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US 2026/0290738 A1Published application
Vacuum enclosures and x-ray sources including vacuum enclosures with multiple sealable openings
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsRonald Wayne Boutte, Bruce Allen Spencer, Weston Jeffrey Wheeler
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Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, comprising: a vacuum enclosure including a housing including a first sealable opening and a second sealable opening separate from the first sealable opening; a first compressible seal disposed proximate to the first sealable opening and configured to form at least part of a vacuum seal over the first sealable opening when compressed; and a second seal sealing the second sealable opening.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum enclosure including a housing including a first sealable opening and a second sealable opening separate from the first sealable opening;
- a first compressible seal disposed proximate to the first sealable opening and configured to form at least part of a vacuum seal over the first sealable opening when compressed;
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- a second seal sealing the second sealable opening.
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A method comprising:
- providing a vacuum enclosure including a housing including a first sealable opening and a second sealable opening separate from the first sealable opening;
- passing a gas through the vacuum enclosure from the second sealable opening to the first sealable opening until a threshold condition occurs;
- compressing a first compressible seal at the first sealable opening to create a vacuum seal over the first sealable opening.
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An x-ray device comprising:
- a vacuum enclosure,
- a target for generating x-rays disposed within the vacuum enclosure;
- a recess in the vacuum enclosure;
- a first opening penetrating the vacuum enclosure through the recess;
- a second opening penetrating the vacuum enclosure;
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- a first metal compressible seal in the recess for sealing the first opening;
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- a second seal for sealing the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.