Patent ID: 9412553
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H01J

Claim Text:
1. An x-ray transmitter device, comprising: a housing for maintaining a low fluid pressure environment, the housing including a window substantially transparent to x-rays, with a metal on an interior surface of the window; a rotor and a rod arranged within the housing for time varying contact between a substantially flat surface of a face of the rotor and a surface of the rod, at least a portion of the face of the rotor not being obstructed from the window by the rod, materials of the face of the rotor and the rod selected such that time varying contact between the surfaces of the face of the rotor and the rod results in relative charging of the surfaces; and a metal filament proximate the face of the rotor and between the face of the rotor and the window of the housing; wherein the surface on the face of the rotor is a membrane.