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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rainer Bermbach, Mainz-Laubenheim, DE;
Gerhard Doenges, Heidenrod-Kemel, DE;
Georg Geus, Wiesbaden, DE;
Cornelius Koch, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
Heimann GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 57 ; 378 62 ; 378 87 ; 2503581 ; 2503591 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting containers or vehicles at airports for illegal contents, such as bombs, weapons, drugs or smuggled goods includes two x-ray generators and two line-shaped radiation detectors, a first of the radiation detectors receiving radiation from a fan beam of a first radiation generator, and the second radiation detector receiving radiation from a fan beam of a second radiation generator. The respective central rays of the fan beams are disposed substantially perpendicularly realtive to each other.