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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Braun, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Machlett Laboratories, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313 60 ; 250505 ;
Abstract
An X-ray generator which produces a beam of parallel substantially non-spreading radiation, the generator including a housing containing a tube having an envelope containing an X-ray generating target and an X-ray transmissive window, the target having a focal spot from which the useful X-rays are emitted which is located at the side of the tube remote from the window, and aperture means in the path of the beam either within the envelope or adjacent the housing for collimating the beam and shaping it to the desired cross-sectional configuration and for restricting beam divergence.