Patent ID: 8102109

Claim:
A lamp with a lamp vessel ( 2 ), which is provided with a pinch seal ( 26 ) inserted into a base ( 28 ) via a fixing ring ( 50 ), the fixing ring ( 50 ) having an accommodating section ( 52 ), in which the pinch seal ( 26 ) is fixed in clamping fashion by means of holding tabs ( 58 ) of the fixing ring ( 50 ) which are supported on supporting faces ( 56 ) of the pinch seal ( 26 ), and the supporting faces ( 56 ) being set at an angle with respect to the lamp longitudinal axis ( 68 ) and the supporting faces ( 56 ) being formed by in each case two supporting projections ( 54 ), which are arranged mirror-symmetrically with respect to the lamp longitudinal axis ( 68 ) on a broad side ( 60 , 62 ) of the pinch seal ( 26 ), wherein the supporting projections ( 54 ) are arranged in such a way that the supporting faces ( 56 ) each run at an angle of less than 90° with respect to the lamp longitudinal axis ( 68 ) so as to rise outwards at an angle and each interact with a corner region ( 70 ) of a holding tab ( 58 ).