Patent ID: 8129890

Claim:
A high-pressure discharge lamp ( 1 ) with a burner ( 2 ), which has a discharge vessel ( 10 ) with shafts ( 12 , 14 ) arranged diametrically thereon and in which two mutually spaced-apart electrodes ( 16 , 18 ) are accommodated, which are connected to power supply lines ( 24 , 26 ) via sealing foils ( 20 , 22 ) fused into the shafts ( 12 , 14 ), an auxiliary starting device ( 30 , 32 ) engaging around a section of a shaft ( 14 ) with an auxiliary starting bubble ( 28 ) and interacting with one of the electrodes ( 14 ) as starting aid, the burner ( 2 ) being held on a ceramic ( 6 ), characterized in that the auxiliary starting device ( 30 , 32 ) is arranged in the region of the ceramic ( 6 ) as protection against shattering and the auxiliary starting device has a grating ( 30 ).