Moving type radiation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10575813-B2
Application number	US-201616081266-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

The present invention provides a moving type radiation device improved in usability. The stroke of an intermediate member in a conventional configuration can be increased when an effective diameter of a pinion with respect to an effective diameter of a lower sprocket is determined so that a magnitude of a relative movement that occurs when a lower sprocket and the pinion between an X-ray tube and the intermediate member becomes larger than the magnitude of the relative movement between the X-ray tube and the intermediate member. In the device according to the present invention, the intermediate member moves further toward the floor side than in a conventional device. The operator can move the device while feeling high operability in a state in which the visibility is not interrupted by the intermediate member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A moving type radiation device, comprising:
a radiation source configured to irradiate radiation;
a support column extending in a vertical direction, wherein the support column vertically movably supports the radiation source;
an intermediate member provided at a position sandwiched between the radiation source and the support column and configured to move upward and downward in accordance with a lifting and lowering movement of the radiation source;
a support column inner wire having one end connected to the intermediate member and the other end connected to an inside of the support column;
a support column inner pulley configured to support the support column inner wire and serve as a fixed pulley for the support column provided in the support column;
a relay pulley provided on the other end side of the support column inner wire when viewed from the support column inner pulley and configured to support the support column inner wire and serve as a fixed pulley for the support column provided in the support column;
a spring mechanism configured to give tension to the support column inner wire and provided in the support column;
an upper sprocket rotatably provided at an upper portion of the intermediate member;
a lower sprocket rotatably provided at a lower portion of the intermediate member;
a roller chain meshed with the upper sprocket and the lower sprocket and coupled to the radiation source;
a pinion sharing a rotation shaft with the lower sprocket and rotatably provided to the intermediate member in a state in which a positional relationship thereof is fixed; and
a rack meshed with the pinion and is provided to the support column so as to extend in a vertical direction,
wherein an effective diameter of the lower sprocket is smaller than an effective diameter of the pinion.

2. The moving type radiation device as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the upper sprocket has the same effective diameter as an effective diameter of the lower sprocket.

3. The moving type radiation device as recited in claim 1 , wherein
the support column inner wire is multiplexed.

Assignees

• Shimadzu Corp

Inventors

• Takemoto Hajime
• Hayakawa Toru

Classifications

• A61B6/447

  the source unit or the detector unit being mounted to counterpoise or springs · CPC title

• A61B6/4405 Primary

  the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley · CPC title

• A61B6/588 Primary

  Setting distance between source unit and detector unit · CPC title

• H05G1/02

  Constructional details · CPC title