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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1994
Axel Vetter, Hamburg, DE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotary-anode X-ray tube includes a sleeve bearing, notably a helical groove bearing, for journalling the rotary anode. The bearing comprises a stationary and a rotatable bearing portion, a liquid lubricant being present between the two bearing portions and at least one of the bearing, portions being provided with at least one capillary-type lubricant duct. The lubricant duct can be particularly simply formed by imparting to the duct a cross-sectional area which is greater than permissible so as to achieve a capillary effect and by arranging in the lubricant duct a member which can be wetted by the lubricant and which extends over at least a part of the length of the lubricant duct, thus reducing the cross-sectional area of the lubricant duct to such an extent that a capillary effect is achieved.
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