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US 12,504,390 B2Granted
Holder for and x-ray protection element
AssigneeWipotec GmbH
InventorsHans-Sebastian Höhler, Bernd Zinke
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Abstract
An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a holder for arranging a protective element in the X-ray inspection apparatus. The holder includes a plurality of receiving structures arranged one behind the other in a conveying direction, in order to be able to easily insert or remove the protective element at different positions along the conveying direction.
Claims20
An X-ray inspection apparatus comprising:
- (a) an X-ray inspection space through which a conveying path leads in a longitudinal direction;
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- (b) a holder adapted for holding a protective element in any one of multiple operating positions in which the protective element at least partially delimits the X-ray inspection space and is operable to prevent at least some X-rays from escaping from the X-ray inspection space, the holder including,
- (i) at least two holding sections spaced apart in a transverse direction extending transverse to the longitudinal direction, and
- (ii) a plurality of receiving structures formed along at least one of the holding sections and being spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction, wherein each receiving structure is adapted to receive a connecting section of the protective element to detachably connect the protective element to the holder in a respective one of the operating positions.
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