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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Geoffrey Harding, D-22547 Hamburg, DE;
Bernd David, D-24641 Huettblek, DE;
Jens Peter Schlomka, D-22303 Hamburg, DE;
Leonardus Petrus Maria Tielemans, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Potze, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Geoffrey Harding, D-22547 Hamburg, DE;
Bernd David, D-24641 Huettblek, DE;
Jens Peter Schlomka, D-22303 Hamburg, DE;
Leonardus Petrus Maria Tielemans, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Potze, 5656 AA Eindhoven, NL;
Other;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for generating X-rays (). The device comprises a source () for emitting electrons () and a liquid metal for emitting X-rays as a result of the incidence of electrons. The device further comprises a displacing member () for displacing the liquid metal through an impingement position () where the electrons emitted by the source impinge upon the liquid metal. As a result of the flow of liquid metal through the impingement position the heat, which is generated in the impingement position as a result of the incidence of the electrons upon the liquid metal, is transported away from the impingement position. According to the invention, the displacing member () has a contact surface (), which is in contact with the liquid metal in the impingement position (), and a driving member () for moving the contact surface in a direction which, in the impingement position, is substantially parallel to the contact surface. Thus the flow of liquid metal in the impingement position is achieved as a result of viscous shear forces in the liquid metal caused by friction forces between the liquid metal and the moving contact surface. As a result, the necessary pressure of the liquid metal is limited.