Detection apparatus

• US 9,037,342 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited (Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shi, Junping, Sun, Shangmin, Liang, Jinning, Song, Quanwei, Wu, Yucheng, Hu, Bin, Han, Yanjun, Yang, Xuejing
• Primary Examiner(s): Kiswanto, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US12/428,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,218 Days
• Field of Search: 701/36, 378/57, 378/193, 378/197, 378/198
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/20 Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects

Abstract

A detection apparatus comprises a freely-movable integral framework provided with front wheels and rear wheels, characterized in that, a control portion and a scan portion, and a driving mechanism driving said framework to move are provided on said framework, wherein said framework is provided with a first interface for connecting to external power, so that said detection apparatus is driven by external power via the driving mechanism to perform detection while conducting detection on site, and wherein the semitrailer for mounting the framework is provided with a second interface connectable to a traction apparatus so as to connect the detection apparatus and the traction apparatus while carrying out site-changing transportation. Said detection apparatus is not affected by the alteration of the emission standards, has low failure rate and maintenance cost, has zero emission in the detection state, and is pollution-free.

Claims

1. A detection apparatus, comprising:

a freely-movable integral framework provided with front wheels and rear wheels, the front wheels being liftable and steerable;

a traction apparatus, which is connectable to the freely-movable integral framework for dragging the detection apparatus to a detection site, and which is separable from the freely-movable integral framework;

a control portion and a scan portion, and a driving mechanism for driving said framework to move are provided on said framework, the driving mechanism propelling the freely-movable integral framework independently of the traction apparatus;

a control cabin on the framework, the control portion including the control cabin, the control cabin controlling the scan portion, the driving mechanism, and the travelling direction of the freely-movable integral framework; and

a first interface for connecting to external power is provided on said framework, so that said detection apparatus is driven to move by external power via the driving mechanism so as to perform detection while conducting detection on site.

2. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first interface is an interface for clean energy.

3. The detection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said traction apparatus is a universal tractor chosen according to the emission requirements.

4. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said front wheel is a liftable steering axle.

5. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said driving mechanism is a friction-wheel driving system.

6. The detection apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said friction-wheel driving system includes a hydraulic cylinder, an electromotor and a friction-wheel, which are configured so that the friction-wheel is pressed tightly against the rear wheel or the front wheel of the framework while the hydraulic cylinder is extended, and the external power brings the friction-wheel to rotate.

7. The detection apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a rotatable tray is mounted on the framework, and the scan portion is mounted on said tray.

8. The detection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said scan portion includes a liftable vertical strut, a transverse connecting rod on the vertical strut extending as a horizontal cantilever provided with detectors, and the horizontal cantilever is provided on the other end thereof with a hydraulically stretching cylinder, and wherein the hydraulically stretching cylinder connects a vertical cantilever and the horizontal cantilever provided with detectors and have the vertical cantilever being perpendicular to the horizontal cantilever or parallel with the horizontal cantilever, said scan portion further including an electronic linear accelerator, X-rays thereof always facing the vertical cantilever and the horizontal cantilever after they are perpendicular to each other, and a collimator acting as X-rays shielding is provided between the electronic linear accelerator and the vertical cantilever.

9. A method of inspecting containers, medium and small automobiles, passenger cars, and unit load devices comprising scanning the container, medium and small automobile, passenger car, or unit load device using the detection apparatus of claim 1.

10. The method of inspecting containers of claim 9, further comprising:

moving the framework to a detection site;

dropping a liftable steering axle on the framework to support a front portion of the framework;

disengaging the traction apparatus from the framework;

turning a tray of the framework approximately 90 degrees;

extending a hydraulic cylinder to press a friction-wheel against one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the framework;

running an electromotor to drive the friction-wheel, which drives one of the front wheel and the rear wheel, to move the framework to scan a container or a vehicle; and

adjusting an orientation of the framework by using the liftable steering axle.

11. A detection apparatus, comprising:

a freely-movable integral framework provided with front wheels and rear wheels, the front wheels being liftable and steerable;

a traction apparatus, which is connectable to the freely-movable integral framework for dragging the detection apparatus to a detection site, and which is separable from the freely-movable integral framework;

a control portion and a scan portion provided on the freely-movable integral framework, the control portion including an operating cabin mounted on the freely-movable integral framework;

a driving mechanism for driving the freely-movable integral framework to move provided on the freely-movable integral framework the driving mechanism propelling the freely-movable integral framework independently of the traction apparatus; and

a first interface for connecting to external power is provided on the freely-movable integral framework, so that the detection apparatus is driven to move by external power via the driving mechanism so as to perform detection while conducting detection on site,

wherein the operating cabin controls the scan portion, the driving mechanism, and the travelling direction of the freely-movable integral framework.