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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1980
Warren A Petersen, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Tork, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY (US);
Abstract
A lighting system for supplying AC power normally, and DC power on an emergency basis selectively, to electron discharge devices, particularly fluorescent lamps; thus, the AC or DC power is furnished over common lines to a high frequency inverter associated with each lamp or lamp fixture; the arrangement is such that substantially no extra wire or wiring is required for the emergency lighting, whether the installation be a new one or retrofitted. In the latter case, new style electronic ballasts replace the old or core type ballasts in those fixtures that are to provide the emergency lighting; such electronic ballasts including the aforesaid inverter capabilities.