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1. US20080310596 - X-ray tube cooling apparatus

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United States of America
Application Number 11570978
Application Date 07.06.2005
Publication Number 20080310596
Publication Date 18.12.2008
Grant Number 7839980
Grant Date 23.11.2010
Publication Kind B2
IPC
H01J 35/10
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
35X-ray tubes
02Details
04Electrodes
08Anodes; Anticathodes
10Rotary anodes; Arrangements for rotating anodes; Cooling rotary anodes
H01J 35/18
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
35X-ray tubes
02Details
16Vessels; Containers; Shields associated therewith
18Windows
CPC
H01J 35/18
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
35X-ray tubes
02Details
16Vessels; Containers; Shields associated therewith
18Windows
H01J 2235/1216
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
2235X-ray tubes
12Cooling
1216of the vessel
H01J 2235/122
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
2235X-ray tubes
12Cooling
122of the window
H01J 2235/1262
HELECTRICITY
01BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
2235X-ray tubes
12Cooling
1225characterised by method
1262Circulating fluids
Applicants Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Inventors Lu Qing K.
Ma Xiaopo
Kraft Kevin C.
Title
(EN) X-ray tube cooling apparatus
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Abstract
(EN)

A cooling apparatus (10) for X-ray tube inserts (14) is provided. The apparatus comprises a flow director (20) that is configured to direct at least a portion of a flow of a coolant toward a window (30) of an X-ray tube insert. The flow director may incorporate a flow sleeve (208) of a plurality of nozzles (88).
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