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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1995
Pamela K Whitman, Gates Mills, OH (US);
Thomas G Parham, Gates Mills, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An electric lamp is provided having a quartz envelope and a light source capable of generating light within the envelope. Disposed on a surface of the envelope is a filter which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source to produce light output poorly seen by insects. The filter includes a blue absorbing pigment in a vitreous glassy silica binder derived from a coating precursor comprising a liquid dispersion of colloidal silica in a silicone. The blue absorbing pigment is preferably a praseodymium doped zircon or an antimony doped nickel titanate. Preferably, the filter also includes a precoat of ultra-fine titania to improve the reduction of ultraviolet radiation.