Piezoelectrically powered x-ray tube

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING X-RAY PICTURES OF A GIVEN BODY USING A SENSITIZED SURFACE FOR PRODUCING A PICTURE, COMPRISING: AN X-RAY SOURCE RESPONSIVE TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLIED THERETO AND HAVING EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS FOR EXPOSING SAID SURFACE WITH RADIATED ENERGY WHICH HAS TRAVELED THROUGH SAID BODY; HOUSING MEANS RIGID AGAINST LONGITUDINAL EXPANSION, SAID HOUSING MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH PRESSURE AND A LOW PRESSURE FLUID RESERVOIR; A FLUID PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIRS; A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT MEANS IN SAID HOUSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO STRESS APPLICATION AND TO THE RELIEF OF SAID STRESS FOR GENERATING SAID SUPPLYING ELECTRICA ENERGY TO SAID X-RAY SOURCE TO CAUSE SAID X-RAY SOURCE TO RADIATE ENERGY WHICH TRAVELS THROUGH SAID BODY; HYDRAULIC ELEMENT MEANS AND SAID HOUSING MEANS TO GENERATE AN ELECTRIC POTENTIAL IN SAID PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT MEANS, IN AN AMOUNT EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDE EXPOSURE FOR SAID SURFACE BY X-RAYS EMITTED FROM SAID X-RAY SOURCE AND FOR TRAVELING THROUGH SAID BODY; MEANS FOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL ENERGY OPERABLY DISPOSED IN RELATION TO SAID HIGH PRESSURE RESERVOIR TO INTUATION THEREOF; CREASE THE FLUID PRESSURE THEREIN IN RESPONSE TO ACAND MEANS WITHIN SAID FLUID PASSAGEWAY FOR CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIRS.