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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Robert M. Ervin, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
George Jarrard, Westminster, MD (US);
Pedro Lezcano, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Fusion UV Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention is a lighting system which produces visible and UV light. The system includes a light bulb ( ) which emits light in response to excitation by radio frequency energy; an electrically powered bulb rotation motor ( ) mechanically coupled to the light bulb which rotates the light bulb coupled thereto; an electrically energized radio frequency energy source ( ) which provides the radio frequency energy coupled to the light bulb, the electrically energized radio frequency energy source including a heater ( ) which is energized at least while the radio frequency energy source is turned on; and a control circuit ( ), for coupling to an electrical power source, which controls application of a regulated voltage to the heater and the bulb rotation motor.