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Radiation apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-07-05
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Granted: 1981-11-03
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Expires: 1999-07-05
Abstract
Abstract A radiation apparatus for cosmetic, photobiological and/or photo chemical purposes containing at least one ultraviolet ray source and devices for operation for the production of the ignition voltage and operating current and a filter device for emitting rays in the region of 320 nm to 450 nm and for cutting out short wave rays below 320 nm and long wave rays above 800 nm and preferably above 450 nm.
Inventors
- 👤 Maxim F. Mutzhas
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-24 05:26
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J61/00; H01J61/02; H01J61/52; A; A61; A61N; A61N5/00; A61N5/06; A61N5/0613; A61N5/0614; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/08; C09K11/66; C09K11/666; G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/20; G02B5/208; H01J61/38; A41; A41D; A41D2400/00; A41D2400/26; A61N2005/0615; A61N2005/0664; A61N2005/0667; A61N5/062; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S522/00; Y10S522/91; Y10S522/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
In a radiation apparatus for cosmetic, photobiological and/or photochemical purposes comprising, housing means having an opening therein, at least one ultraviolet ray source in said housing means and positioned to direct its rays toward and through said opening, said ray source comprising a mercury vapor high pressure lamp containing a metal halogen vapor which lamp produces radiation of substantial intensity in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm, reflector means formed of a material having a high reflectance for radiation in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm for reflecting the radiation produced by said ray source, said reflector means comprising said housing means and said material comprising polished oxidized aluminum, filter means for completely suppressing all short wavelength rays passing through said opening having wavelengths below approximately 320 nm, and for suppressing longer visible wavelength rays passing through said opening having wavelengths above approximately 450 nm, and cooling means for cooling said housing and said source during operation, said cooling means comprising ventilator means for ventilating said housing, the aforementioned components of said apparatus coacting in combination with each other to result in the production of radiation in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm of at least 150 W/m 2 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
In a radiation apparatus for cosmetic, photobiological and/or photochemical purposes comprising, housing means having an opening therein, at least one ultraviolet ray source in said housing means and positioned to direct its rays toward and through said opening, said ray source comprising a mercury vapor high pressure lamp containing a metal halogen vapor which lamp produces radiation of substantial intensity in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm, reflector means formed of a material having a high reflectance for radiation in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm for reflecting the radiation produced by said ray source, said reflector means comprising said housing means and said material comprising polished oxidized aluminum, filter means for completely suppressing all short wavelength rays passing through said opening having wavelengths below approximately 320 nm, and for suppressing longer visible wavelength rays passing through said opening having wavelengths above approximately 450 nm, and cooling means for cooling said housing and said source during operation, said cooling means comprising ventilator means for ventilating said housing, the aforementioned components of said apparatus coacting in combination with each other to result in the production of radiation in the wavelength range of 320-450 nm of at least 150 W/m 2 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the mercury vapor high pressure lamp is constructed as a mixed light lamp.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter means includes an ultraviolet edge filter made from plate glass.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter means includes an ultraviolet edge filter comprising polyester plates or foils.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the polyester foil is deposited directly onto the surface of the lamp.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter means includes a color filter from the group consisting of glass, plastics and quartz carrying a finely-divided heavy metal oxide taken from the group consisting of cobalt oxide, nickel oxide and iron oxide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ultraviolet ray source includes a burner tube covered with a color filter tube.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A radiation apparatus a-cording to claim 1, wherein said ultraviolet ray source includes a burner tube constructed as a high pressure color filter tube made of quartz containing cobalt oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said filter means includes an infrared filter comprising a heat filter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that said infrared filter comprises a heat absorption glass.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said filter means comprises a single filter device which performs simultaneously the functions of an ultraviolet edge filter and an infrared filter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing is provided with ventilation openings shielded to prevent emergence of unfiltered rays therethrough.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1 in which said ultraviolet ray source comprises a burner tube and a surrounding protective tube, the space therebetween being evacuated.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1 in which said ultraviolet ray source comprises a burner tube and a surrounding protective tube, the space therebetween being cooled by fluid flowing through.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that the cooling is effected by a blower.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, which includes an ignition device for said ultraviolet ray source and switch means to turn off said ignition device after the ignition of the ultraviolet ray source.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said metal is selected from the group consisting of iron, gallium and mixtures thereof.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
47 words
A radiation apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said mercury vapor high pressure lamp has a capacity by which a pigmentation effecting radiation strength results which is greater than three times that of the unfiltered radiation of the sun positioned at 90° elevation.
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