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US 2013/0259204 A1Published application
X-ray generator device
AssigneeTribogenics, Inc.
InventorCarlos Camara
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Abstract
An x-ray generator device includes a housing at least partially holding a specific fluid pressure, with an arm positioned to be able to strike a strike plate within the housing. The housing contains an x-ray window. The arm is magnetically actuated in at least one direction by a magnetic field generator outside of the housing. A striking portion of the lever arm and/or the strike plate may be a polymeric material with embedded metal or metal alloys.
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A device, comprising:
- a chamber at least partially evacuated of gases;
- an arm with at least one end within the chamber, at least a portion of the arm within the chamber forming a striker, the arm being associated with a magnet;
- a strike plate within the chamber and positioned to be struck by the striker, the strike plate being of a material, on at least a portion to be struck by the striker, that charges negative relative to a striking portion of the striker:
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- a magnetic field generator outside the chamber, the magnetic field generator being capable of generating a magnetic field to cause the striker to strike the strike plate.
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A device, comprising:
- a chamber at least partially evacuated of gases;
- a spring leaf with at least one end within the chamber, at least a portion of the spring leaf within the chamber forming a striker, the spring leaf coupled to a fixed magnet;
- a strike plate within the chamber and positioned to be struck by the striker;
- a magnet outside the chamber, the magnet coupled to a spindle of a motor;
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- control circuitry to drive the motor such that rotation of the spindle causes rotation of poles of the magnet at a frequency about a resonant frequency of the spring leaf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.