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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Katsuhiro Hinotani, Shijonawate, JP;
Shunichi Kishimoto, Kaizuka, JP;
Haruhisa Kosaka, Nara, JP;
Katsumi Terada, Hirakata, JP;
Goro Hamagishi, Toyonaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
In a flat fluorescent lamp for serving as a back light of liquid crystal panels for use in display devices, upper and lower glass plates are respectively coated with fluorescent film on its inner surface and arranged in parallel to each other, a glass side wall is disposed along the peripheral edges of the upper and lower glass plates in order to form a hermetic discharge space between the upper and lower glass plates, a pair of discharge electrodes are arranged in parallel within the discharge space and opposed to each other, at least one reinforcing glass member having a height approximately equal to the distance between the upper and lower glass plates and for supporting the upper and lower glass plates is disposed between the electrodes, and the upper glass plate is formed at its inner surface with an uncoated portion having no fluorescent film at the position where the upper glass plate is opposed to the reinforcing glass member in contact therewith.