Atomic beam tube apparatus with transverse headers and spacers to position the components in the housing

Claim 1

AN ATOMIC BEAM TUBE APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS FORMING A SOURCE OF BEAM PARTICLES FOR FORMING AND PROJECTING A BEAM OF ATOMIC PARTICLES OVER A PREDETERMINED ELONGATED BEAM PATH, MEANS FORMING A DETECTOR DISPOSED ALONG THE BEAM PATH FOR DETECTING RESONANCE OF THE BEAM PARTICLES, MEANS FORMING A PAIR OF STATE SELECTOR MAGNETS DISPOSED ALONG THE BEAM PATH FOR DEFLECTING THE BEAM PARTICLES AND SELECTING THEIR ENERGY STATES, MEANS FOR APPLYING MICROWAVE RADIATION TO THE BEAM BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF STATE SELECTOR MAGNETS FOR PRODUCING RESONANCE OF THE BEAM PARTICLES, MEANS FORMING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE SURROUNDING ALL OF SAID AFOREMENTIONED MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAME, AND MEANS FORMING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE HEADERS, ALL OF SAID SUPPORTED MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY SUPPORTED FROM AND DERIVING THEIR AXIAL ALIGNMENT FROM SAID TUBULAR SUPPORT MEANS VIA THE INTERMEDIARY OF SAID HEADER MEANS, A PLURALITY OF SAID HEADER MEANS BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID TUBULAR SUPPORT MEANS TO ACCOMODATE DIFFERENTIAL AXIAL EXPANSION THEREBETWEEN AND TO FACILITATE ASSEMBLY OF THE TUBE APPARATUS, AND MEANS FORMING A PLURALITY OF SPACER MEMBERS DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT TRANSVERSE HEADER MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE PROPER AXIAL SPACING OF SAID SUPPORTED MEANS WITHIN THE TUBE APPARATUS.