Lamp unit
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1. A lamp unit comprising:
- first and second support members facing each other, each support member including a plurality of support portions arranged at predetermined intervals, the support portions of the first support member being disposed directly opposite those of the second support member; and
a plurality of baseless fluorescent lamps supported parallel to one another by the first and second support members, each lamp including a straight bulb with two sealed ends and lead wires extending from the ends of the bulb, said bulb having an elongate radiation window extending in the axial direction thereof, one end of said bulb being fixed to each corresponding support portion of the first support member and the other end to each corresponding support portion of the second support member, with the radiation window thereof oriented in a predetermined direction.
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Abstract
A lamp unit includes a pair of support members facing each other and three baseless fluorescent lamps supported parallel to one another by the support members. Each support member has three support recesses located at predetermined intervals. One end of each lamp is fixedly inserted into each corresponding support recess of one of the support member and the other end to each corresponding support recess of the other support member. Each lamp has a radiation window extending in the axial direction thereof. The lamps are positioned so that light beams emitted from the windows thereof intersect on a desired straight line.
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1. A lamp unit comprising:
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first and second support members facing each other, each support member including a plurality of support portions arranged at predetermined intervals, the support portions of the first support member being disposed directly opposite those of the second support member; and a plurality of baseless fluorescent lamps supported parallel to one another by the first and second support members, each lamp including a straight bulb with two sealed ends and lead wires extending from the ends of the bulb, said bulb having an elongate radiation window extending in the axial direction thereof, one end of said bulb being fixed to each corresponding support portion of the first support member and the other end to each corresponding support portion of the second support member, with the radiation window thereof oriented in a predetermined direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
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12. A lamp unit comprising:
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a plurality of baseless fluorescent lamps each having a straight bulb with two sealed ends and lead wires extending from the ends of the blub, said bulb having an elongate radiation window extending in the axial direction thereof; first and second support members arranged at a predetermined interval for supporting said fluorescent lamps, said first support member having support portions each rotatably receiving one end of corresponding bulb, and said second support member having support portions each rotatably receiving the other end of corresponding bulb; and means for fixing said received bulb ends to corresponding support portions, with said radiation window oriented in a predetermined direction.
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