Pulling device for container inspection system

• US 7,475,866 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.), Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.), Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Su, Jianjun, Yang, Guang, Jiang, Nan, Sun, Shangmin, Hu, Bin, Yang, Zhongrong, Wu, Yucheng, Shen, Wanquan
• Primary Examiner(s): MARCELO, EMMANUEL MONSAYAC
• Application Number:
  US11/284,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20060113163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 254/278, 254/338
• US Class Current: 254/278
• CPC Class Codes: B61J 3/06 with vehicle-engaging truck or carriage
• CPC Class Codes: B66D 1/60 adapted for special purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2033/0081 containers; packages; bottles
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/04 Details of the conveyor system G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 9/24 by observing the transmission of wave or particle radiation through the material
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/20 Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects

Abstract

The present invention discloses a pulling device for a container inspection system including a pulling vehicle (1) arranged inside an inspection passage, a winch (5) and wire tension mechanisms (6,6′). Front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle are connected to a wire rope so as to drive the pulling vehicle to move back and forth inside the inspection passage. The wire rope connected to front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle is wound around a wire tension mechanism arranged at front and rear ends of the inspection passage and is turned around by a swerving pulley (2) which is positioned at the same horizontal plane as that of the wire rope, the pulling vehicle, and the wire tension mechanisms, then the wire rope passes through the vertical pulley block, and finally it is connected to a single winding drum (4) of the winch (5) and wound around the single winding drum (4) respectively. Compared with the prior arts, the present invention is advantageous in reduction in equipment investment and decrease in area occupied by the pulling device. Further, the inspection operation can be carried out more reliably and safely.

Claims

1. A pulling device for a container inspection system, comprising:

a pulling vehicle arranged inside an inspection passage, wherein front and rear ends of said pulling vehicle are respectively connected with wire rope for driving the pulling vehicle to move back and forth inside the inspection passage;

a winch provided with a single winding drum;

wire tension mechanisms arranged at front and rear ends of said inspection passage, respectively;

wherein said wire rope connected to said front and rear ends of the pulling vehicle (1) is wound around said wire tension mechanisms respectively, and is turned around by a swerving pulley which is positioned at the same horizontal plane as that of said wire tension mechanisms, then the wire rope passes through a vertical pulley block, and finally connected to a single winding drum of said winch and wound around said single winding drum, respectively.

2. The pulling device for a container inspection system according to claim 1, wherein:

said vertical pulley block is composed of an upper vertical pulley and a lower vertical pulley which are positioned at different levels and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction,

a lower rim of said lower vertical pulley are arranged at the same horizontal plane as that of said swerving wheel, and said position of the upper vertical pulley corresponds to that of said single winding drum, and

said wire rope connected with front and rear ends of said pulling vehicle sequentially passes through said lower vertical pulley from a lower side of the lower vertical pulley, then passes through said upper vertical pulley from an upper side of said upper vertical pulley, finally winds around said single winding drum from a lower side to an upper side of said single winding drum respectively.

3. The pulling device for a container inspection system according to claim 2, wherein:

each of said wire tension mechanisms is an active type tension mechanism which generates a tensile force by use of a spring or similar device.

4. The pulling device for a container inspection system according to claim 1, wherein:

each of said wire tension mechanisms is an active type tension mechanism which generates a tensile force by use of a spring or similar device.