US2714683A - Electroluminescent bulb - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B33/00—Electroluminescent light sources
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
- F21K9/20—Light sources comprising attachment means
- F21K9/23—Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
- F21K9/232—Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
- F21Y2105/00—Planar light sources
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
- F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
- F21Y2115/20—Electroluminescent [EL] light sources
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- the conducting coating may be applied by spraying or painting the layer 4 with a suitable conducting material but is preferably applied by the evaporation of a suitable metal such as aluminum.
- This evaporation may convenientiy be effected by attaching a short length of Wire of the metal between the leads 7 and 8, as indicated by the dotted line 18 in the drawing, and after evacuation of the bulb7 heating the Wire by the passage of current through it, with the bulb support neck downwards, so as to evaporate the wire and form the required coating, an insulating bae 19 attached to the leads 7 and 8 preventing the possibility of the evaporated metal short-circuiting the two conducting coatings at the neck of the bulb.
- the bulb is then filled with dry nitrogen to atmospheric pressure and sealed, after which the cap is attached to the neck of the bulb.
- the alkyd resin known under the British trade name Paralac 1G is a long-oil linseed oil Inodiiied alkyd resin containing pentaerythritol and no added glycerol.
- An electroluminescent lamp comprising a transparent bulb sealed free of moisture and having a conductive inside surface, a layer containing an electroluminescent material formed over said conductive surface, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent material layer, and lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive surface and the other to said conductive layer.
- An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb sealed free of moisture, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer containing an electroluminescent phosphor formed over said conductive coating, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent layer, and a pair of lead Wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating, and the other to saidconductive layer.
- An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of dielectric material containing a dispersion of an electroluminescent phosphor formed over said conductive coating, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent layer, a pair of lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a filling of a dry gas seaied within said bulb.
- An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of an electroluminescent phosphor in a dielectric binder adherent to said conductive coating, an insulating layer of a dielectric material adherent to said electroluminescent layer, a conductive layer formed over said insulating layer, a pair of lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a filling of a dry gas sealed within said bulb.
- An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of a zinc sulphide phosphor in an alkyd resin adherent to said conductive coating, an insulating layer of an alkyd resin adherent to said phosphor layer, a conductive layer of evaporated metal adherent to said insulating layer, a pair of lead Wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a nlling of a dry gas sealed within said bulb.
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s. nu N V/ wn e i td n.. t eGKt VYrA mr e H M if H/ f Y IO H. G. JENKINS ELECTROLUMINESCENT BULB Filed Dec. 2, 1952 Aug. 2, 1955 Gianni,
0.25% by weight of copper in the dried mixture, the the latter being ground thoroughly and fired at 800900 C. in a closed boat for several hours.
The conducting coating may be applied by spraying or painting the layer 4 with a suitable conducting material but is preferably applied by the evaporation of a suitable metal such as aluminum. This evaporation may convenientiy be effected by attaching a short length of Wire of the metal between the leads 7 and 8, as indicated by the dotted line 18 in the drawing, and after evacuation of the bulb7 heating the Wire by the passage of current through it, with the bulb support neck downwards, so as to evaporate the wire and form the required coating, an insulating bae 19 attached to the leads 7 and 8 preventing the possibility of the evaporated metal short-circuiting the two conducting coatings at the neck of the bulb. The bulb is then filled with dry nitrogen to atmospheric pressure and sealed, after which the cap is attached to the neck of the bulb.
While a certain specic embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, various modiications thereof are possible, and the appended claims are intended to cover any such modications coming within the scope of the invention.
The alkyd resin known under the British trade name Paralac 1G is a long-oil linseed oil Inodiiied alkyd resin containing pentaerythritol and no added glycerol.
What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. An electroluminescent lamp comprising a transparent bulb sealed free of moisture and having a conductive inside surface, a layer containing an electroluminescent material formed over said conductive surface, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent material layer, and lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive surface and the other to said conductive layer.
2. An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb sealed free of moisture, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer containing an electroluminescent phosphor formed over said conductive coating, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent layer, and a pair of lead Wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating, and the other to saidconductive layer.
3. An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of dielectric material containing a dispersion of an electroluminescent phosphor formed over said conductive coating, a conductive layer formed over said electroluminescent layer, a pair of lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a filling of a dry gas seaied within said bulb.
4. An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of an electroluminescent phosphor in a dielectric binder adherent to said conductive coating, an insulating layer of a dielectric material adherent to said electroluminescent layer, a conductive layer formed over said insulating layer, a pair of lead wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a filling of a dry gas sealed within said bulb.
5. An electroluminescent lamp comprising a vitreous bulb, a conductive coating formed on the inside surface of said bulb, a layer of a zinc sulphide phosphor in an alkyd resin adherent to said conductive coating, an insulating layer of an alkyd resin adherent to said phosphor layer, a conductive layer of evaporated metal adherent to said insulating layer, a pair of lead Wires sealed into said bulb and connected, one to said conductive coating and the other to said conductive layer, and a nlling of a dry gas sealed within said bulb.
References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Light, by E. C. Payne, E. L. Mager and C. W. Jerome, Illuminating Engineer, November 1950, pp. 688-692.
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1. AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT LAMP COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT BULB SEALED FREE TO MOISTURE AND HAVING A CONDUCTIVE INSIDE SURFACE, A LAYER CONTAINING AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL FORMED OVER SAID CONDUCTIVE SURFACE, A CONDUCTIVE LAYER FORMED OVER SAID ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL LAYER, AND LEAD WIRES SEALED INTO SAID BULB AND CONNECTED,
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US2780746A (en) * | 1953-10-01 | 1957-02-05 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Incandescent-electroluminescent lamp |
US2880346A (en) * | 1954-09-30 | 1959-03-31 | Rca Corp | Electroluminescent device |
US2967964A (en) * | 1956-06-08 | 1961-01-10 | Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co | Electroluminescent lamp |
US3048732A (en) * | 1958-01-24 | 1962-08-07 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Electroluminescent cell |
US3089973A (en) * | 1961-03-22 | 1963-05-14 | Rca Corp | Electroluminescent device |
US3252035A (en) * | 1963-02-25 | 1966-05-17 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Electroluminescent lamp with built-in rearwardly-disposed input terminals |
US3351347A (en) * | 1964-04-10 | 1967-11-07 | Charles J Smith | Electroluminescent game ball |
US3458205A (en) * | 1965-04-05 | 1969-07-29 | Charles J Smith | Illuminable game ball |
US3790775A (en) * | 1971-11-19 | 1974-02-05 | R Rosenblatt | Body ornament with electroluminescent portion |
US3814973A (en) * | 1972-09-05 | 1974-06-04 | Duro Test Corp | Electric lamps of the vibrating filament type having a conductive coating |
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US5730079A (en) * | 1996-12-04 | 1998-03-24 | Totty; Kirby R. | Electroluminescent light for night fishing |
US6246169B1 (en) | 1997-11-17 | 2001-06-12 | Molex Incorporated | Electroluminescent lamp and having a flexible dome-shaped substrate |
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US2780746A (en) * | 1953-10-01 | 1957-02-05 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Incandescent-electroluminescent lamp |
US2880346A (en) * | 1954-09-30 | 1959-03-31 | Rca Corp | Electroluminescent device |
US2967964A (en) * | 1956-06-08 | 1961-01-10 | Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co | Electroluminescent lamp |
US3048732A (en) * | 1958-01-24 | 1962-08-07 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Electroluminescent cell |
US3089973A (en) * | 1961-03-22 | 1963-05-14 | Rca Corp | Electroluminescent device |
US3252035A (en) * | 1963-02-25 | 1966-05-17 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Electroluminescent lamp with built-in rearwardly-disposed input terminals |
US3351347A (en) * | 1964-04-10 | 1967-11-07 | Charles J Smith | Electroluminescent game ball |
US3458205A (en) * | 1965-04-05 | 1969-07-29 | Charles J Smith | Illuminable game ball |
US3790775A (en) * | 1971-11-19 | 1974-02-05 | R Rosenblatt | Body ornament with electroluminescent portion |
US3814973A (en) * | 1972-09-05 | 1974-06-04 | Duro Test Corp | Electric lamps of the vibrating filament type having a conductive coating |
WO1995028597A1 (en) * | 1994-04-18 | 1995-10-26 | E-L Holding, Inc. | Electroluminescent lamps and methods of manufacture |
US5730079A (en) * | 1996-12-04 | 1998-03-24 | Totty; Kirby R. | Electroluminescent light for night fishing |
US6246169B1 (en) | 1997-11-17 | 2001-06-12 | Molex Incorporated | Electroluminescent lamp and having a flexible dome-shaped substrate |
WO2013023748A1 (en) * | 2011-08-12 | 2013-02-21 | Technische Universität Dresden | Optoelectronic component and method for treating the interior of a hollow body with a liquid |
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