Patent ID: 7891872

Claim:
A safety housing for a X-ray apparatus, the housing comprising: a main housing frame; means, cooperating with said main housing frame, for defining a working chamber having an access opening, said working chamber structured and dimensioned to accommodate an X-ray apparatus, said working chamber defining means comprising shields, lead-containing walls and/or lead glass panes, which are impermeable to X-rays; at least one multiple function door for opening and closing said access opening to said working chamber, said multiple function door comprising at least one sliding door having a shielding element or lead glass pane which is impermeable to X-ray radiation and which completely covers said access opening to said working chamber; a casement cooperating with and supporting said multiple function door; means for pivoting said casement relative to said main frame about a pivot axis; means for displacing said sliding door along said casement in a sliding direction; and an operating element, said operating element having a first mode in which said sliding door is enabled for sliding along said casement and a second operating mode in which said casement is enabled for pivoting relative said main frame.