Patent ID: 7495247
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A facility for installing and system testing of a floor- or ceiling-mountable x-ray system, comprising: a plurality of adjoining radiation protection cabins each having radiation-proof walls and doors for housing an x-ray system for testing; a door closure monitoring system operatively connected to an operating system of the x-ray system; and a plurality of sliding doors each assigned to one of the radiation protection cabins, wherein wherein the door elements overlap in an inwardly tiered manner from the respective radiation protection cabin such that a most inward door element contacts two side edges on two respective laterally adjacent next outward door elements and each of the next outward door elements in turn contacts two side edges on two respective laterally adjacent door elements or one adjacent door element and one wall, the sliding doors each include a plurality of lead-shielded door elements telescopically sliding over one another, the door elements have lead-shielded side edges overlapping in a closed position so that no gap between two adjacent door elements occurs for preventing radiation from escaping from an internal operating space of the radiation protection cabin, wherein the sliding doors are mounted at and hung from a ceiling support and their lower ends nearly reach but do not touch a floor of the facility such that they are adapted to slide freely and separate an internal operating space of each radiation protection cabin from an x-ray system operating console arranged in front of the respective radiation protection cabin, wherein the sliding doors each comprise at least three elements telescopically configured to extend or retract, wherein the door elements overlap in an inwardly tiered manner from the respective radiation protection cabin such that a most outward door element contacts two side edges on two respective laterally adjacent next outward door elements and each of the next outward door elements in turn contacts two side edges on two respective laterally adjacent subsequent door elements, wherein the door elements are adapted to slide freely, wherein the door elements are operatively connected to the door closure monitoring system for monitoring that the door elements are fully closed, and wherein the x-ray system is allowed to be operated only when all door elements are fully closed.