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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Boyd G Brower, Williamsport, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 73 ; 315 74 ; 315104 ; 315106 ; 315107 ; 337 31 ;
Abstract
A rapid-start fluorescent lamp has a thermally-sensitive circuit breaker disposed thereon for disconnecting the electrodes of the lamp from an energizing source at a given range of bulb temperatures and for connecting the electrode to the energizing source at bulb temperatures above and below the given range of bulb temperatures whereby the electrodes are energized during lamp manufacture and until conductivity of the lamp is established.