Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Thomas Weller

Roland Schmidt

Hans Stroehlein

Raimund Schwarz

Horst Goetzl

Heinrich Behner

X-ray tube with an anode and a cathode arranged in a vacuum housing has two getters in the inside of the vacuum housing for bonding free gases. One getter is disposed at a location in the vacuum housing neighboring the anode at which a relatively high temperature prevails during operation, and the other getter is disposed at a location at which a comparatively low temperature prevails during operation.

X-ray tube with getter

A high-voltage plug for an X-ray tube plugs onto a high-voltage terminal provided at the vacuum housing of the X-ray tube. The high-voltage plug contains a cooling channel for a coolant. An improved are over protection results by use of the coolant.

High-voltage plug for an X-ray tube

A mounting part for mounting an end of an axle on a projection of a housing, such as an axle in a vacuum-tight housing of a rotatable anode, is characterized by a sleeve section which can have radial play during assembly and engages a clamp arrangement to remove the radial play at the end of assembly of the section on either the end of the axle or the projection of the housing. The clamp arrangement is a bevel provided on the member being telescopically received in the section or on a ring which is telescopically received on the member being received in the section.

Mounting assembly for an axle in a housing

An x-ray radiator has an x-ray tube disposed in a protective housing and a fastening means having a portion attached to the x-ray tube inside the housing, and a portion which extends through the housing to the exterior of the housing. The exterior portion serves as a fastener to attach the x-ray radiator to a mount. The x-ray tube, within the housing, thus becomes directly attached to the exterior mount, which improves the precision with which the specified position of the central ray of the x-ray beam emanating from the x-ray tube can be achieved.

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Erlangen, Germany

Thomas Weller