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Mobile X-ray apparatus

  • US 4,387,468 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1981
  • Issued: 06/07/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Mobile X-ray apparatus comprising a base having a front and opposed sides, floor-engaging wheels on said base adjacent to said front and sides, a column on said base and being rotatable about a vertical axis, a carriage mounted for upward and downward movement on said column, an X-ray tube arm mounted on said carriage for movement therewith, said arm also being movable on said carriage generally horizontally relative to said base, the extent of horizontal movement of said arm and the extent of rotation of said column being such as to position an end of said arm in a number of extended locations outboard of said front and sides, an X-ray tube head assembly at said arm end;

  • said assembly including an X-ray tube, an X-ray transformer, and a collimator; and

    counterweight means carried by said column and rotatable therewith for counterbalancing the tube arm and tube head assembly in said extended locations;

    said counterweight means including an X-ray film cassette bin plus control circuitry for operating said X-ray tube and a housing for said control circuitry.

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