Radiation measuring device

• US 9,671,505 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Raytech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoshida, Norio, Tanino, Toshikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Makiya, David J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Malkowski, Kenneth J
• Application Number:
  US14/903,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20160170036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 250504 H
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2201/0221 Portable; cableless; compact; hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/169 Exploration, location of contaminated surface areas

Abstract

In the present invention, a battery box is provided on the lower side of a survey meter body so as to protrude downwardly. Four primary batteries are accommodated inside the battery box with inclined postures. A stepped structure is formed between the front surface of the battery box and the lower surface of the body. The survey meter can be held by a hand while an index finger, or the like, is hooked on the stepped structure. It is also possible to remove the battery box and dispose a plate-like secondary battery in an accommodation space.

Claims

1. A portable radiation measurement device, comprising:

a body that has a tip portion for detecting radiation and a grip portion;

a battery box that has a form protruding downward on a lower side of the grip portion and houses one or more batteries, wherein a lower surface of the body and a front surface of the battery box form a corner structure on the lower side of the body;

wherein the one or more batteries are housed in the battery box so as to be in a posture inclined to the body; and

wherein an angle between the lower surface of the body and the front surface of the battery box is less than 90 degrees.

2. The radiation measurement device according to claim 1, wherein a lower surface of the battery box is inclined to the lower surface of the body.

3. The radiation measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion has a flat-plate form.

4. The radiation measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the battery box has

a housing that houses the one or more batteries, and

a lid that covers an opening formed in a back surface of the housing.

5. The radiation measurement device according to claim 1, wherein:

the body has the tip portion, a middle portion provided on the rear side of the tip portion, and the grip portion provided on the rear side of the middle portion;

the body extends in the longitudinal direction; and

the center of gravity of the radiation measurement device is proximate the step in the longitudinal direction.