US4079328A — Area beam electron accelerator having plural disc…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 103 words

An electron accelerator comprising: an evacuated enclosure having at least one metallic wall at a first dc potential, said wall having supported therein an electron window arranged to permit emergence from said enclosure of accelerated electrons directed toward said window; at least a first cathode member mounted for positional adjustability inside said enclosure, said cathode member including means responsive to a second dc potential applied thereto for emitting electrons toward said window, said second dc potential being highly negative relative to said first dc potential; and adjustable means comprising part of said cathode member for selectively controlling the rate of electron emission therefrom.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 103 words

An electron accelerator comprising: an evacuated enclosure having at least one metallic wall at a first dc potential, said wall having supported therein an electron window arranged to permit emergence from said enclosure of accelerated electrons directed toward said window; at least a first cathode member mounted for positional adjustability inside said enclosure, said cathode member including means responsive to a second dc potential applied thereto for emitting electrons toward said window, said second dc potential being highly negative relative to said first dc potential; and adjustable means comprising part of said cathode member for selectively controlling the rate of electron emission therefrom.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 33 words

The accelerator according to claim 1 wherein said electron window is extended along a first axis and wherein said cathode member is positionally adjustable along a second axis parallel to said first axis.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 106 words

An electron accelerator comprising an evacuated enclosure having at least one metallic wall at a first dc potential, electron permeable window means in said wall extending along a first axis, at least a first and a second elongated cathode member for emitting electrons, means for mounting said cathode members along a common axis substantially parallel to said first axis, for independent translation therealong, adjustable means for independently controlling the rate of electron emission from each of said cathode members, and means for applying high voltage d.c. between said metallic wall and said cathode members to accelerate electrons emitted by said cathode members towards said window means.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 106 words

An electron accelerator comprising an evacuated enclosure having at least one metallic wall at a first dc potential, electron permeable window means in said wall extending along a first axis, at least a first and a second elongated cathode member for emitting electrons, means for mounting said cathode members along a common axis substantially parallel to said first axis, for independent translation therealong, adjustable means for independently controlling the rate of electron emission from each of said cathode members, and means for applying high voltage d.c. between said metallic wall and said cathode members to accelerate electrons emitted by said cathode members towards said window means.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 44 words

The accelerator according to claim 3 wherein said electron window means includes a plurality of electron windows extending parallel to said first axis, each cathode member being responsive to a second dc potential applied thereto for emitting electrons toward a different predetermined electron window.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 80 words

The accelerator according to claim 3 further including: a second electron window means supported in said wall to permit emergence from said enclosure of accelerated electrons directed toward said second window, said second window means extending along a third axis parallel to said first axis; at least a third cathode member mounted along a fourth axis parallel to said third axis and including means responsive to a second dc potential applied thereto emitting electrons toward said second electron window means.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 31 words

The accelerator according to claim 5 further comprising a plurality of said cathode members mounted for positional adjustability along said fourth axis for emitting electrons toward said second electron window means.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 62 words

The accelerator according to claim 3 further comprising a plurality of said cathode members and a plurality of said windows and wherein each of said cathode members has a concave metal surface facing said window, which surface is adapted to be at the same negative high voltage as said filament, and wherein said filament is disposed within the concavity of said surface.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 34 words

The accelerator according to claim 7 including at least one rod on which cathode members are slidably mounted, said rod being arranged to permit cathode members to be selectively slidably removed and replaced thereon.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 58 words

The accelerator according to claim 3 wherein a plurality of parallel rows of said cathode members are provided and are successively spaced along a second dimension of said enclosure in the plane of and transverse to said first axis, said window means including various window means positioned in alignment with electron beams emitted from all such cathode means.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 33 words

The accelerator according to claim 3 wherein at least some of said cathode members include: a filament; and adjustable current control means connected to permit selective adjustment of current flow through said filament.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 35 words

The accelerator according to claim 10 wherein said cathode members further include a concave metal surface, a filament located within the concavity of said surface and an adjustable impedance connected in parallel with said filament.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 52 words

In an electron accelerator, a two dimensional array of at least three electron emitting means, a two dimensional array of electron permeable windows aligned with the direction of movement of electrons accelerated by the accelerator and means for independently varying the electron emissions of said electron emitting means relative to one another.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 52 words

In an electron accelerator, a two dimensional array of at least three electron emitting means, a two dimensional array of electron permeable windows aligned with the direction of movement of electrons accelerated by the accelerator and means for independently varying the electron emissions of said electron emitting means relative to one another.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 57 words

The accelerator according to claim 12 wherein said window means comprise a plurality of elongated mutually parallel electron permeable window means, a plurality of groups of discrete cathode members, each said group of cathode members including a plurality of cathode members disposed along an axis parallel with a different one of said electron permeable elongated windows means.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 24 words

The accelerator according to claim 12 further comprising means for independently adjusting the position of said electron emitting means in said two dimensional array.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1981-03-13	1981-09-12	1982-03-14	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1985-03-13	1985-09-12	1986-03-14	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1989-03-13	1989-09-12	1990-03-14	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Area beam electron accelerator having plural discrete cathodes

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