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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward E Hammer, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Eugene Lemmers, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313490 ; 313565 ;
Abstract
An amalgam of mercury is placed at the anode end of a low-pressure mercury discharge lamp for D.C. operation to counteract mercury vapor depletion at the anode end of the lamp. The amalgam attracts mercury vapor to the anode end of the lamp when the lamp is turned off to maintain uniform mercury vapor distribution in the lamp.