39results about "X-ray tube vessels" patented technology

An X-ray tube comprises: an envelope which has a cathode at one end and an anode at another end of a barrel of a tubular insulating tube and which has a sealed interior; an electron gun which is arranged inside the envelope and has a shape that protrudes from the cathode; and a target which is electrically connected to the anode and generates X-rays when being irradiated with electrons emitted from the electron gun. With reference to an end position that is a projection of a position of an end on the anode side of the electron gun onto an inner wall of the insulating tube, a mean wall thickness of the barrel is greater on the cathode side than on the anode side.

An industrial X-ray tube formed by accommodating a cathode and anode in a container having an evacuated interior, in which electrons emitted from the cathode are caused to strike the anode and X-rays are emitted from the anode. The cathode is formed from graphite. The graphite is a layered crystal obtained by layering a plurality of carbon hexagonal planes. The graphite is cut based on crystal axes of the carbon hexagonal planes. The resulting cut surface is caused to function as an electron-emitting surface. For example, directions of an a- and b-crystal axis may be set so as to be arbitrary between each of the layers of the carbon hexagonal planes, the graphite may be cut along a surface parallel to the c-axis, and the resulting cut surface may be caused to function as an electron-emitting surface. The graphite may also be cut along a surface orthogonal to the c-axis.

The method of making a vacuum tube collector or X-ray tube, which includes a matching glass-metal joint, includes providing a glass tube (1) made of a glass with a composition, in percent by weight on the basis of oxide content, consisting of B2O3, 8-11.5; Al2O3, 5-9; Na2O, 5-9; K2O, 0-5; CaO, 0.4-1.5; balance, SiO2; and bonding, preferably fusing or melting, an end portion of the glass tube (1) with a metal part (2) in order to bond or attach the glass tube to the metal part, thus forming a long-lasting glass-metal joint. The method of making the glass-metal joint is performed without using intermediary glass compositions of varying thermal conductivities. In the case of the vacuum tube collector the method can provide the basis for an automated manufacture of the vacuum tube collector.

A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead (4) holding a cathode filament (7) and a stem unit (1) to which a sealing member (5), an exhaust tube (2), and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation widow frame (8) having an X-ray irradiation window (9) attached by brazing. The other end side (52) of the sealing member (5) is attached to an open end (83) of the irradiation window frame (8) by welding. Thus, it is possible to obtain a high-quality transmission type X-ray tube having a long service life at a low cost.

An x-ray tube for generating a sweeping x-ray beam. A cathode is disposed within a vacuum enclosure and emits a beam of electrons attracted toward an anode. The anode is adapted for rotation with respect to the vacuum enclosure about an axis of rotation. At least one collimator opening corotates with the anode within the vacuum enclosure, such that a swept x-ray beam is emitted.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure having a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion comprising a non-electrically conductive tube. The throat portion has an upstream end coupled to the cathode portion and a downstream end coupled to the target portion. The x-ray tube assembly also includes a target positioned within the target portion of the vacuum enclosure, and a cathode positioned within the cathode portion of the vacuum enclosure. The cathode is configured to emit a stream of electrons through the throat portion toward the target.

The invention relates to key parts in detection equipment, in particular to a high-reliability security check ceramic X-ray tube. The high-reliability security check ceramic X-ray tube comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly. An anode head in the anode assembly and a focusing disc in the cathode assembly are oppositely arranged. The high-reliability security check ceramic X-ray tube is characterized in that the anode assembly and the cathode assembly are assembled into a whole in a butt joint mode through a ceramic shell, the anode head and the focusing disc are arranged in the ceramic shell, the anode assembly is provided with a ray output window located outside the ceramic shell, the anode head is of a conical head structure, the focusing disc is provided with a small circular cavity and a large circular cavity and is of a cap structure, the large circular cavity is located at the outer end and is opposite to the anode head, the inner diameter of the large circular cavity is larger than the largest outer diameter of the anode head, and a water cooling sleeve is additionally installed at the tail end of the anode head. The high-reliability security check ceramic X-ray tube solves the problem that an existing security check tube is poor in reliability and short in service life, and is mainly used for various security check devices.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure including a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion. The throat portion includes a magnetic field section, upstream section, and downstream section. The magnetic field section has a first susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of a magnetic field intensity. The upstream section is coupled to the cathode portion and the magnetic field section and has a second susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of the magnetic field intensity. The downstream section is coupled to the magnetic field section and has a third susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of the magnetic field intensity. The first susceptibility to generate eddy currents is less than the second and third susceptibilities to generate eddy currents. The assembly includes a target within the target portion, and a cathode within the cathode portion.

A high dose output, through transmission target X-ray tube and methods of use includes, in general an X-ray tube for accelerating electrons under a high voltage potential having an evacuated high voltage housing, a hemispherical shaped through transmission target anode disposed in said housing, a cathode structure to deflect the electrons toward the hemispherical anode disposed in said housing, a filament located in the geometric center of the anode hemisphere disposed in said housing, a power supply connected to said cathode to provide accelerating voltage to the electrons.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure that includes a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion having a plurality of recesses formed therein to break up eddy currents generated in the throat portion. The throat portion has an upstream end coupled to the cathode portion and a downstream end coupled to the target portion. The x-ray tube assembly also includes a target positioned within the target portion of the vacuum enclosure, and a cathode positioned within the cathode portion of the vacuum enclosure. The cathode is configured to emit a stream of electrons through the throat portion toward the target.

In an electron irradiation system, a gas-tight housing encloses a cathode region and an irradiation region, which communicate through at least an aperture. In the cathode region, there is arranged a high-voltage cathode for emitting an electron beam. In the irradiation region, there is an irradiation site arranged to accommodate a stationary or moving object to be irradiated. The migration of cathode-degrading debris is limited by means of an electric field designed to prevent positively charged particles from entering the cathode region via the aperture. The invention can be embodied with an axial electric field, which realizes an energy threshold, or a transversal field which deflects charged particles away from trajectories leading into the cathode region.

The present invention relates to an X-ray generating apparatus. A moving part(3) for holding an X-ray irradiation window (5) of a target (4) is connected to the body portion (1) of a vacuum container via the vacuum bellows (2), and a guiding mechanism for limiting the moving direction and the inclination of the moving part (3) is arranged outside the vacuum container. The guiding mechanism includes a guide flat surface (10a) formed on a side of the main body (1) along a plane orthogonal to the central axis of the electron beam (B), a flat surface (13a) for guiding the movable flat surface 13a, (3) is formed so as to face the guide flat surface (10a); and a plurality of rotating bodies (12) which are rotatable therebetween. As a result, the frictional force in the guiding mechanism can be reduced.

The present invention provides an X-Ray emitting device that comprises a focusing electrode composed of a ceramic-based material, which can be manufactured by a simple process and is excellent in durability.

An x-ray generating apparatus comprises: a vacuum container having a main body, and a moving member coupled movably and airtightly to the main body via a vacuum bellows; and a guide mechanism, provided on an outer side of the vacuum container, for regulating the movement and inclination of the moving member in an approaching / separation direction with respect to an electron gun. The guide mechanism includes a guide portion where a guide flat surface along a plane orthogonal to a central axis of the electron beam is formed, the guide portion being provided on the main body side, a guided portion where a guided flat surface facing the guide flat surface is formed, the guided portion being provided on the moving member side, and at least three rolling elements placed between the guide flat surface and the guided flat surface.

An X-ray generator is provided using a transmission type target having a long life span, where it is possible to change the point for generating X-rays on the surface of the target while maintaining the vacuum chamber in a high vacuum state. A portion of a vacuum chamber 1 that includes a target 2 is linked to a main body portion 1a of the chamber through a linking member 5 as a movable chamber portion 1b. A fixed anode 12 is provided between the target 2 and the electrode 10 at the final stage from among a group of electrodes 8, 9 and 10 for electrostatically accelerating and converging electrons from an electron source 7 and is fixed to the main body portion 1a of the chamber in order to prevent the form of the electrical field from changing when the movable chamber portion 1b is shifted.

Provided are apparatus and method for generating distributed x-rays. A hot cathode of an electron gun (1) is used in vacuum to generate electron beams (10) having certain initial movement energy and speed. Periodic scanning is performed with the initial low-energy electron beams, which are thus caused to be reciprocally deflected. A current-limiting device (4) is provided in the travel path of the electron beams along the direction of the reciprocal deflection. Through holes arranged in an array on the current-limiting device, only part of the electron beams targeting specific positions can pass to form sequential electron beam currents distributed in an array. These electron beam currents are accelerated by a high-voltage electric field to obtain high energy, bombard the anode target (5), and thus sequentially generate corresponding focus spots and x-rays distributed in an array at the anode target.

An industrial X-ray tube formed by accommodating a cathode and anode in a container having an evacuated interior, in which electrons emitted from the cathode are caused to strike the anode and X-rays are emitted from the anode. The cathode is formed from graphite. The graphite is a layered crystal obtained by layering a plurality of carbon hexagonal planes. The graphite is cut based on crystal axes of the carbon hexagonal planes. The resulting cut surface is caused to function as an electron-emitting surface. For example, directions of an a- and b-crystal axis may be set so as to be arbitrary between each of the layers of the carbon hexagonal planes, the graphite may be cut along a surface parallel to the c-axis, and the resulting cut surface may be caused to function as an electron-emitting surface. The graphite may also be cut along a surface orthogonal to the c-axis.

A transmission type X-ray tube includes an electrode lead (4) holding a cathode filament (7) and a stem unit (1) to which a sealing member (5), an exhaust tube (2), and the like are attached by brazing, and an irradiation window frame (8) having an X-ray irradiation window (9) attached by brazing. The other end side (52) of the sealing member (5) is attached to an open end (83) of the irradiation window frame (8) by welding. Thus, it is possible to obtain a high-quality transmission type X-ray tube having a long service life at a low cost.

A high dose output, through transmission and reflective target x-ray tube and methods of use includes, in general an x-ray tube for accelerating electrons under a high voltage potential having an evacuated high voltage housing, a hemispherical shaped through and reflective transmission target anode disposed in said housing, a cathode structure to deflect the electrons toward the hemispherical anode disposed in said housing, a filament located in the geometric center of the anode hemisphere disposed in said housing, a power supply connected to said cathode to provide accelerating voltage to the electrons.

An acquisition window for a medical apparatus (in particular for a computer tomography apparatus) has an element made of a suitable material and at least one attachment element for attachment to the medical apparatus.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure including a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion. The throat portion includes a magnetic field section, upstream section, and downstream section. The magnetic field section has a first susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of a magnetic field intensity. The upstream section is coupled to the cathode portion and the magnetic field section and has a second susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of the magnetic field intensity. The downstream section is coupled to the magnetic field section and has a third susceptibility to generate eddy currents in the presence of the magnetic field intensity. The first susceptibility to generate eddy currents is less than the second and third susceptibilities to generate eddy currents. The assembly includes a target within the target portion, and a cathode within the cathode portion.

There is provided an X-ray tube device having a configuration for preventing peeled-off solid lubrication films from scattering in an X-ray tube even when the solid lubrication film peels off a rotary bearing. The X-ray tube device includes: an anode (212) that is irradiated with an electron beam, thereby emitting X-rays; a rotary bearing (304) that rotatably supports the anode (212); a solid lubrication film which is formed on a front surface of the rotary bearing (304) and into which a ferromagnet is mixed from the rotary bearing (304); and an attractor (303) which attracts, with a magnetic force, the solid lubrication film that peels off the rotary bearing (304).

The invention discloses an environment-friendly carbon nanometer cold cathode X-ray tube. The X-ray tube can comprise an X-ray window assembly, a shell assembly, a cold cathode assembly, a grid electrode assembly and an anode assembly, wherein the cold cathode assembly comprises an internally hollow environment-friendly carbon nanometer cold cathode; the anode assembly comprises a tungsten target; and the tungsten target is arranged at the corresponding end of the anode assembly and the cathode assembly in the direction vertical to the axis of the anode assembly. The environment-friendly carbon nanometer cold cathode X-ray tube provided by the invention is simple and reasonable in structure, and has the advantages of clearer imaging, convenience for volume production, energy conservation, little radiation quantity for people, long-time working, small equipment volume and the like. A way is paved for large-area popularization and application of the carbon nanometer cold cathode X-ray tube.

An X-ray tube device according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: a positive pole target (35) provided with a target surface wherewith an electron collides to generate X-ray; a negative pole (36) provided with a plurality of electron generation sources, each emitting an electron; a vacuum enclosing vessel (31) housing the negative pole and the positive pole target, and sealed in such a manner that the interior is vacuum-tight; and a quadrupole magnetic field generation unit (60), which forms a magnetic field by being supplied a direct current from a power source, is disposed outside of the vacuum enclosing vessel, and is constituted from a quadrupole surrounding the periphery of the electron trajectory of each of the electrons emitted from each of the plurality of electron generation sources.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure that includes a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion having a plurality of recesses formed therein to break up eddy currents generated in the throat portion. The throat portion has an upstream end coupled to the cathode portion and a downstream end coupled to the target portion. The x-ray tube assembly also includes a target positioned within the target portion of the vacuum enclosure, and a cathode positioned within the cathode portion of the vacuum enclosure. The cathode is configured to emit a stream of electrons through the throat portion toward the target.

An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure that includes a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion having a plurality of recesses formed therein to break up eddy currents generated in the throat portion. The throat portion has an upstream end coupled to the cathode portion and a downstream end coupled to the target portion. The x-ray tube assembly also includes a target positioned within the target portion of the vacuum enclosure, and a cathode positioned within the cathode portion of the vacuum enclosure. The cathode is configured to emit a stream of electrons through the throat portion toward the target.

There is provided an X-ray tube device having a configuration for preventing peeled-off solid lubrication films from scattering in an X-ray tube even when the solid lubrication film peels off a rotary bearing. The X-ray tube device includes: an anode (212) that is irradiated with an electron beam, thereby emitting X-rays; a rotary bearing (304) that rotatably supports the anode (212); a solid lubrication film which is formed on a front surface of the rotary bearing (304) and into which a ferromagnet is mixed from the rotary bearing (304); and an attractor (303) which attracts, with a magnetic force, the solid lubrication film that peels off the rotary bearing (304).