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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1986
William J Roche, Merrimac, MA (US);
John W Anderson, Jr, Ipswich, MA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rapid-start fluorescent lamp includes a circuit breaker having a pair of electrical conductors sealed into a bulb and connecting a lamp lead to the electrode of the lamp. The circuit breaker includes first and second electrical conductors and a bi-metal strip having a first end portion connected to a first conductor and a second end portion connected to a second conductor at ambient bulb temperature, disconnected therefrom at a higher given range of temperatures, and the portion of the bi-metal strip intermediate the end portions connected to the second electrical conductor at temperatures higher than the given range of temperature.