Jon F Gehret

US Patent:

49452851, Jul 31, 1990

Filed:

Dec 27, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/289875

Inventors:

Jon F. Gehret - Fairport NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

H01J 194
H01J 1950

US Classification:

313278

Abstract:

An elongate incandescent lamp for a scanning apparatus comprises an elongate transparent tube enclosing an elongate filament supported only by its ends and maintained under tension by a compression spring surrounding a relatively low resistance slidably supported rod member that supports the corresponding end of the filament and conducts current to the filament.