Patent ID: 6774545
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A reflector lamp comprising a glass shell, a base, a wire lamp, and a heat shield, said wire lamp being disposed within said glass shell, said glass shell having a concave inner surface and an outer surface, said glass shell having a thickness, said glass shell having a reflective coating disposed on said inner surface, said glass shell having a bottom, said glass shell having an opening at said bottom, said base extending from said bottom of said glass shell, said opening and said base defining a nose chamber, said heat shield being disposed substantially within or adjacent said nose chamber, said nose chamber having a sealed-off exhaust hole in a base of said nose chamber, said sealed-off exhaust hole being substantially offset from a center of said base of said nose chamber, said base of said nose chamber having a diameter of no greater than 1 inch.