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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
Roland Hoffmann, Augsburg, DE;
Erolf Weinhardt, Diedorf, DE;
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to electrode coils for discharge lamps having a coiled wire (1) which is wound around by a braiding wire (2). The coiled wire (1) has both turns (II) with an essentially circular cross-section and turns (I, III) with an oval cross-section. In order to produce the bar-shaped coil according to the invention, the unit comprising the coiled wire (1), the first core wire (3) and the braiding wire (2) is wound around a second core wire (4) which is flattened in places. Unrolling of the braiding wire (2) is prevented thereby. Production of the coil is cost-effective, since only two core wires are required and the coil ends are not fused.