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US 2003/0112438 A1Published application
Dose radiometer
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDavid W. Kuhns, Thomas M. Clausen, Olester Benson JR., Steven R. Vanhoose
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Abstract
The invention includes a method for collecting radiation. An electromechanical radiation collection device is disposed in a roll to collect radiation directed at the roll. The invention is also an apparatus comprising a roll having an outer surface. An electromechanical radiation collection device is disposed in the roll.
Claims31
A method for collecting radiation comprising:
- disposing an electromechanical radiation collection device in a roll to collect radiation impinging the roll.
A method for measuring radiation comprising:
- disposing a radiation collecting device in a roll, wherein the roll has an outer surface and the collection device is disposed at a plane tangential to the outer surface;
- disposing a web between a radiation source and the collection device;
- collecting radiation directed at the roll;
- and
- measuring characteristics of the collected radiation.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a roll having an outer surface;
- and
- a radiation collection device disposed in the roll.
The apparatus of claim 22, and further comprising:
- A radiation emitter directed at the roll.
An apparatus comprising:
- a roll having an outer surface and an opening sufficient to allow passage of radiation disposed in the outer surface;
- a radiation collection device movably disposed in the opening;
- a measurement device remotely disposed from the collection device and connected to the collection device so as to receive radiation collected by the collection device;
- and
- a drive assembly connected to the collection device, wherein the drive assembly operates to translate the collection device along the length of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.