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US 2017/0053787 A1Published application
Coupling devices and source assemblies including them
AssigneePerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
InventorKeith Ferrara
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Abstract
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to couplers that can be used to provide a seal between a source assembly and a vacuum chamber. In certain examples, the seal can be provided upon movement of a moveable component of the coupler. In some examples, rotation of the moveable component is operative to provide an axial force to a stationary component coupled to the moveable component such that the stationary component is biased to provide a suitable seal to the vacuum chamber.
Claims22
1-40. (canceled)
A method of coupling a source assembly to a device, the method comprising:
- inserting the source assembly into a vacuum chamber of the device;
- and
- sealing the source assembly to the vacuum chamber by movement of a moveable component on the inserted source assembly to couple the source assembly to the vacuum chamber.
51-60. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.