Article holder for imaging
AssigneeChromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation
InventorsLogan Ryan MITCHELL, Zachary Michael Au Kanai'i ORAS, Zachary Charles HOPKINS
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Abstract
A holder configured to hold an article in position for internal imaging includes a main body configured to support one or more articles and one or more holding spaces in in the main body. Each holding space being configured to retain a corresponding article. Each of the one or more holding spaces is configured to automatically secure and orient the corresponding article upon the article being inserted into the holding space.
Claims25
A holder configured to hold an article in position for internal imaging, the holder comprising:
- a main body configured to support one or more articles;
- and
- one or more holding spaces in in the main body, each holding space being configured to retain a corresponding article,
- wherein each of the one or more holding spaces is configured to automatically secure and orient the corresponding article by way of an interference fit upon the article being inserted into the holding space, and
- wherein the one or more holding spaces are configured to enable an imaging system to take an image of multiple articles in one or more orientations at the same time.
A holder configured to hold a plurality of articles in position for internal imaging, the holder comprising:
- a main body configured to support the plurality of articles;
- a first set of notches in the main body configured to hold articles in a first orientation;
- and
- a second set of notches in the main body configured to hold articles in a second orientation,
- wherein each of the notches of the first and second sets of notches is configured to automatically secure and orient a corresponding article upon the article being inserted into the respective notch, and
- wherein the first and second sets of notches are configured to enable an imaging system to take an image of multiple articles in one or more orientations at the same time.
A method for positioning an article for x-ray imaging, the method comprising:
- sliding article into a receiving space in an article holder;
- and
- positioning the article and the article holder between an x-ray source and a digital detector array,
- wherein sliding the article into the receiving space in the article holder automatically orients the article at a target orientation for imaging the internal structure of the article,
- wherein sliding the article into the receiving space in the article holder automatically secures the article in the receiving space, and
- wherein the receiving space enables an imaging system to take an image of the article in one or more orientations at the same time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.