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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Akihiro Shimizu, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 61/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A short arc type discharge lamp includes a cathode and an anode arranged inside an arc tube to face each other. The cathode comprises a main body portion made of tungsten and an emitter portion made of thoriated tungsten that is joined at the tip of the main body portion, where a metal oxide other than thorium (Th) is contained in the main body portion of the cathode, and a tungsten carbide layer is formed on the metal oxide.