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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Jonathan D. Barry, Frederick, MD (US);
Fusion UV Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a microwave excited lamp and a microwave gasket. A microwave excited lamp ( ) in accordance with the invention includes at least one microwave source ( ); a microwave structure ( ) comprising a metallic material to which microwaves are coupled from the microwave source; the microwave structure, including a reflector ( ) comprising the metallic material and containing a microwave excited bulb ( ) which emits light in response to coupling of microwave power thereto from the microwave source; and at least one microwave gasket ( ) which provides a microwave tight seal between a surface of the reflector and at least one other metallic part of the microwave structure with the gasket comprising the metallic material; and wherein during operation of the lamp a microwave current maxima flows on a surface of the gasket and the reflector.