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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. 26, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edgar Tschunt, Rathsberg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2504 / ; 250360 ;
Abstract
In an illustrated embodiment, the fan-shaped x-ray beam is rotated by electronic switching and a detector ring is gimbaled so that only the desired sector thereof intercepts the beam. A collimator ring may be rotated in step with the beam and have a pin and slot coupling with the detector ring to control the swiveling thereof.