Erase lamp.

摘要

A lamp system (25)which erases selected portions of an electrically charged photoconductive member. The lamp has a transparent housing (118) defining a chamber (120) filled with a gaseous medium (116). A charge is induced across a selected region of the gaseous medium between spaced electrodes comprising a continuous electrode (114) and a segment of a segmented electrode (125). This causes the gaseous medium to ionize in the selected region so as to emit light rays thereat. The light rays illuminate the electrically charged photoconductive member in the selected region to discharge the charge thereat.