LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE

Abstract

To devise a light source device with a low price and from which a sufficient amount of light can be obtained, in a light source device having a reflector and a discharge lamp, a hermetically sealed portion of the lamp is directly joined to a part of a neck region of the reflector with a processed portion being formed for setting the positional relationship between the lamp and reflector.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1( a) to 1(c) each show a schematic of a light source device in accordance with the invention and parts thereof;

FIGS. 2( a) to 2(e) each show a schematic of another light source device in accordance with the invention and parts thereof;

FIGS. 3( a) to 3(e) each show a schematic of a third light source device in accordance with the invention and parts thereof;

FIGS. 4( a) to 4(e) each show a schematic of another light source device in accordance with the invention and parts thereof;

FIGS. 5( a) to 5(d) each show a schematic of a fifth light source device in accordance with the invention and parts thereof;

FIG. 6 is a schematic partial sectional view of an ultra-high pressure discharge lamp in accordance with the invention; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic partial sectional view of a conventional light source device.

Claims

1. Light source device which comprises a reflector having a concave reflection part and a cylindrical neck region anda discharge lamp which has a light emitting part and hermetically sealed portions which are attached to opposite ends of the light emitting part and have hermetically sealed portions, one of which is attached in the neck region of the reflector,wherein said one of the hermetically sealed portions has a processed portion and is directly joined to a part of the neck region of the reflector, and wherein the positional relationship between the reflector and the discharge lamp is determined by the processed portion.

2. Light source device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a front glass is attached in the reflector for closing a front opening thereof, wherein the front glass presses against the other of the hermetically sealed portions of the discharge lamp so as to form a holding arrangement which determines the positional relationship of this discharge lamp relative to the reflector.

3. Light source device which comprises: a reflector having a concave reflection part and a cylindrical neck region anda discharge lamp which has a light emitting part and hermetically sealed portions which are attached to opposite ends of the light emitting part and have hermetically sealed portions, one of which is attached in the neck region of the reflector,wherein a holding component is attached to the hermetically sealed portion, wherein the holding component is directly joined to a part of the neck region of the reflector, and wherein a processed portion is provided which determines the positional relationship between the reflector and the discharge lamp.

4. Light source device in accordance with claim 3, wherein a front glass is attached in the reflector for closing a front opening thereof, wherein the front glass presses against the other of the hermetically sealed portions of the discharge lamp so as to form a holding arrangement which determines the positional relationship of this discharge lamp relative to the reflector.

5. Discharge lamp which has a light emitting part and hermetically sealed portions which are attached to opposite ends of the light emitting part and have a shrink seal, wherein a processed part is formed on an outer surface of one of the hermetically sealed portions, the processed part extending in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the hermetically sealed portions.

6. Light source device which comprises: a metallic reflector of a concave reflection part and a cylindrical neck region anda discharge lamp which has a light emitting part and hermetically sealed portions which are attached to opposite ends of the light emitting part and have hermetically sealed portions, one of which is attached in the neck region of the reflector,wherein an end face of said one of the hermetically sealed portions is pressed against a bottom of the cylindrical neck region of the reflector and wherein the positional relationship between the discharge lamp and the reflector is determined by an annular clamping device in an outer periphery of the neck region.