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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Ryotaro Matui, Hamamatsu, JP;
Inventor:
Ryotaro Matui, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light source apparatus having a housing including a mercury xenon lamp, a reflecting mirror, and a gas-blasting structureincluding a plurality of spray ports for blasting an inert gas onto a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror. The gas-blasting structure is positioned around an exit aperture of the reflecting mirror, and includes a supply port for receiving the inert gas from the outside. The spray ports are arranged to be off a line along a direction of the gas introduced through the supply port.