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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pacifico A Palumbo, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Assignee:
Neon Modular Systems, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K / ; G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362260 ; 362222 ; 362806 ; 362812 ; 40545 ; 313567 ; 313312 ;
Abstract
A noble gas illumination device such as a neon tube in which the glass neon tube is clear and uncoated and is surrounded by a clear plastic tube. The clear plastic tube may be tinted or colorless. If it is tinted, it alters the color of the light emanating from the device. Whether tinted or untinted, the clear plastic tube makes the uncoated neon tube appear to have a larger diameter, thereby creating the illusion that the electric discharge beam in the neon tube is extremely thin and focused and has the appearance of a laser beam.