Patent ID: 6375353
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An X-ray device comprising:a C-shaped arm, a first end of which supports an X-ray source and a second end of which supports an X-ray image pick-up device, a carriage which supports the C-shaped arm so that it is pivotable about a pivot axis, and a guide which supports the carriage so that it is tiltable about a tilting axis wherein the guide is rotatable about a propeller axis, the tilting axis extends at an angle relative to the propeller axis, a leverage point on the propeller axis is situated near the tilting axis, the mass center of the C-shaped arm is situated on the pivot axis, the mass centers of the C-shaped arm and of the carriage are situated on a leverage line which extends at least substantially through the leverage point, the mass centers of the C-shaped arm and of the carriage are situated to both sides of the leverage point, and and the ratio of the distance between the mass center of the C-shaped arm and the leverage point between the mass center of the carriage and the leverage point is substantially equal to the ratio of the mass of the carriage to the mass of the C-shaped arm.