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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
May. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ranbir S Bhalla, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313220 ; 313221 ;
Abstract
An improved arc tube end seal and the method of forming that seal in a high pressure sodium discharge lamp is disclosed. The method includes precoating the refractory metal end cap with a slurry of a mixture of refractory metal powder and powdered metallic silicon and baking the end cap prior to accomplishing the bonding of the end cap to the arc tube with a conventional sealing frit.