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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Donges, Heidenrod-Kemel, DE;
Thomas Herwig, Eltville-Martinsthal, DE;
Claus Kunze, Taunusstein, DE;
Karl-Ulrich Stein, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Heimann GmbH, Wiesbaden, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 57 ; 378 52 ;
Abstract
Method for examining the content of containers, which includes weighing the container, comparing the weight of the container with a total weight derived from the net weight of a given load and the product of the volume and the packing weight of the given load, transilluminating the container with a spatially limited high energy X-ray beam, moving the container relative to the X-ray, and determining and evaluating the distribution of the mass attenuation coefficient over at least one surface of the container, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.