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US 7,035,378 B2Granted
X-ray tube with graphite window
AssigneeThales
InventorsLilian Martinez, Daniel Veillet
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Abstract
The invention relates to X-ray vacuum tubes. To let the X-rays out of the tube, in the case of an X-ray generator tube, when the wall of the tube is made of metal, the invention provides an exit window (50) that is made of pyrolytic graphite. The window preferably has a bell shape and is brazed to a copper collar (60) that is itself brazed to the metal wall (10) of the tube.
Claims4
An X-ray generator vacuum tube, comprising:
- a wall provided with an exit window through which X-rays pass, wherein the window is a bell-shaped window made of pyrolytic graphite,
- wherein the window is brazed to a copper collar, the collar then being brazed to an aperture in the copper wall of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.