Patent attributes
Compact fluorescent lamp having a known base (1), a central hollow column (2), attached to the base (1), and the outer surface of which has a heat- and light-reflecting coating; a cap (3) closing the hollow column (2); and one or more light-radiating members (4) secured to the cap (3) and/or to the hollow column (2). The light-radiating members (4) start from the hollow column (2) and connect to electronic and electric elements and pass through the holes (3b) of the hollow column and/or the cap (3). The lamp further comprises a guide-ring (11) to support the light-radiating members (4) extending until or beyond the meeting boundary edge of the base (1) and the hollow column (2). The hollow column (2), the base (1), the cap (3) and the guide ring (11) are encompassed with the light-radiating members (4) extending in at least a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis of the lamp towards the base (1) and back and the light-radiating members (4) have curved sections (4a). The lamp is retrofit with conventional bulb sockets.
