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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Bradley L. Conway, Morristown, NJ (US);
Karl E. Geisel, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Yaw-kuen Lin, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Bradley L. Conway, Morristown, NJ (US);
Karl E. Geisel, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Yaw-Kuen Lin, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a compact scanner apparatus having a tunnel with a conveyor passing therethrough. A scanning beam, e.g. an X-ray beam, is mounted in the tunnel to view an object being moved on the conveyor. Upper and lower isolation device curtains are mounted at the tunnel entry. Either a single curtain or multiple curtains are mounted at the exit of the tunnel. The lower curtains are opposed pairs hinged to pivot as the object passes through. The upper curtains may be hinged pairs or a single swinging curtain hanging down from a support bar. Alternate embodiments provide bi-directional hinged curtains or multiple tiers of hinged curtains.