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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward James Morton, Guildford, GB;
Russell David Luggar, Dorking, GB;
Paul De Antonis, Horsham, GB;
Assignee:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/18 (2006.01); H01J 35/08 (2006.01); H01J 35/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/08 (2013.01); H01J 35/16 (2013.01); H01J 2235/086 (2013.01); H01J 2235/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a shielded anode having an anode with a surface facing an electron beam and a shield configured to encompass the anode surface. The shield has at least one aperture and an internal surface facing the anode surface. The shield internal surface and anode surface are separated by a gap in the range of 1 mm to 10 mm. The shield of the present invention is fabricated from a material, such as graphite, that is substantially transmissive to X-ray photons.