X-ray apparatus comprising wheels provided with cable deflector

• US 5,339,350 A
• Filed: 12/09/1993
• Issued: 08/16/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Thelosen, Jacobus A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Porta, David P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WONG, DON KITSUN
• Application Number:
  US08/164,241
• Time in Patent Office: 250 Days
• Field of Search: 378/196, 378/197, 378/198, 378/193, 378/194, 378/204, 378/210
• US Class Current: 378/198
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley

Abstract

An X-ray apparatus includes a frame (1, 3, 5) which supports at least an X-ray source (7) and an X-ray detector (9) and is attached to a base (13) which is provided with wheels (19, 21) enabling displacement of the apparatus on an approximately horizontal floor surface. In order to prevent cables lying on the floor from colliding with the wheels (19, 21) during displacement, so that the wheels could be blocked, each of the wheels (19, 21) includes a cable deflector which consists of an approximately horizontally arranged collar (25) which is made of a rigid material and which encloses the wheel at a distance of less than 10 mm from the floor surface (39).

Claims

1. An X-ray apparatus, comprising a frame which supports at least an X-ray source and an X-ray detector and is attached to a base which comprises wheels enabling the apparatus to be displaced on an approximately horizontal floor surface, characterized in that each of the wheels is provided with a cable deflector which comprises an approximately horizontally arranged collar which is made of a rigid material and which encloses the wheel at a distance of less than 10 mm from the floor surface.

2. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the collar is attached to the base so as to be displaceable in the vertical direction, attachment being such that the collar has at least a first stable position, at a distance of at least one and at the most ten mm from the floor surface, and a second stable position at a distance of at least 25 mm from the floor surface.

3. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the attachment of the collar to the base comprises a combination of a vertical guide trough and a slide which is slidable therein, the first stable position being defined by an abutment which limits the displacement of the side in the downward direction, the second stable position being defined by a locking device.

4. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on the outer circumference of the collar there is provided a profile so as to facilitate application of a vertically directed force to the collar by foot.

5. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the profile comprises a number of horizontally extending grooves having a width of approximately 3 mm.

6. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the profile comprises a horizontal projection provided near the upper side of the collar.

7. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that on the outer circumference of the collar there is provided a profile so as to facilitate application of a vertically directed force to the collar by foot.

8. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the profile comprises a number of horizontally extended grooves having a width of approximately 3 mm.

9. An X-ray apparatus as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the profile comprises a horizontal projection provided near the upper side of the collar.