Electrodeless gas discharge lamp having flat induction coil and dual gas envelopes
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1. An electrodeless gas discharge lamp assembly comprising:
- a lamp base;
a pair of light-transmitting lenses mounted on said base in axially opposed relation to one another; and
an electrodeless gas discharge illumination source including;
generally flat spiral induction coil disposed between said lenses, said induction coil having axially opposite sides, and a pair of generally flat gas discharge envelopes each having an ionizable gas scaled therein and each being disposed at one of said axially opposite sides of said coil such that said gas is inductively excitable to discharge illumination by operation of said coil.
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Abstract
An electrodeless gas discharge light assembly includes a lamp base (12) having a pair of light-transmitting lenses (14, 16) supported in axially opposed relation to one another. An electrodeless gas discharge light source (28) is mounted between the lenses (14, 16) and comprises a generally flat spiral induction coil (30) sandwiched between a pair of generally flat, planar envelopes (32, 34) in which an ionizable gas (46) is contained. Energizing the coil (30) inductively induces discharge illumination of the gas (46) causing light to be emitted in axially opposite directions through the lenses (14, 16) without obstruction by the coil (30).
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14 Claims
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1. An electrodeless gas discharge lamp assembly comprising:
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a lamp base;
a pair of light-transmitting lenses mounted on said base in axially opposed relation to one another; and
an electrodeless gas discharge illumination source including;
generally flat spiral induction coil disposed between said lenses, said induction coil having axially opposite sides, and a pair of generally flat gas discharge envelopes each having an ionizable gas scaled therein and each being disposed at one of said axially opposite sides of said coil such that said gas is inductively excitable to discharge illumination by operation of said coil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electrodeless gas discharge lamp assembly comprising:
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a lamp base; and
an electrodeless gas discharge illumination source including;
a generally flat spiral induction coil supported by said base and having axially opposite sides, and a pair of generally flat gas discharge envelopes each having an ionizable gas sealed therein and each being disposed at one of said axially opposite sides of said coil such that said gas is inductively excitable to discharge illumination by operation of said coil.
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8. An electrodeless gas discharge lamp source comprising:
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a generally flat planar spiral induction coil having axially opposite sides; and
characterized by a pair of generally flat planar light-transmitting discharge envelopes disposed on said axially opposite sides of said spiral coil, each of said envelopes having an ionizable gas sealed therein which is inductively excitable to discharge illumination. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of constructing and operating a double-sided emergency flasher lamp having an electrodeless gas discharge illumination source comprising:
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preparing an electrodeless gas discharge illumination source including a generally flat spiraled induction coil having opposite axial sides and a pair of generally flat, planar light-transmitting discharge envelopes disposed in axially opposite relation to one another of the opposite sides of the coil, each envelope having sealed therein an ionizable gas excitable to discharge illumination during energization of the coil; and
mounting the illumination source on a lamp base and operating the coil to inductively excite the gas to discharge illumination producing light emitted from the envelopes in axially opposite directions. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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