Patent ID: 6976898

Claim:
A method for producing a flat radiator designed for dielectrically impeded discharges which has: a discharge vessel with a base plate ( 4 ), a top plate ( 3 ) and a frame ( 8 , 9 ), connecting these, for holding a discharge medium in a discharge space, an electrode set ( 5 ) for generating dielectrically impeded discharges in the discharge medium, a dielectric layer between at least a part of the electrode set ( 5 ) and the discharge medium, and a plurality of support elements ( 1 , 2 , 15 ) that produce a connection between the top plate ( 3 ) and the base plate ( 4 ) inside the frame ( 8 , 9 ), in the case of which method one of the plates ( 3 ) is held up by at least one of the support elements ( 1 , 2 , 15 ) during a filling step preceding a closure of the discharge space, which support element is partially softened ( 15 , 16 ) by the application of heat in order to close the discharge space, as a result of which the plate ( 3 ) being held up is lowered, characterized in that only same of the plurality of support elements ( 1 , 2 , 15 ) are used to hold up the plate ( 3 ), and the remaining support elements ( 1 , 2 ) of the plurality of support elements do not soften during the filling step.