Patent ID: 7178944
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
1. An improved lighting apparatus comprising: a flourescent lighting fixture of predetermined wattage, having a ballast and connecting means for a power source, said fixture further provided with slots at each end to accept cathodic pins of a fluorescent lamp; a flourescent lamp of predetermined wattage and rating so as to be compatible with said fixture, said lamp having circuitry to allow current to flow from an outside power source into said lamp; a tube having a substantially semi-cylindrical reflector attached thereto, the substantially semi-cylindrical reflector having an effective radius, an effective circumference, and a reflective surface on the concave side of the semi-cylindrical reflector, wherein the substantially semi-cylindrical reflector defines a focal point half the distance of the effective radius from the effective circumference; a pair of end caps, said end caps centering said lamp inside said tube substantially at the focal point, said end caps each having a set of pins in electrical communication with said circuitry of said lamp such that when inserted into said fixture, said lamp may be energized by said ballast and thereby emit light.