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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nikolaos Barakitis, Haverhill, MA (US);
Sheppard Cohen, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315104 ; 315 35 ; 315 73 ; 315101 ; 315129 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for starting and operating a discharge lamp includes a starting device having bimetals and a rigid conductive member forming a switch, a ballast coupling the switch to an AC source and a discharge lamp and a spark gap each shunting the starting device with the starting device bimetals and rigid conductive device hermetically sealed in a vacuum.