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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:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1994
Hiromitu Takamori, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The MR imaging apparatus is provided with a cable handling unit for handling an RF cable, which comprises a slack-preventing mechanism for winding the RF cable and feeding the RF cable according to a motion of a cradle, a cable guide mechanism for guiding the RF cable and a twist-preventing mechanism for preventing a twist of the RF cable. The slack-preventing mechanism comprises a reel for winding the RF cable and feeding the RF cable and a tension-imparting mechanism for imparting a tension to the RF cable. The cable guide mechanism comprises a stationary guide provided in the gantry and a moving guide having one end linked to the stationary guide slidably and another end linked to the cradle rotatably. The twist-preventing mechanism comprises a reel which can rotate according to a motion of the cradle, wherein the reel winds the RF cable loosely in a predetermined number of turns so that when the reel rotates in a predetermined direction, the number of turns decreases and when the reel rotates reversely, the number of turns increases.
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