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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:
Feb. 28, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; F21V / ; F21M / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313161 ; 313485 ; 313111 ; 362 84 ; 362217 ; 362255 ; 339 / ;
Abstract
A discharge lamp device wherein discharging zone within a tubular discharge lamp is caused to exist as selectively biased with respect to the axis of the lamp to render the light distributing characteristic non-uniform in the circumferential direction of the lamp and, utilizing such biased discharging zone, a light of selective color or color tone dependent on a color or color tone determining material disposed along the biased zone is provided. The discharging zone biasing is realized specifically preferably by an electromagnetic means.