North American Philips Corporation

Philips Electronics North America Corporation

James A Cinalli

David R Woodward

Walter A Boyce

Jack R Sheppard

Edmund R Kern

Douglas W Shriver

A reflector lamp having a lens of vitreous material fused to a reflector body of vitreous material. An inner reflector surface of the reflector body includes a reflective coating having a first coating portion extending from the rim of the reflector body and a second coating portion extending from a location spaced from the rim towards a basal end of the reflector body. The second coating portion is a layer of silver and the first coating portion is a layer of material other than silver, such as aluminum, having a higher resistance to damage by high heat in the rim area during fusing of the lens to the reflector body. Higher efficacies are achieved with the silver layer spaced from the rim than with silver covering the entire reflector surface.

High efficiency sealed beam reflector lamp

Ring-shaped starting aids of spring steel for fluorescent lamps each include two U-shaped bends. These bends enable expansion of the rings to accommodate varying outside diameters of the lamp bulbs, while insuring firm contact between the rings and the bulb surface.

Expandable starting aid ring for fluorescent lamp

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Fairmont, WV, United States of America

James A Cinalli