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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1998
Akira Kawakatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiba Lighting and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a photocatalytic membrane and a lamp and lighting fixture using such a membrane. The membrane is formed using an ultra fine particle dispersed liquid coating method providing improved adhesion of the membrane to a base body and provides a photocatalyzer that has a satisfactory light transmission factor and a lamp and a lighting fixture using it. The membrane is made of mainly ultra fine particles of titanium oxide, which enter into the uneven surface portions of a ground layer and are closely fitted thereto via the ground layer made of a metallic oxide with an uneven surface formed on the surface is formed on the base body. When the ground layer is made of metallic oxide and porous, the uneven surface is formed on the surface of the ground layer. Concave portions of the ground layer may be penetrated to the surface of the base body or a metallic oxide structural layer provided with a lot of penetrating holes may be formed on the surface of a photocatalytic membrane. Silicon oxide, titanium oxide and aluminum oxide are usable as a metallic oxide.