US PATENT SUBCLASS 315 / 502
.~.~ Cyclotron


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315 /   HD   ELECTRIC LAMP AND DISCHARGE DEVICES: SYSTEMS

500  DF  HIGH ENERGY PARTICLE ACCELERATOR TUBE {3}
501  DF  .~ Magnetic field acceleration means {4}
502.~.~ Cyclotron


DEFINITION

Classification: 315/502

Cyclotron:

(under subclass 501) Subject matter wherein the space discharge tube means includes two large, flat, hollow, semicircular segments of thin metal placed with their diametric edges closely parallel, the two segments being given a high frequency alternating potential difference, producing a rapidly oscillating field in the space between them, whereby a free charged particle (e.g., proton, deuteron, or alpha particle) released in the space is caused to be pulled first in one direction and then another.

(1) Note. The influence of a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the segments causes the free particles to follow a circular path (i.e., as in a cyclotron).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices,

62, for the structure of cyclotrons, and subclasses 359.1+ for positive ion accelerator structure without having electric control circuitry.

376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements,

112, for cyclotron-type acceleration of nuclei.