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US 6,107,905 AGranted
Superconducting magnet apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKoji Itoh, Michitaka Ono, Toru Kuriyama, Yasutsugu Morii
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Abstract
A superconducting magnet apparatus including a superconducting coil for generating a magnetic field, a radiation shield surrounding the superconducting coil, a refrigerator for cooling the superconducting coil, and a cryostat provided inside the radiation shield to store a coolant cooled by the refrigerator, wherein the cryostat is thermally connected to the superconducting coil.
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A superconducting magnet apparatus comprising:
- a superconducting coil for generating a magnetic field;
- a radiation shield surrounding said superconducting coil;
- a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coil;
- and
- a container provided inside said radiation shield and isolated from said superconducting coil to store a coolant cooled by said refrigerator;
- and
- a heat conductive member for holding said container, said heat conductive member being thermally connected to said superconducting coil and said container,
- wherein said refrigerator liquefies the coolant in said container.
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A superconducting magnet apparatus comprising:
- a superconducting coil for generating a magnetic field;
- a radiation shield surrounding said superconducting coil;
- a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coil;
- a container provided inside said radiation shield and isolated from said superconducting coil to store a coolant cooled by said refrigerator;
- a heat conductive member for holding said container, said heat conductive member being thermally connected to said container;
- and
- a cooling pipe provided in thermal contact with said superconducting coil and said heat conductive member to circulate the coolant stored in said container,
- wherein said refrigerator liquefies the coolant in said container.
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A superconducting magnet apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of superconducting coils for generating a magnetic field;
- a radiation shield integrally surrounding said plurality of superconducting coils;
- a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coils;
- a common cooling plate for thermally connecting said plurality of superconducting coils to each other;
- a container provided inside said radiation shield and isolated from said plurality of superconducting coils to store a coolant cooled by said refrigerator;
- and
- a heat conductive member for holding said container, said heat conductive member being thermally connected to said plurality of superconducting coils and said container,
- wherein said refrigerator liquefies the coolant in said container.
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A superconducting magnet apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of superconducting coils for generating a magnetic field;
- a radiation shield integrally surrounding said plurality of superconducting coils;
- a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coils;
- a common cooling plate for thermally connecting said plurality of superconducting coils to each other;
- a container provided inside said radiation shield and isolated from said plurality of superconducting coils to store a coolant cooled by said refrigerator;
- a heat conductive member for holding said container, said heat conductive member being thermally connected to said plurality of superconducting coils and said container;
- and
- a cooling pipe provided in thermal contact with said common cooling plate and said heat conductive member, to circulate the coolant stored in said containers
- wherein said refrigerator liquefies the coolant in said container.
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A superconducting magnet apparatus comprising:
- a superconducting coil for generating a magnetic field;
- a radiation shield surrounding said super conducting coil;
- a refrigerator for cooling said superconducting coil;
- and
- a cryogenic pipe provided in thermal contact with said superconducting coil and isolated from said superconducting coil, to circulate a liquefied coolant supplied from said refrigerator,
- wherein said refrigerator liquefies the coolant in said cryogenic pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.