XRF instrument with removably attached window protecting films
AssigneeOlympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc.
InventorsFabrice Cancre, Ted Michael Shields, Jiawei Tan
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Abstract
Herein disclosed is an x-ray florescence (XRF) test system which comprises an XRF test instrument used for testing a test target's responses to X-rays, the instrument including a test window allowing the X-ray and its responsive energy to pass through, and at least one window protecting film allowing X-rays to pass through and providing protections to the window, the film being configured to be coupled with the window in a fashion to be removed from or applied or reapplied over the window. The corresponding calibration mode can be manually or automatically applied according to the specific film presently in use.
Claims18
An X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) test system comprising an XRF test instrument used for testing a test target's responses to X-rays, the instrument including a test window allowing X-rays and its responsive energy to pass through, at least one window protecting film allowing the X-rays to pass through and provide protections to the window, wherein the film is configured to be coupled with the window in a fashion to be removable from or attached, or re-attached over the window,
- wherein the at least one film is configured to be removable and reattachably attached over the window by adhesive coupling along or partially along the circumference of the at least one film.
A method of providing at least one window protecting film allowing X-rays to pass through and providing protections to a test window of an XRF test instrument, the method including the steps of:
- providing the film with an adhesive coupling along or partially along the circumference of the film, attaching the at least one film over the window in a removably and reattachably attached manner via the adhesive coupling, wherein the XRF test instrument is used for testing a test target's responses to X-rays.
At least one window protecting film allowing X-rays to pass through and providing protections to a test window of an XRF test instrument, the film being applied with an adhesive coupling such that the film configured to be removably and reattachably attached to the window via the adhesive coupling along or partially along the circumference of the at least one film, and wherein the XRF test instrument is used for testing a test target's responses to X-rays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.