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Method of coating phosphors on fluorescent lamp glass
Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-09
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Granted: 1994-05-24
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Expires: 2012-06-09
Abstract
Abstract In process for forming a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass, a polymer is deposited on the phosphor particles and the phosphor particles are entrained in a carrier gas with the polymer in a non-adhering state, and then the phosphor particles are coated on the fluorescent lamp glass with the polymer in an adhering state for retaining the phosphor particles on the fluorescent glass and, the coated fluorescent glass is heated to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the polymer for removing the polymer and to form a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass.
Inventors
- 👤 Arunava Dutta
- 👤 Lenoard V. Dullea
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/02; H; H01; H01J; H01J61/00; H01J61/02; H01J61/38; H01J61/42; H01J61/46; H01J9/00; H01J9/20; H01J9/22; H01J9/221; H01J9/225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for forming a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass comprising entraining polymer treated phosphor particles in a carrier gas, said polymer having a decomposition temperature and a polymer softening temperature, heating the fluorescent lamp glass to a temperature above the polymer softening temperature for adhering the polymer to the fluorescent lamp glass, depositing the polymer treated phosphor particles on the fluorescent lamp glass and forming a coated fluorescent lamp glass, heating the coated fluorescent lamp glass to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the polymer for removing the polymer and forming a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for forming a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass comprising entraining polymer treated phosphor particles in a carrier gas, said polymer having a decomposition temperature and a polymer softening temperature, heating the fluorescent lamp glass to a temperature above the polymer softening temperature for adhering the polymer to the fluorescent lamp glass, depositing the polymer treated phosphor particles on the fluorescent lamp glass and forming a coated fluorescent lamp glass, heating the coated fluorescent lamp glass to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the polymer for removing the polymer and forming a coating of phosphor particles on a fluorescent lamp glass.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said phosphor particles are deposited on the fluorescent glass by applying a sufficient electric charge to the phosphor particles for attracting the polymer treated phosphor particles to the fluorescent lamp glass.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer becomes tacky when heated, and said polymer treated phosphor particles are entrained in the carrier gas in a non-tacky state and deposited on said fluorescent lamp glass in a tacky state.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method in claim 3 wherein said polymer treated phosphor particles are rendered tacky by heating said polymer to the tacky state to retain said phosphor particles on said fluorescent glass and form said coated fluorescent glass.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method in claim 1 wherein a polymer is deposited on said fluorescent lamp glass prior to applying the phosphor particles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method in claim 5 wherein the range of polymer loading on the glass is from 0.02 to 0.2mg/cm 2 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymers are thermo-plastic polymers which become tacky when heated to a polymer softening temperature and are in a non-tacky state below a polymer softening temperature.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer treated phosphors in a non-tacky state are negatively charged by passing through a corona developed by an electrostatic probe which is maintained at a negative potential.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said fluorescent glass is maintained at a temperature above said softening temperature by using an electrically heated mold in contact with said glass while the phosphor particles coat said fluorescent glass.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method in claim 9 wherein said mold is preheated for and electrically isolated during the said deposition of said polymer treated phosphor particles.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method in claim 9 wherein, after said polymer treated phosphor particles are deposited on said fluorescent glass, electrostatic charge in the coating is dissipated by providing a conductive path.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method in claim 11 wherein said polymer treated phosphor particles are exposed to a conductive fluid to dissipate electrostatic charge from the coating, and said fluorescent glass is subsequently heated to remove said polymer and said conductive fluid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said phosphor particles comprise a phosphor blend composed of rare earth activated phosphors.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the rare earth phosphors emit in the red, green and blue regions of the visible spectrum.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the rare earth phosphors emit in the red and green regions of the visible spectrum.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method in claim 15 wherein the red phosphor is at least 60% of the phosphor blend.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method in claim 15 wherein the red phosphor is Y 2 O 3 : Eu.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method in claim 17 wherein the specific surface area of the Y 2 O 3 : Eu phosphor is 0.65 m 2 /g or larger.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method in claim 15 wherein the specific surface area of the green phosphor is 0.3 m 2 /g or larger.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the polymer has a melting point between 60° and 110° C.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the polymer has a melting point between 60° and 70° C.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said final coating comprises less than 500 ppm silicates from additives in said polymer.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer decomposes at a temperature below about 450° C.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the amount of polymer deposited on the phosphor is 0.3 to 0.8% of the phosphor.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method in claim 1 wherein fluorescent glass comprises a twin tube glass and the amount of polymer deposited on the twin tube glass is 0.02 to 0.2 mg/cm 2 of internal surface of glass.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer treated phosphor is at least 10% less cohesive than an untreated phosphor.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method in claim 26 wherein said polymer treated phosphor has a Hausner Ratio of 1.76 or lower.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method in claim 1 wherein the use of the polymer treated phosphor allows specific coating weights from 8 mg/cm 2 to 12 mg/cm 2 .
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said phosphor particles are treated with the polymer by (a) adding a mass of 2 kg of the phosphor to 1 1 of 2.5 % polymer solution (b) stirring the mixture for 30 minutes and then rolled for 20 minutes to ensure wetting (c) pouring the dispersion into a Buchner funnel with #41 filter paper and vacuum filtering for about 4.5 h until no more filtrate droplets are observed (d) drying the filter cake in a convection oven for 48 h at 140° C.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer possesses hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer is soluble in an organic solvent.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method in claim 1 wherein said polymer is water soluble.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method in claim 32 wherein said water soluble polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide, poly-N-alkylacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylpyridine and derivatives, polyethylene imine, poly-(ethylene oxide), and low molecular weight polypropylene oxide or mixtures thereof.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method in claim 32 wherein said water soluble polymer comprises a poly-(ethylene oxide) polymer.
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