IP Library Granted Patent US 12,429,623
Granted Patent B2
US 12,429,623 · App. 18/260,037 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Radiation inspection device

Inventors: Lei Liu (Beijing, CN); Zheng Ji (Beijing, CN); Shangmin Sun (Beijing, CN); Chunguang Zong (Beijing, CN); Yu Hu (Beijing, CN); Yuan Ma (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
G01V5/22G01N23/10G01N2223/643
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Patent No.
US 12,429,623
App. No.
18/260,037
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a radiation inspection device, which has a transportation state and a working state, and includes a container with an adjustable width, and the width of the container in the transportation state is smaller than that in the working state; a radiation inspection apparatus arranged in the container and including a radiation source and a detector, and in the transportation state, the length of the radiation inspection apparatus is arranged along the length direction of the container, and in the working state, the length of the radiation inspection apparatus is arranged along the width direction of the container to perform radiation scanning inspection on vehicles passing through the container along the length direction; a rotating apparatus arranged in the container and configured to rotate the radiation inspection apparatus when the radiation inspection device is switched between the transportation state and the working state.

Claims (20)

1. A radiation inspection device having a transportation state and a working state, wherein the radiation inspection device comprises:

a container with an adjustable width, wherein a width of the container in the transportation state is smaller than that in the working state;

a radiation inspection apparatus arranged in the container and comprising a radiation source and a detector, wherein in the transportation state, a length of the radiation inspection apparatus is arranged along a length direction of the container; in the working state, the length of the radiation inspection apparatus is arranged along a width direction of the container to perform radiation scanning inspection on a vehicle passing through the container along the length direction; and

a rotating apparatus arranged in the container and configured to rotate the radiation inspection apparatus when the radiation inspection device is switched between the transportation state and the working state, and the rotating apparatus comprising a rotating part arranged on the container and configured to provide power for rotating the radiation inspection apparatus.

2. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left wall and a right wall extending along the length direction of the container; the left wall and the right wall are oppositely arranged along the width direction of the container; the radiation inspection device further comprises a driving apparatus configured to adjust the distance between the left wall and the right wall to adjust the width of the container when the radiation inspection device is switched between the transportation state and the working state.

3. The radiation inspection device according to claim 2 , further comprising a first sliding part and a second sliding part which are located at both opposite ends of the bottom wall and are respectively slidably connected with the bottom wall, wherein the first sliding part is connected with the left wall, and the second sliding part is connected with the right wall; the driving apparatus is drivingly connected with the first sliding part and the second sliding part, and is configured to drive the first sliding part and the second sliding part to slide relative to the bottom wall to adjust the width of the container.

4. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation inspection device comprises a conveying apparatus arranged in the container, and the conveying apparatus is configured to convey a vehicle in the container in the working state so that the vehicle passes through a radiation scanning channel of the radiation inspection apparatus.

5. The radiation inspection device according to claim 4 , wherein the conveying apparatus comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor extending along a length direction of the container; the first conveyor and the second conveyor are arranged at intervals along a width direction of the container, and a distance between the first conveyor and the second conveyor is adjustable.

6. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein,

the container comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left wall and a right wall extending along the length direction of the container; the left wall and the right wall are oppositely arranged along the width direction of the container; a distance between the left wall and the right wall is adjustable;

the container further comprises a first supporting part and a second supporting part fixedly connected with the left wall and the right wall respectively, and the radiation inspection apparatus is supported on the first supporting part and the second supporting part in the working state;

the rotating apparatus comprises a support frame arranged on the container; in the transportation state, the support frame is detachably connected between the rotating part and the radiation inspection apparatus; the radiation inspection apparatus is supported on the support frame; when the radiation inspection device is switched between the transportation state and the working state, the rotating part rotates the radiation inspection device through the support frame.

7. The radiation inspection device according to claim 6 , wherein the support frame comprises a plurality of follow-up legs, and the follow-up legs are supported on the bottom wall in the transportation state.

8. The radiation inspection device according to claim 6 , wherein the first supporting part and the second supporting part both comprise arc-shaped guide rails, and the arc-shaped guide rail comprises a fixed guide rail fixedly connected with the container and an extending guide rail detachably connected with the fixed guide rail; the extending guide rail is separated from the fixed guide rail and the radiation inspection apparatus, and is fixedly connected with the fixed guide rail when the radiation inspection device is switched between the transportation state and the working state; the fixed guide rail and the extending guide rail guide the rotation of the radiation inspection apparatus.

9. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation inspection apparatus comprises a first cabin located at the top of the container, and a first support arm and a second support arm which support the first cabin and are located at two ends of the first cabin; the first support arm and the second support arm are configured to be adjustable in height so that the position of the first cabin in the transportation state is lower in height than that in the working state.

10. The radiation inspection device according to claim 9 , wherein the first support arm and the second support arm both comprise a first articulated arm and a second articulated arm being slidable relatively, and the first support arm and the second support arm adjust their respective heights through the relative sliding of the respective first articulated arm and second articulated arm.

11. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a bottom wall, a top wall, a left wall and a right wall extending along the length direction, and the left wall and the right wall are oppositely arranged along the width direction of the container; the top wall comprises multiple separate top plates, and one end of each of the top plates corresponding to the radiation inspection apparatus is hinged with one of the left wall and the right wall, and the other end of the top plate detachably connected with the other of the left wall and the right wall.

12. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation inspection apparatus comprises a first cabin located at the top of the container, and the size of the first cabin the width direction of the container is adjustable.

13. The radiation inspection device according to claim 12 , wherein the first cabin comprises a first sub-cabin, second sub-cabin and a third sub-cabin which are connected in sequence; the radiation source is arranged in the second sub-cabin; both the first sub-cabin and the third sub-cabin are slidable relative to the second sub-cabin, and the first cabin slides relative to the second sub-cabin through the first sub-cabin and/or the third sub-cabin to adjust the size of the first cabin in the width of the container.

14. The radiation inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein a wall of the container is a radiation-proof wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: LIU, LEI; JI, ZHENG; SUN, SHANGMIN; ZONG, CHUNGUANG; HU, YU; MA, YUAN
To: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065503/0777 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011639191.8 · Dec 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240069240A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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