Patent · US Expired

Inspection device

US6597760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Heimann Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Knut Beneke · Ober-Olm, DE
Uwe Siedenburg · Essenheim, DE
Dirk Naumann · Lorsch, DE
Helmut Thoma · Mainz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2002
Grant date	Jul 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V5/224
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an inspection device for inspecting objects for explosives and other items prohibited for travel, particularly in carry-on baggage, a transport shaft (101) where there is little space, has incorporated thereabout radiation sources (10, 20, 30), which generate at least three beams (FX1, FX2, FX3) at which are directed at corresponding linear detectors (11, 21, 31). This transport shaft (101) is extended by incorporation of equipment or system components (3, 4, 40) that are not part of the inspection system (100), or by additional system components (4, 40) being integrated into a housing (103) of the inspection device (100), with a necessary radiation protection for the inspection device in compliance with radiation protection regulations being provided by a shielding (102) placed on or around a piece of equipment or its system components (3) already existing in the transport system (1), ideally in front of the transport shaft (101).

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