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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2004
Applicant:
William Richard Mawer, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Inventor:
William Richard Mawer, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Detection-Watford Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 22/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/22 (2006.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portal () has a millimetric wave imager () arranged to detect articles concealed on the person. A pump () supplies jets of air through gas outlets () in the lower part of the portal (), which are directed onto the feet of the person being screened. A second pump () pumps air with substances released by the jets via inlets () to an ion mobility spectrometer () arranged to detect the presence of explosives or narcotics. A screen () indicates the presence of any suspect article or substance on the person being screened.