling an electromagnetic field into the discharge chamber ( ) and the radiation produced by the plasma exits along a given optical axis through at least one body ( ) transparent to ultraviolet radiation as a window. In the range of the plasma at least one diaphragm opaque to radiation is provided with a through-bore along the axis ( ), an additional thermal radiation source is fixedly arranged in a given position within the module along the optical axis ( ); the additionally produced radiation penetrates through a second transparent body ( ) as entry window into the discharge chamber, and then exits along the axis through the first transparent body ( ) together with the ultraviolet radiation produced by the plasma. The module ( ) can be inserted into a mounting of the lamp housing with a coupling lens ( ), and is locked and held in a given position within the mounting by the mating fit of the module with respect to the coupling lens.

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Ostfildern, Germany

Dieter Steck