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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Takao Marui, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 23/207 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/025 (2013.01); G01N 23/2076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat pump is used to cool an X-ray tube, and waste heat from the heat pump is used to heat a separate part (a spectroscope, for example). As a result, the X-ray tube can be cooled using the heat pump, and the waste heat from the heat pump resulting from the cooling thereof can be used to heat a separate part. In this way, by heating a separate part using the waste heat from the heat pump, it is possible to effectively utilize heat generated from the X-ray tube so as to reduce the power consumption.