Calutron structure

Claim 1

IN ELECTROMAGNETIC ISOTOPE SEPARATING SEPARATING, IN COMBINATION, A CLOSED TANK, MEANS FOR EVACUATING SAID TANK TO A HIGH VACUUM, MEANS FOR FORMING A HIGH INTENSITY MAGNETIC FIELD TRAVERSING SAID TANK FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF TO THE OTHER, SAID TANK HAVING AT ONE END THEREOF A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW OPEN ENDED RE-ENTRANT PORTION, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING ONE END OPEN AND THE OTHER END SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED, MEANS FORMING A VACUUM-TIGHT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INNER END OF SAID RE-ENTRANT PORTION AND THE OPEN END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, AN ION SOURCE SUPPORTED BY SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND DISPOSED EXTERIORLY THERETO ADJACENT THE CLOSED END THEREOF, SLOTTED ACCELERATING ELECTRODE MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID ION SOURCE ON THE SIDE AWAY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FOR ACCELERATING POSITIVE IONS FROM SAID SOURCE IN A DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAGNETIC FIELD, THE CLOSED END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED PROTUBERANCE EXTENDING BOTH INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY THEREFROM SAID ION SOURCE HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN DISPOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THE OUTWARD EXTENSION OF SAID PROTUBERANCE, SAID PROTUBERANCE HAVING A CENTRAL BORE THERETHROUGH, A METAL ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BORE AND CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY TO SAID ACCELERATING ELECTRODE MEANS, AN OPEN ENDED SLEEVE-LIKE MEMBER OF INSULATING MATERIAL DISPOSED AROUND SAID ACCELERATING ELECTRODE MEANS, SAID ION SOURCE, AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRIAL MEMBER, AND MEANS FORMING A SUPPORTING CONNECTING BETWEEN SAID RE-ENTRANT PORTION AND SAID SLEEVE-LIKE MEMBER.