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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy W. Kuennen, Caledonia, MI (US);
Eric K. Bartkus, Ada, MI (US);
David W. Baarman, Fennville, MI (US);
Kenneth E. Conrad, Ada, MI (US);
Scott A. Mollema, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Access Business Group International LLC, Ada, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/32 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a lamp assembly for use in a point-of-use water treatment system or other device. The lamp assembly includes a condensing element to condense mercury in a bulb within the arc path of opposing filaments when the bulb is de-energized. In one embodiment, the time required for the lamp assembly to produce light upon subsequent re-energization of the bulb is significantly reduced because the mercury is in the intermediate portion of the bulb, within the filament arc path.