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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Research International, Inc., Monroe, WA (US);
Elric Saaski, Monroe, WA (US);
Dor Yacobi, Kenmore, WA (US);
Research International, Inc., Monroe, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods, etc., that overcome one or more problems associated with high-speed monitoring of large numbers/volumes of postal articles of postal articles for dangerous materials and contaminants. Such monitoring can be more economic, practical, efficient and/or effective. The monitoring systems, methods, etc., herein provide positive pressure clean air passing through an interrogation zone in interrogation zone housing, through which suspect postal articles are pass to provide sampled air, which in turn is analyzed optically to detect dangerous materials such as illicit biologicals or chemicals and to identify the source envelope (or other postal article) to within a few envelopes.