Trojan Corporation

Wallace E Fizer

Edward F Duzyk

A method and apparatus for sequentially coating fluorescent lamps with a protective coating. The lamps are advanced continuously through coating apparatus which prepares the surfaces of the lamps for coating, then dips the lamps in a bath of liquid coating material, and subsequently cures the liquid coating material. The lamps may be labeled prior to coating, such that the coating provides tamper resistance for the labeling, in addition to containment of shattered glass and lamp contents in the event of breakage of the lamp.

Method and apparatus for coating fluorescent lamps

A coated, labeled fluorescent lamp wherein the label is applied prior to coating, and wherein after labeling, the label, glass tube and portion of the end caps are covered with a coating material which is heated to form a tough, smooth, uninterrupted light-transmitting coating. The coating preferably bonds to the label to provide tamper resistance for the label, in addition to containment of shattered glass and lamp contents in the event of breakage of the lamp.

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Lexington, KY, United States of America

Wallace E Fizer