Patent ID: 8264150

Claim:
A modular magnetron for use in an ultraviolet radiation (UV) curing lamp assembly, comprising: a vacuum tube having a vacuum tube body; a top assembly configured to substantially overlay the vacuum tube; and a bottom assembly configured to substantially extend about the vacuum tube, the vacuum tube being positioned to partially protrude from the bottom assembly, the bottom assembly including a cooling assembly configured to employ a flexible clamp-type fitting about the vacuum tube body for substantially maintaining thermal and electrical conductivity, wherein the cooling assembly is liquid cooled, wherein the cooling assembly comprises a copper block heat sink having a cylindrical interior aperture bored to match the outer diameter of the vacuum tube body, a facing side of the copper block heat sink being split and fastened with bolts to produce a snug clamp-on fit of the cooling assembly to the vacuum tube body of the vacuum tube to allow repeated vacuum tube removal upon loosening of the bolts, and wherein the top assembly is configured to be releasably fastened to the bottom assembly about the vacuum tube with removable fasteners.