Patent ID: 7455733

Claim:
A fluorescent material coating apparatus for a fluorescent lamp, comprising: a cassette on which a plurality of glass tubes are detachably mounted; a delivery member having a delivery chamber communicating with first ends of the glass tubes; a cover member disposed below the delivery member to separate the glass tubes from an external side and connected to a hot air supplying unit, the hot air supplying unit comprising a heater installed inside the cover member; a negative pressure generating unit for allowing a fluorescent solution to be drawn into the glass tubes by generating negative pressure in the glass tubes communicating with the delivery chamber by lowering the pressure of the delivery chamber; a dry air supplying unit for supplying dry air to the delivery chamber to dry the fluorescent solution applied to inner surfaces of the glass tubes; a solution tank disposed below the glass tubes mounted on the cassette and containing the fluorescent solution; and a moving unit for allowing lower end portions of the glass tubes mounted in the delivery chamber to be dipped into the fluorescent solution contained in the solution tank.