US1733076A - Filament support and method of making it - Google Patents
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- US1733076A US1733076A US186488A US18648827A US1733076A US 1733076 A US1733076 A US 1733076A US 186488 A US186488 A US 186488A US 18648827 A US18648827 A US 18648827A US 1733076 A US1733076 A US 1733076A
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01K—ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
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- H01K1/18—Mountings or supports for the incandescent body
- H01K1/20—Mountings or supports for the incandescent body characterised by the material thereof
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
- Y10T428/12389—All metal or with adjacent metals having variation in thickness
- Y10T428/12396—Discontinuous surface component
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- Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
- Y10T428/12493—Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.]
- Y10T428/12771—Transition metal-base component
- Y10T428/12806—Refractory [Group IVB, VB, or VIB] metal-base component
- Y10T428/12826—Group VIB metal-base component
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T428/12—All metal or with adjacent metals
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- Y10T428/12771—Transition metal-base component
- Y10T428/12806—Refractory [Group IVB, VB, or VIB] metal-base component
- Y10T428/12826—Group VIB metal-base component
- Y10T428/12847—Cr-base component
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- v chromium or other equivalent metal at a suitable temperature is efl'icient in removing water vapor from an exhausted vessel.
- This 5 discovery may be applied to the removal of water vapor from thermionic discharge de-' vices, and from incandescent lamps as the removal of water vapor is equally important in incandescent tungsten lamps, especially gas-filled lanips.
- the object of the present invention is to provide means for maintain- 7 ing such lamps substantially free from water vapor, and to this end chromium is placed in the lamp and maintained at a suitable temperature, preferably by placing the metal on the anchors or wires which support the filament and are raised by conduction of heat from the filament to a temperature exceeding 1000 C. at the part immediately in contact with the filament.
- the anchors or supporting wires for the filament of -an incandescent tungsten lamp are for most of their length made of chromium or coated with that metal, butthe part of the support immediately in contact with the filament is not composed of or coated with chromium.
- Fig. 1 is a view of a gaslled incandescent lamp embodying this invention
- Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a filament support or anchor of this lamp.
- the lamp shown in'Fig. 1 is a gas-filled lamp having a sealed bulb 1, astem 2, a
- Each anchor 6 is supported at 'i one end by the arbor 3, and has at its free end a hook '7 to engage the filament 5;
- bulb 1 contains an inert gas, such as nitro-' .gen or argon.
- a mass of chromium 8 is so placed in the lamp as to be heated to a suitable temperature while the lamp is lighted.
- the chromium is so p aced on an anchor .6 as to be heated by conduction from the hook 7 which reaches a high temperature during the operationof the lamp because of its contact with the tungsten filament 5.
- the chromium may be utilized in the form of a coating or plating on the anchor 6 at a-vpoint close enough to the hook 7 to cause the chromium to become hot enough during the operation of the lamp to remove or render harmless any water vapor that may appear in the lamp.
- One method of'carrying out the invention is to deposit chromium by electrolysis on the filament supportingwires'fi of tungsten or molybdenum. These supports are then mounted in the arbor 3 in the/usualmanner,
- the chromium is removed from that part of the support adjacent the hook 7 with which the filament is in contact.
- A' preferred method of doing this is to direct a small blowpipe flame on' to the hook 7 for a few seconds, whereby the chromium is burnt 01f.
- a filament support for incandescent lamps comprising a wire of refractory meta-,1
- a filament support for electric incandescent lamps which consists in plating with chromium a Wire of refractory metal having one end shaped to hold a filament, and removing the plating from the filament supporting end and adjoining portion of said wire before the filament is wound on the support.
- a filament support for a metal filament of an incandescent lamp or similar device comprising a wire of metal with a high melting point and shaped at one end to engagev a filament, and chromium on said wire adjacent to but not on sald filament engaging end.
- a filament support for a metal filament of an incandescent lamp or similar device comprising a body with a surface of chromium, and a tip of molybdenum Wire in good heat conductive'relation to the chromium surface of said body and shaped to form a filament engaging hook.
- An incandescent lamp or similar device having a metal filament and a filament support of a wire of metal of high melting point and a body of chromium adjoining said wire and adjacent but out of contact with said filament.
- An incandescent lamp or similar device having a metal filamentand a filament support wire shaped at one end to engage a filament and chromium'in contact with said wire in position to be out of contact with said fila: ment and to be heated during operation of the lamp by conduction through said wire to a temperature high enough to cause said heated chromium to render harmless any water I vapor present in the lamp.
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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GB12442/26A GB275735A (en) | 1926-05-14 | 1926-05-14 | Improvements in electric incandescent lamps |
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US1733076A true US1733076A (en) | 1929-10-22 |
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US186488A Expired - Lifetime US1733076A (en) | 1926-05-14 | 1927-04-25 | Filament support and method of making it |
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US (1) | US1733076A (de) |
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FR (1) | FR631452A (de) |
GB (1) | GB275735A (de) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3529335A (en) * | 1966-05-06 | 1970-09-22 | Pinlites Inc | Method of making a light bulb with a plurality of independently connected filaments for indicating graphic symbols |
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- 1926-05-14 GB GB12442/26A patent/GB275735A/en not_active Expired
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- 1927-03-09 DE DEP54804D patent/DE457177C/de not_active Expired
- 1927-03-26 FR FR631452D patent/FR631452A/fr not_active Expired
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Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3529335A (en) * | 1966-05-06 | 1970-09-22 | Pinlites Inc | Method of making a light bulb with a plurality of independently connected filaments for indicating graphic symbols |
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GB275735A (en) | 1927-08-15 |
DE457177C (de) | 1928-03-09 |
FR631452A (fr) | 1927-12-21 |
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