Baggage inspection system

US4759047A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Heimann GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Donges · Nastätten, DE
• Rolf Dietrich

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 1986
• Grant date: Jul 19, 1988
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V5/22
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A baggage inspection system has a conveying path for moving articles to be inspected through an x-ray beam. The conveyor path is disposed between an x-ray source for generating the beam and a radiation detector. The radiation detector consists of a number of individual detectors, with the number of individual detectors per unit length being greater in a first region of the detector than in a second region thereof. The first region is disposed at the level of the conveying path for optimally displaying smaller articles transported by the conveyor path, while the second region is suited for display of larger articles.