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Article irradiation system with multiple beam paths

  • US 6,753,535 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2003
  • Issued: 06/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An irradiation system comprising:

  • a radiation source having at least one beam path; and

    a conveyor system for transporting articles through the beam path, where the conveyor system has an entrainment conveyor adjacent to a beam pass conveyor and the entrainment conveyor precedes the beam pass conveyor and travels at a faster rate of speed than the beam pass conveyor, and where the combination of the slower beam pass conveyor and faster entrainment conveyor causes the articles to contact one another and upon contact, the articles to slow down but to continue to move forward so that there are no gaps between articles on the beam pass conveyor.

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