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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Jeffrey T. Neil, North Reading, MA (US);
Joseph V. Lima, Salem, MA (US);
Victor E. Perez, Manchester, MA (US);
Jeffrey T. Neil, North Reading, MA (US);
Joseph V. Lima, Salem, MA (US);
Victor E. Perez, Manchester, MA (US);
OSRAM Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of molding a ceramic vessel includes compressing a water-soluble powder, suspending the compressed powder shape in a mold, injecting a ceramic molding mixture into the mold, and dissolving the compressed powder by flushing the vessel with water. A core for making an arc discharge vessel that has a discharge chamber and two capillaries includes a molded core of the water-soluble powder having a shape of the discharge chamber, and preferably two capillary-forming pins extending from the molded core. An apparatus for removing the molded core that includes a water reservoir that preferably flushes water through the vessel and dissolves molded core.