Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.

Fujii Optical Co., Ltd.

Yosuke Kano

Makoto Ohkahara

Yousuke Ishikawa

Sumio Uehara

Kyouichi Maseki

Kouji Komata

Nobuo Fukuda

Toshitaka Higuchi

Makoto Okahara

Takashi Ibi

A starting light source for radiating the UV-light to a discharge chamber upon starting lighting of a high pressure discharge lamp includes a discharge tube for generating the UV-light by a starting voltage applied upon starting lighting the lamp, the discharge tube includes an internal electrode extended from a pinch seal portion formed at one end to a light-emitting portion thereof and an external electrode disposed close to or in contact with both of the light-emitting portion and the pinch seal portion, at least a portion of the external electrode disposed for the light-emitting portion includes a holder formed by bending fabrication of a metal sheet into such a shape of gripping and holding the discharge tube, and a terminal is formed to the holder for fixing and electrically connecting the external electrode to a conductor part having a polarity opposite to that of the internal electrode.

Light source device with starting aid

A light utilization efficiency of a high-pressure discharge lamp is improved even in a case of reducing the size of a reflection mirror without using an auxiliary reflection mirror. In a lamp device where a portion of lights emitted from a discharge bulb to the periphery thereof in forward and backward directions for a predetermined range of angle is reflected at a concave reflection mirror and illuminated to a light collection area of a predetermined size formed forward of the lamp, a prism surface having an angle of refracting or deflecting at least a portion of lights emitted from the discharge bulb that is not reflected at the concave reflection mirror to the light collection area is formed to the outer peripheral surface of the discharge bulb.

Lamp device

A start assisting light source is configured such that it can be mounted simply and reliably at a position capable of efficiently radiating UV-light for enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp to discharge chamber without being heated to a high temperature during lighting of the lamp and also adopted to a simple constitution of not increasing the manufacturing cost. A start assisting light source includes an airtight vessel filled with a rare gas and a pipe member that penetrates through the vessel is mounted to an electrode lead which protrudes from the end face of an electrode seal portion secured to a bottom hole of the concave reflector by inserting the electrode lead through the pipe member.

Light source device

A light source apparatus is capable of reliably enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp even during hot state just after extinguishing the high pressure discharge lamp by radiating a necessary and sufficient amount of a UV-light into a discharge bulb of the lamp using an UV-enhancer of a simple constitution without increasing the manufacturing cost is provided. An UV-enhancer for radiating a UV-light to a discharge bulb for enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp upon starting lighting includes a discharge tube connected in parallel to a lighting circuit of the lamp, and an external electrode of the discharge tube is formed as a metal holder that holds the outer periphery of the discharge tube so as to oppose the end face of an electrode seal portion of the lamp inserted through a bottom hole in a concave reflector and secures the electrode seal portion to an electrode lead protruding from the end face thereof.

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Saitama, Japan

Yosuke Kano