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US 4,413,356 AGranted
Flat rotary-anode X-ray tube
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorWalter Hartl
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AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorWalter Hartl
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The invention relates to an X-ray tube which comprises a metal housing in which a rotary anode which is mounted on a shaft is journalled to be rotatably by means of two bearings. At least one of the bearings is constructed as a sleeve bearing which comprises dish-shaped, mutually cooperating metal bearing faces which extend transversely of the shaft and which are separated from each other by a layer which serves as a lubricant and which consists of a liquid metal or a liquid metal alloy. The bearing is connected on the one side to the shaft and on the other side to the metal housing. In order to insulate the shaft from the housing, a flat, disc-shaped insulator which is connected to the bearing is provided between the bearing and the housing or between the shaft and the bearing. This concentration is flat and has a low thermal resistance in the direction of the shaft.
An X-ray tube comprising a housing containing a rotary-anode attached to a shaft for rotation therewith around a longitudinal axis of the shaft, electromotive means for effecting rotation of the shaft, and a plurality of bearings each including first and second parts which are disposed around the axis and rotatable relative to each other, the first part of each bearing being attached to an inner surface of the housing and the second part being attached to the shaft, thereby effecting rotatable mounting of the anode within the housing,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.