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US 9,961,753 B2Granted
XRF analyzer with a hand shield
AssigneeMoxtek, Inc.
InventorsVincent Floyd Jones, Daniel N. Paas
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Abstract
A portable XRF analyzer includes a hand shield and a handle. In one embodiment, the XRF analyzer further comprises a power component spaced-apart from an engine component. The handle and the hand shield extend in parallel between the engine component and the power component, attaching the engine component to the power component. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer further comprises two housing portions, each integrally formed in a single, monolithic body formed together at the same time. The two housing portions are joined together to form an XRF analyzer housing. In another embodiment, the hand shield is shorter than the handle.
Claims20
A portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer comprising:
- an engine component having an x-ray emission end and an engine component casing;
- a power component spaced-apart from the engine component;
- a handle and a hand shield, the handle and the hand shield extending in parallel between the engine component and the power component and wherein said handle and hand shield, together, attach the engine component to the power component;
- a finger gap between the handle and the hand shield;
- the hand shield disposed closer to the x-ray emission end than the handle to the x-ray emission end;
- an x-ray source and an x-ray detector disposed in the engine component casing;
- the x-ray source disposed in a location and oriented to emit x-rays outward from the x-ray emission end towards a sample;
- the x-ray detector disposed in a location and oriented to receive fluoresced x-rays emitted from the sample;
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- the power component including electrical connections configured for electrical connection to a portable, electric power-source.
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A portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer comprising:
- an engine component having an x-ray emission end and an engine component casing;
- an x-ray source and an x-ray detector disposed in the engine component casing;
- the x-ray source disposed in a location and oriented to emit x-rays outward from the x-ray emission and towards a sample;
- the x-ray detector disposed in a location and oriented to receive fluoresced x-rays emitted from the sample;
- a handle extending form the engine component to allow a user to hold and carry the XRF analyzer;
- a hand shield extending from the engine component in a direction parallel to the extension direction of the handle, said hand shield being disposed closer to the x-ray emission end than the handle is to the x-ray emission end;
- a finger-gap between the handle and the hand shield;
- two housing portions joined together to form an XRF analyzer housing, each housing portion;
- comprising a material for blocking x-rays, and engine component casing section, a handle casing section extending from the engine component casing section, and a hand shield casing section extending from the engine component casing section in a direction parallel to the extension direction of the handle casing sections;
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- being integrally formed in a single, monolithic body formed together at the same time;
- an x-ray source heat-sink disposed in an opening in the engine component casing and adjacent a side of the x-ray source;
- an x-ray detector heat-sink disposed in another opening in the engine component casing and adjacent a side of the x-ray detector;
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- the x-ray source heat-sink separated from the x-ray detector heat sink by thermally insulating material.
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XRF analyzer comprising
- an engine component having an x-ray emission end and an engine component casing;
- an x-ray source and an x-ray detector disposed in the engine component casing;
- the x-ray source disposed in a location and oriented to emit x-rays outward from the x-ray emission and towards a sample;
- the x-ray detector disposed in a location and oriented to receive fluoresced x-rays emitted from the sample;
- a handle extending form the engine component to allow a user to hold and carry the XRF analyzer;
- a hand shield extending from the engine component in a direction parallel to the extension direction of the handle, said hand shield being disposed closer to the x-ray emission end than the handle is to the x-ray emission end than the handle;
- a finger-gap between the handle and the hand shield;
- wherein the hand shield has a length that is between 60% and 90% of a length of the handle;
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- a hollow formed in the hand shield, a hand shield casing forming a perimeter around at least a majority of the hollow, and an electronic component disposed in the hollow, the electronic component configured for operation of the x-ray source, the x-ray detector, or both.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.