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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P Bonazoli, Hamilton, MA (US);
John W Shaffer, Williamsport, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 73 ; 315104 ; 315106 ; 337 24 ; 337 25 ; 337 27 ; 337110 ; 337159 ;
Abstract
A circuit breaker for a rapid-start fluorescent lamp includes a pair of electrical conductors sealed into a glass bottle, a bimetal switch within the bottle having one end affixed and the other end contacting the pair of electrical conductors and a meltable by-pass element shunting the pair of electrical conductors and formed of a material having a relatively high cold resistivity and a low temperature coefficient of resistance.