Abstract A rotary anode arrangement for X-ray tubes wherein the anode plate and the driving rotor are connected with each other and are also connected with the connection of both outer rings of two bearings spaced from each other. Their inner rings lie upon a shaft constituting the rotary axis and located in a tubular piston. The invention is particularly characterized in that the driving rotor as well as the connection to the anode plate extend along the spacing between the two bearings and are fixed to the connection of the two bearings close to the edge of the bearing distant from the plate. At least a part of the connection between the plate and the attachment to the bearings consists of a tube with thin walls which constitutes a resilient element for selected sizes.
An X-ray tube with a rotary anode, comprising an anode plate, a driving rotor and two spaced bearings, each of said bearings having an inner ring and an outer ring one of said bearings being located closer to said anode plate than the other bearing, a thin-walled resilient tube having one end connected with said anode plate and connected at least adjacent to its other end with the driving rotor and the outer ring of said other bearing, which ring is connected with the outer ring of said closer bearing, and a shaft fastened to the bulb of the X-ray tube, the inner rings of the bearings being connected to said shaft.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An X-ray tube with a rotary anode, comprising an anode plate, a driving rotor and two spaced bearings, each of said bearings having an inner ring and an outer ring one of said bearings being located closer to said anode plate than the other bearing, a thin-walled resilient tube having one end connected with said anode plate and connected at least adjacent to its other end with the driving rotor and the outer ring of said other bearing, which ring is connected with the outer ring of said closer bearing, and a shaft fastened to the bulb of the X-ray tube, the inner rings of the bearings being connected to said shaft.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A rotary anode according to claim 1, wherein said tube comprises slits extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A rotary anode according to claim 2, wherein the straps extending between the slits are flat.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A rotary anode according to claim 1, wherein said tube consists of resilient strips circumferentially enclosing the axis of the tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A rotary anode according to claim 4, wherein said strips have round cross-sections.