High frequency electron discharge device with heat dissipation means

Claim 1

A HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRON DISCHARGE DEVICE COMPRISING, (A) ELECTRON GUN MEANS FOR GENERATING AND DIRECTING AN ELECTRON BEAM ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, WITHIN SAID DEVICE, (B) COLLECTOR MEANS FOR COLLECTING SAID ELECTRON BEAM DISPOSED AT THE END OF SAID PREDETERMINED PATH, (C) FIRST AND SECOND SPACED-APART SLOW WAVE CIRCUITS POSITIONED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT ALONG SAID PATH BETWEEN THE GUN AND COLLECTOR, (D) A FIRST PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS POSITIONED AROUND AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID FIRST SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT FOR SUPPORTING SAID FIRST CIRCUIT IN THE DEVICE, AND (E) A SECOND PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS POSITIONED AROUND AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID SECOND SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT FOR SUPPORTING SAID SECOND CIRCUIT IN THE DEVICE, (F) SAID FIRST SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS ONLY AT ONE END PORTION OF SAID FIRST SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT AND, (G) SAID SECOND SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS ONLY AT ONE END PORTION OF SAID SECOND SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT, THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SLOW WAVE CIRCUITS BEING FREE TO MOVE RELATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT RODS, (H) SAID FIRST SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT BEING A HELIX WHICH IS GLAZED TO SAID PLURALITY OF SUPPORT RODS ONLY AT THE END PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST HELIX FURTHEST REMOVED FROM SAID ELECTRON GUN MEANS, (I) SAID SECOND SLOW WAVE CIRCUIT BEING A HELIX WHICH IS GLAZED TO SAID PLURALITY OF SUPPORT RODS ONLY AT THE END PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND HELIX FURTHEST REMOVED FROM SAID COLLECTOR MEANS, (J) A MAIN BODY SHELL SURROUNDING SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND HELICES AND SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS, SAID MAIN BODY SHELL FORMING A PORTION OF A VACUUM TIGHT ENCLOSURE ABOUT SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND HELIX CIRCUITS AND SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF ELONGATED DIELECTRIC RODS, (K) MAGNETIC BEAM FOCUSING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID MAIN BODY SHELL AND SPACED THEREFROM ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID SHELL, AND (L) A PLURALITY OF MINUTE, GENERALLY SPHERICAL SHAPED HEAT CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID MAIN BODY SHELL AND SAID FOCUSING MEANS.