Composite x-ray tube/transformer assembly

Claim 2

In combination an elongaged X-ray generating tube including a high voltage terminal, a high voltage transformer having a high voltage core element disposed proximate to said tube, means interconnecting said high voltage terminal to said core element, means forming an enclosure around said transformer and tube, shielding means disposed about said tube and including a window therein for transmitting X-rays therethrough, and means supporting said tube and transformer lodged as composite unit within said enclosure.

Claim 3

In combination an elongated X-ray generating tube including a high voltage terminal at one end thereof, a high voltage transformer including a core element and outer primary windings and radially inner secondary windings all disposed about said core element, said core element being disposed substantially coaxially of said high voltage terminal and tube and closely adjacent same in electrically coupled relation, means forming an enclosure around said transformer and tube including a window therein for transmitting X-rays therethrough, and means, including a body of solid insulating material containing both said transformer and tube, for supporting said tube and transformer as a composite unit securely within said enclosure.

Claim 4

In combination an elongated X-ray generating tube including a high voltage terminal at one end thereof, a high voltage transformer including a core element and outer primary windings and radially inner secondary windings all disposed about said core element, said core element being disposed substantially coaxially of said high voltage terminal and tube and closely adjacent same in electrically coupled relation, means forming an enclosure around said transformer and tube including a window therein for transmitting X-rays therethrough, and means, including a body of solid insulating material containing both said transformer and tube, for supporting said tube and transformer as a composite unit securely within said enclosure.

Claim 5

The combination of an elongated X-ray generating tube including a high voltage terminal disposed axially thereof at an end thereof, a high voltage transformer having primary and secondary windings and an axially disposed core element therewithin, the primary winding of said transformer being coupled to said core element, means disposed axially of said core element and said terminal interconnectng said element and terminal, a heat absorbing and dissipating member carried in heat dissipating relation to said terminal, and means including a body of insulating material containing said transformer and X-ray tube supporting same in tandemly disposed proximate relation.

Claim 6

The combination of an elongated X-ray generating tube including a high voltage terminal disposed axially thereof at an end thereof, a high voltage transformer having primary and secondary windings and an axially disposed core element therewithin, the primary winding of said transformer being coupled to said core element, means disposed axially of said core element and said terminal interconnectng said element and terminal, a heat absorbing and dissipating member carried in heat dissipating relation to said terminal, and means including a body of insulating material containing said transformer and X-ray tube supporting same in tandemly disposed proximate relation.

Claim 7

An X-ray tube and transformer unit according to claim 3 wherein said primary and secondary windings are mutually spaced by elongated spacers disposed radially of each other and axially along said core element, said spacers serving to provide gaps between said windings for permitting entrapped gas to escape from deep within said primary and secondary windings.

Claim 8

Apparatus according to claim 2 further including a cylindrical extension disposed to extend at substantially right angles to the axis of said elongated X-ray generating tube, and an X-ray transmissive cap disposed across said cylindrical extension for sealing same, said cap being disposed free of said body of solid insulating material.