Radial cryostat suspension system

Claim 1

A cryostat comprising: a closed cylinder vacuum vessel having eight mounting supports; a cylindrical coil carrying structure situated concentrically in said vacuum vessel, each end of said coil carrying structure being divided by first and second imaginary diametral lines which extend through the vacuum vessel, said lines situated perpendicular to one another and both lines situated perpendicular to the axial centerline of the vacuum vessel, said diametral lines dividing each of the ends of the coil carrying structure into four quadrants, said coil carrying structure having four mounting supports on each end, said mounting supports on said closed cylindrical vacuum vessel situated in paris equally circumferentially spaced on either side of said first diametral line where it extends through the vacuum vessel walls; and eight straps, four straps situated at each end of said cylindrical coil carrying structure, each strap having one end secured to a respective one of said mounting supports on said vacuum vessel and the other end of each of the straps secured to said mounting supports on said coil carrying structure, each strap lying entirely within a respective quadrant and within a plane defined by the first and second diametral lines, said straps arranged symmetrically about said first and second diametral lines.