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Top-down X-ray inspection trailer

  • US 8,345,819 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2010
  • Issued: 01/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising:

  • a. a conveyance capable of on-road travel characterized by an axis along a direction of road travel;

    b. a source of penetrating radiation including a beam scanning mechanism disposed on a deployable member, the deployable member coupled to the conveyance, for providing a swept pencil beam of penetrating radiation directed in a substantially vertical direction;

    c. a detector mechanically coupled to the conveyance and supported by an underlying surface during self-propelled passage thereover by an inspected vehicle for detecting penetrating radiation from the source after interaction of the object with the penetrating radiation and for generation of a detector signal corresponding to detected radiation; and

    d. a controller for creating an image of contents of the object based at least on the detector signal.

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