X-Ray apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of this invention to provide a small, compact and operationally reliable X-ray apparatus having a high dielectric strength.
It is another object of this invention to provide an X-ray apparatus including means defining an X-ray path through which the X-rays released from an X-ray tube in an insulating gas-filled casing are directed outwardly of the casing without being radiated on the insulating gas, and of which the dielectric strength is kept from dropping.
It is still another object of this invention to provide an X-ray tube suited for mounting a dividing cylinder forming a part of the means defining an X-ray path.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an X-ray apparatus which includes an X-ray tube having an anode projecting outwardly of a casing in order to improve the cooling efficiency of the anode and accomplish a simplified X-ray shielding construction.
It is a still further object of this invention to provide an X-ray apparatus which is small-sized, of compact construction and has a high dielectric strength with an improved high voltage transformer mounted in a casing.
These objects are attained by this invention which provides an X-ray apparatus comprising a casing filled with an insulating gas, a high voltage transformer mounted in the casing, an X-ray tube connected to the transformer and mounted in the casing, an X-ray shielding member provided in the wall of the X-ray tube to define a window through which to emit in a predetermined direction X-rays released radially from the X-ray tube, and means for defining an X-ray path through which the X-rays emitted through the window of the X-ray shielding member are directed outwardly so as not to be radiated on the insulating gas.