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SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A GAP BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE OBJECTS

  • US 20090171501A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2007
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for maintaining a predetermined gap between successive objects to be scanned by a security scanning machine, said method comprising:

  • measuring an initial gap defined between a trailing edge of a first object and a leading edge of a second object; and

    based on a comparison between the initial gap and the predetermined gap, controlling a speed of a first conveyor relative to a speed of a second conveyor operatively coupled to the first conveyor such that the predetermined gap between the first object and the second object is maintained.

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