Device for examining luggage by means of X-rays

US4139771A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Heimann GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Dennhoven · Wiesbaden, DE
• Claus Kunze · Taunusstein, DE
• Rainhard Kuehn

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 1976
• Grant date: Feb 13, 1979
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05G1/64
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A luggage inspection apparatus utilizing fluoroscopic examination in conjunction with an X-ray generator, with the fluoroscopic picture being received by a TV camera, the video signals of which are supplied to an intermediate store for ultimate supply to a TV monitor, the camera containing an AC line-coupled pulse generator for synchronizing the camera and the X-ray flash generator, which pulse generator is electrically interconnected with a synchronizing unit which, upon the initiating of a starting pulse, thus likewise synchronously triggers the X-ray flash generator with respect to the AC supply line.