Patent ID: 8348711
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A furnace for producing a discharge lamp, the furnace comprising: an outer furnace wall; a first hollow body which is enclosed by the outer furnace wall and adapted to receive discharge vessel parts and to assemble the discharge vessel parts to form a discharge vessel for the discharge lamp; and a discharge gas feed into the first hollow body for flooding the first hollow body with a discharge gas, so that the discharge vessel assembled in the first hollow body is filled with the discharge gas; wherein the furnace is configured as a continuous furnace in which a wall of the first hollow body comprises a first opening for introducing the discharge vessel parts and a second opening for extracting formed discharge vessels; wherein a height of the first opening is higher than a height of the second opening, the height being an internal height above a transport plane of the discharge vessel parts and the discharge vessels; wherein the first hollow body comprises two suction openings connected to a pump; and wherein a first of the suction openings is arranged closer to the first opening for introducing the discharge vessel parts, and a second of the suction openings is arranged closer to the second opening for extracting the formed discharge vessels.