Fluorescent lamp heat-dissipating apparatus
First Claim
1. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprisinga lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and elongated between a mounting end and a distal end having a first vent aperture,a heat dissipater in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, andmeans for mounting the lamp globe and the dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end.
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Abstract
A fluorescent lamp dissipates heat from the lamp tube to a vented air stream within a lamp globe and to ambient air outside of the lamp. The lamp apparatus includes a base that mounts and provides electric current to a fluorescent illumination tube, a vented lamp globe and a thermally conductive heat dissipater engaged with the illumination tube. The heat dissipater thermally conducts heat from the illumination tube and transfers the heat to an air current within the lamp globe. A mounting element mounts the lamp globe and the heat dissipater with the base.
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1. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and elongated between a mounting end and a distal end having a first vent aperture, a heat dissipater in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, and means for mounting the lamp globe and the dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end.
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11. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts and applies electrical current to a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a heat dissipater in removable and replaceable engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current proximal to the fluorescent illumination tube, said heat dissipater further including means for maintaining a portion of the illumination tube at a temperature within a selected temperature range to attain maximal lamp efficiency, and means for mounting a lamp globe and the heat dissipater with the base and for providing a vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into a lamp globe proximal to the mounting thereof.
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12. Fluorescent lamp apparatus for dissipating heat from within a lamp tube thereof, comprising
a base that mounts and applies electric current to a fluorescent illumination tube, a lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and having a mounting end and having a first vent aperture therethrough, a heat dissipater in removable and replaceable engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, and means for mounting the lamp globe and the dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end.
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13. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a vented lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and having a mounting, and a heat dissipater of thermally conductive material in removable and replaceable engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for dissipating heat therefrom to air external to the globe, said dissipater being arranged for mounting with the lamp globe and with the base.
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14. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and elongated between a mounting end and a distal end having a first vent aperture, a heat dissipater in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, said heat dissipater includes a heat transfer element disposed at least in part external to said globe and external to said base for the transfer of heat therefrom to ambient air, said heat transfer element receiving by thermal conduction heat conducted to said dissipater from the fluorescent illumination tube, and means for mounting the lamp globe and the dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end.
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15. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and elongated between a mounting end and a distal end having a first vent aperture, a heat dissipater in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, said heat dissipater includes a heat receiving portion in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for receiving by conduction heat from the fluorescent illumination tube, and a heat discharge portion thermally conductively coupled with the heat receiving portion and disposed at least in part external to the lamp globe and external to the base for dissipating heat therefrom to ambient air, and means for mounting the lamp globe and the heat dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end of the globe.
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17. In fluorescent lamp apparatus having a base that mounts, and applies electrical current to, a fluorescent illumination tube, the improvement comprising
a lamp globe for enclosing the fluorescent illumination tube and elongated between a mounting end and a distal end having a first vent aperture, a heat dissipater in engagement with the fluorescent illumination tube within the lamp globe for conducting heat from the fluorescent illumination tube and for transferring heat to an air current within the lamp globe between the mounting end and the first vent aperture, wherein the heat dissipater includes at least one resilient member removably and replaceably engaged with the fluorescent illumination tube, and coil spring means circumferentially disposed around and engaged with the fluorescent illumination tube, and means for mounting the lamp globe and the dissipater with the base and for providing a second vent aperture for the passage of ambient air into the lamp globe proximal to the mounting end.
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