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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2024
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Futoshi Yurugi, Ritto, JP;
Yoshiaki Sakagami, Ritto, JP;
Atsushi Yamakawa, Ritto, JP;
Kota Tominaga, Ritto, JP;
ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray inspection apparatus includes: a conveyance unit; an X-ray irradiation unit that irradiates an article conveyed by the conveyance unit with an X-ray; an X-ray detection unit that detects the X-ray that has transmitted through the article; an inspection unit that generates an X-ray transmission image from the X-ray detected by the X-ray detection unit and inspects the article on the basis of the X-ray transmission image; a housing that houses the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detection unit; a cold air blower that cools air in the housing and guides cold air to the X-ray detection unit via a duct; a monitoring unit that monitors a state of the cold air blower; and a control unit that stops the supply of electric power to the X-ray detection unit in a case where an abnormality in the cold air blower is detected in the monitoring unit.