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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Antonius M Seuter, Eindhoven, NL;
Petrus F van den Boom, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362263 ; 2523 / ; 2523 / ; 313483 ;
Abstract
A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp comprising a glass discharge envelope (1) in which during operation of the lamp a discharge is present and which contains mercury and a rare gas, at least a part of the inner wall of the discharge envelope being provided with a thin at least substantially homogeneous continuous transparent layer (4) which is resistent to the action of the discharge. According to the invention, this transparent layer (4) contains an oxide of at least one of the groups comprising yttrium, scandium, lanthanum, gadolinium, ytterbium and lutetium.