Envelopes, casings and housings, designed for use with electric lamps, electric space discharge devices and similar devices.
(1) Note. This subclass includes envelopes made of vitreous, ceramic or nonmetallic plastic material for electric lamps, electric space discharge devices, electric switches and similar devices where the claimed structure is of general application and not limited to use with any specific electric device or is not limited by claimed structure to electrical use.
(2) Note. This subclass provides only for the structure of the envelope and associated accessories such as an attached base but does not provide for any structure which is limited to electrical use such as lead-in wires for conducting electricity through the wall of the envelope, casing or housing.
(3) Note. An envelope is defined for the purpose of classification in this and the indented subclasses as being a gas tight enclosure designed to be evacuated or filled with a gas or vapor. In general the distinction between an envelope and a jacket or casing is that the envelope is to be sealed so as to be gas tight.
(4) Note. Many of the receptacles in this and the indented subclasses are made in whole or part of glass or other ceramic material but this and the indented subclass are not limited to receptacles made of such material.
(5) Note. As this and the indented subclass are based on the function of the casing or housing, the art in these subclasses is cross-referenced into the succeeding subclasses of this class for structural features which are of general utility.
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3.2, for outlet or junction box type receptacles and housings which are designed for use with electrical apparatus.
581+, for a high-pressure-gas tank. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
65, Glass Manufacturing,
138+, for glassworking apparatus for making electronic
envelope headers, terminals or stems.
165, Heat Exchange,
74, for an envelope, casing, housing or coil device projecting into and covering an opening in an enclosure containing a fluid for modifying the temperature of the device; subclasses 80.1+ for a means retaining a removable device in a heat exchanger; subclasses 177+ for a tubular structure with heat exchanging features; and subclass 185 for a heat transmitter, per se.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, appropriate subclasses, provides for envelopes, casings and housings for use with electrical devices, such as discharge devices and lamps, which include electrical features (such as the lead-in conductors for a lamp) but which do not include any significant characteristics of the electrical device. See the class definition of Class 174 for the subclasses in Class 174 which provide for this subject matter.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers,
152, and the subclasses specified in the Notes thereto for liquid contact circuit makers and breakers (e.g., mercury switches) which are provided with an envelope.
313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices,
317+, and the subclasses specified in the Notes thereto for electric lamps and electric space discharge devices which are provided with an envelope which is sealed so as to maintain an atmosphere of gas or vapor within the envelope or to maintain a vacuum within the envelope, and subclass 324 and the subclasses specified in the Notes thereto for other lamps and discharge devices which are provided with a jacket or a casing. Class 313 is the generic class for discharge devices and lamps which have an envelope formed as an integral part thereof. Class 313 is also the generic class for discharge devices which have combined therewith a separable casing for the discharge device. See References With Other Classes and Within This Class, in Class 313 for the other classes which provide for significant lamp structure or discharge device structure in combination with either an integral envelope or a separable casing or jacket.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, 34, for a plurality of light transmissive or translucent glass sheet, sealed at their edges and spaced so as to enclose a gas space therebetween, and subclasses 426+ and 630 for composites having a glass component.
431, Combustion,
358+, for an illuminating flash device comprising a fuel charge within a sealed transparent container.
501, Compositions: Ceramic,
11+, for lamp and discharge device envelopes defined only as being made of a glass composition and glass compositions, per se.
