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US 10,477,667 B2Granted
Automatic reloading and transport system for solid targets
AssigneeSoletanche Freyssinet
InventorsFrantisek Vlasak, Pavel Jelinek
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Abstract
An automatic reloading and transport system for solid targets for a particle accelerator using a pneumatic tube transport system from the point of target activation by a particle accelerator to a target processing point and back, comprising a pneumatic tube transport system with end stations for receipt and dispatch of a capsule accommodating the target, a handling mechanism for both manipulating the solid target and handling the capsule and a target positioning system.
Claims15
An automatic reloading and transport system for handling solid targets for a particle accelerator, comprising:
- a capsule configured to accommodate at least one solid target;
- a pneumatic tube transport system comprising at least two end stations each configured to dock and undock the capsule;
- a handling mechanism to open and close the capsule, and to move the target from or to the open capsule;
- a target positioning device configured to receive the target from the handling mechanism and move the target to a position for receiving a beam of accelerated particles from the particle accelerator, wherein upon irradiation of the target by the beam of accelerated particles, the target positioning device is configured to move the target back to a position for target manipulation by the handling mechanism.
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