Dental x-ray apparatus
AssigneeGendex Corporation
InventorsArkady Kantor, Roberto Molteni, Daniel Murphy, Todd Carlson
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Abstract
A dental x-ray apparatus (10) includes a tube head (11) formed from a cast zinc material. Structural components of tube head (11) include such component (20) formed from a plastic material impregnated with a high molecular weight substance, such as barium sulfite. X-ray apparatus 10 has a control panel (15) in close proximity to the tube head (11), and is preferably DC powered.
Claims8
A dental x-ray apparatus having an x-ray tube contained within tubehead and supported by tubehead components, the improvement comprising forming said tubehead from cast zinc or zinc alloy.
A dental x-ray apparatus having a tube supported within a tubehead, the improvement comprising forming at least one of said of the tubehead components from a plastic material impregnated with a radiation absorber.
A dental x-ray apparatus powered by a direct current power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.