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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Csoknyai, Orange, CT (US);
Assignee:
Light Sources, Inc., Orange, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31331805 ; 31331802 ; 31331806 ; 362217 ; 210748 ; 422 24 ;
Abstract
A gas discharge lamp has opposed end caps for enclosing the sealed end of the glass envelope. One of the end caps is provided with contact pins, and the other end cap is provided with a handle portion. The electrode adjacent the handled end cap is provided with an extended end portion that is mechanically connected to the handle end cap. In the event the handle end cap is loosened or becomes unbonded from the glass envelope, the handled end cap remains mechanically linked to the lamp so that removal or replacement of the lamp can be facilitated by applying a pulling force on the handled end cap.