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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Patrick Splinter, Middleton, MA (US);
Steven Weed, Marblehead, MA (US);
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
A transport apparatus of an X-ray inspection system includes an inspection region with an entrance and an exit. The transport apparatus further includes a loading region disposed at the entrance of the inspection region, the loading region. The loading region includes a first set of X-ray attenuating curtains and a first curtain mover, which moves the curtains of the first set of X-ray attenuating curtains into and out of the loading region between areas that support objects for inspection. The transport apparatus further includes a conveyor device which moves an object for inspection residing in one of the areas from the loading region to the inspection region for inspection.