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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:
Jan. 10, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward E Hammer, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Eugene Lemmers, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315104 ; 315D / ; 315 97 ; 315100 ; 315289 ;
Abstract
A multiple fluorescent lamp ballast circuit of the rapid start type in which heating current is supplied to the lamp cathodes. A time delay switch is connected in series with a starting capacitor across one or more of the lamps, to delay lamp starting until the cathodes are sufficiently heated.