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Electron beam-irradiating apparatus with conical bushing seal-support

US4439686A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1982
Grant dateMar 27, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2/08
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure is concerned with a process of and apparatus for producing relatively low energy electron beams through pulsed cold-cathode beam generation in a mode of operation involving an important intermediate region of a substantially linear depth-dose profile characteristic that reduces the sensitivity to possible voltage variations, and with improved triggering structures that significantly improve reliability and minimize erratic pulse generation and missing pulses, thus particularly adapting the process and apparatus for such stringent applications as production-line sterilization of surfaces, materials or workpieces passed by the apparatus.

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