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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakazu Nagasawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Masami Handa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kunio Fukai, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuo Hirozumi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
445 49 ; 21912166 ; 21912176 ;
Abstract
A discharge lamp electrode having a spherical end portion which serves as a discharge part and has a diameter larger than the remaining base part is formed by simultaneously applying a plurality of laser beams to one end portion of a rod-shaped material of tungsten or tungsten alloy in different directions. Preferably, the rod-shaped material is held vertically while the laser beams are applied to its lower end portion.