General Electric Company

Gilbert H Reiling

Raymond A Heindl

James A Graves

Albert L Suster

Park French

William O Harris

John J Karikas

John M Putz

Thomas F Fink, Jr

David D Van Horn

Mary B Gotti

A rapid restrike metal halide lamp and method of operating such a lamp are disclosed which are particularly suitable for sports stadium lighting applications. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp has an arc tube containing constituents which require a waveform having a relatively high voltage and at a relatively high current in order to rapidly restrike the arc tube after the lamp has experienced a power interruption so as to initiate a sustaining arc condition of the arc tube. The relatively high waveform in the form of a series of pulse trains is routed to the arc tube by means of a two path arrangement comprising a conductive base at the bottom of the lamp and a insulative cap at the top of the lamp. This two-way path substantially reduces and even eliminates any arcing condition within the confines of the lamp. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp may have a keep-alive heater arranged around at least a portion of the arc tube so as to assist in the rapid restriking of the lamp after the lamp has experienced an extended shut-down or cool-down condition. The disclosed method specifies particular ranges for an ignition voltage which obtain the rapid restrike of the arc tube.

Rapid restrike metal halide lamp and a method of operating such

A metal halide discharge lamp includes an arc tube design having a particular end shape which allows control of the temperature distribution within the arc tube, so that sensitivity of the arc tube performance to orientation is reduced and concentration of the metallic halide components in the arc region is maintained relatively constant. The shaping of the arc tube ends and the use of a low thermal emissivity coating on the arc tube allows maintenance of the metallic halide in the vapor state at a constant level to promote better lumen maintenance and color rendering in a metal halide discharge lamp.

Metal halide lamp

A high intensity gaseous discharge lamp employs a discharge medium which emits radiation at multiple, narrow line wavelengths which combine to produce white light. Coatings are applied to the arc tube to prevent emission of certain ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, and a cylindrical barrier blocks certain long wavelength infrared radiation from being emitted by the lamp.

Metallic halide electric discharge lamps

A fixture for a high intensity discharge lamp includes a support mechanism allowing the adjustable positioning of the lamp relative to the reflector within the fixture in order to control the beam spread of the light output of the lamp and fixture combination so that focusing of the illumination can be controlled.

Adjustable mount for a high intensity lamp

This invention relates to a single strand filament wire arranged into a triple-coil filament for an incandescent lamp. The triple-coil filament has selected dimensions that do not require recrystallization of the tungsten wire of the triple-coil filament prior to arranging the triple-coil filament within the incandescent lamp.

Triple coil incandescent filament

A reflector lamp comprising a concave reflector having a parabolic rear section, a spherical intermediate section, and a parabolic front section, each of the reflector sections having substantially the same common focal point, and a finite light source at the substantially common focal point, the reflector sections being dimensioned so that substantially all light rays from the finite light source which are reflected by the spherical intermediate section become re-reflected by the parabolic front section.

Reflector lamp

A jacketed discharge lamp which would release ultraviolet radiation in the event of fracture of the outer envelope is provided with a disabling fuse link which oxidizes in the event of breakage. The link consists of an alkaline earth metal film, suitably a barium film which may be deposited on a ceramic substrate for connection into the circuit. The outer envelope is evacuated or may contain an inert gas.

Jacketed discharge lamp having oxidizable fail-safe switch

This invention relates to multiple coiled incandescent filaments and more particularly to a single strand filament wire, coreless, triple-coil filament for an incandescent lamp having mandrel ratios in either or both its second or third coiling less than 1.0.

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Chardon, OH, United States of America

Gilbert H Reiling