Electron beam emitter
AssigneeAdvanced Electron Beams, Inc.
InventorTzvi Avnery
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Abstract
An electron beam emitter including a vacuum chamber having a width. An electron generator can be positioned within the vacuum chamber for generating electrons. An elongate nozzle can extend from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis and have an exit window at a distal end of the nozzle. The nozzle can have a width that is less than the width of the vacuum chamber. The electron generator can be shaped and dimensioned, and positioned with the vacuum chamber to form and direct a narrow electron beam that enters and travels through the nozzle, and exits out the exit window.
Claims30
An electron beam emitter comprising
- a vacuum chamber having a width;
- an electron generator positioned within the vacuum chamber for generating electrons;
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- an elongate nozzle extending from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis and having an exit window at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle having a width that is less than the width of the vacuum chamber, the electron generator being shaped and dimensioned, and positioned within the vacuum chamber to form and direct a narrow electron beam that enters and travels through the nozzle, and exits out the exit window.
A method of generating an electron beam comprising
- generating electrons with an electron generator positioned within a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber having a width;
- extending an elongate nozzle from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis, the nozzle having an exit window at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle having a width that is less than the width of the vacuum chamber;
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- shaping and dimensioning, and positioning the electron generator within the vacuum chamber to form and direct a narrow electron beam that enters and travels through the nozzle, and exits out the exit window.
A method of irradiating an interior of a bottle, the bottle having a neck, the method comprising:
- generating electrons with an electron generator positioned within a vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber having a width;
- extending an elongate nozzle from the vacuum chamber along a longitudinal axis, the nozzle having an exit window at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle having a width that is less than the width of the vacuum chamber;
- shaping and dimensioning, and positioning the electron generator within the vacuum chamber to form and direct a narrow electron beam that enters and travels through the nozzle, and exits out the exit window;
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- inserting the nozzle through the neck of the bottle and irradiating the interior with the electron beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.