Patent ID: 8388225

Claim:
An ultraviolet output-controlled fluorescent lamp system, comprising: a curing chamber having an interior, an air intake and an air exhaust; at least one UV fluorescent lamp mounted in the interior of the curing chamber; power supply circuitry, the power supply circuitry comprising heat-generating ballast, the heat-generating ballast being mounted in an enclosure external to the curing chamber and thermally isolated from the interior of the curing chamber; at least one temperature probe disposed in at least one portion of the curing chamber; and at least one air flow control device coupled to at least one of the air intake and air exhaust; a temperature controller, the temperature controller being capable of reading the temperature probe to measure a temperature in the curing chamber, of performing a comparison between the measured temperature and a predetermined temperature, and in response to the comparison of controlling the at least one air flow control device to control heat transfer from the enclosure of the heat-generating ballast to the interior of the curing chamber and out of the curing chamber.