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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Eberhard Lenz, Erlangen, DE;
Jutta Rother, Legal Representative, Baiersdorf, DE;
Peter Schardt, Aisch, DE;
Eberhard Lenz, Erlangen, DE;
Jutta Rother, legal representative, Baiersdorf, DE;
Peter Schardt, Aisch, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A rotary piston tube for an x-ray radiator is provided in which the vacuum housing, accommodating an anode and a cathode and displaceable in rotation, comprises a 360° all-around ray exit window. For optimization of the ray exit window, this is produced according to one of the subsequently stated material specifications: a) a high-temperature steel or a high-temperature chromium and/or nickel alloy, listed in the standard EN 10273 and EN 10302, at a wall thickness between 0.1 to 0.4 mm; b) a titanium material at a wall thickness between 0.2 and 2 mm; and c) a ceramic material at a wall thickness between 1 mm and 5 mm.