Aiming system

DWPI Title: Aiming system for use with radiation generating device, has aiming element that is connected to third element, where point source, point on first axis, second axis, and third axis that are maintained mutually coincident with each other
Abstract: An aiming system including a first member securable to a device having a point source, a second member selectably rotatable about a first axis relative to the first member, a third member selectably rotatable about a second axis oriented non-parallel to the first axis, and an aiming member having a third axis. The aiming system including the aiming member connected to the third member. A selectable rotation about each of the first axis and the second axis can be independently performed. During the selectable rotation about each of the first axis and the second axis with the aiming member in a first position, the point source, a point on the first axis, a point on the second axis, a point on the third axis are maintained mutually coincident with each other.
Use: Aiming system for use with radiation generating device for generating or emitting radiation from point source.
Advantage: The radiographic image of the target is generated, through utilization of the radiation source and the detector.
Novelty: The system (10) has a first element (16) that is securable to a device for generating directed electromagnetic radiation from a point source. A second element (18) is selectably rotatable about a first axis (20) relative to the first element. A third element (22) is selectably rotatable about a second axis (24) oriented non-parallel to the first axis. An aiming element (26) has a third axis (28) which is connected to the third element, where selectable rotation about each of the first axis and the second axis are independently performed. The point source, a point on the first axis, a point on the second axis, and a point on the third axis are maintained mutually coincident with each other, during the selectable rotation about each of the first axis and the second axis with the aiming element in the first position.
Filed: 10/4/2018
Application Number: US16151559A
Tech ID: SD 14507.1
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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