Patent ID: 6304629
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G01N,G01V,Y10S

Abstract:
A scanner apparatus comprising:a tunnel housing comprised of:a top portion, and first and second side portions, an entrance opening and an exit opening;a bed assembly housing comprised of a top portion which together with the tunnel housing forms a substantially frameless, substantially enclosed area,an isolating device located at the entrance and exit openings of the tunnel housing;a conveyor device for moving an object through the entrance opening of the tunnel housing and into the substantially enclosed area, subsequently through the substantially enclosed area, and thereafter out of the substantially enclosed area and out the exit opening of the tunnel housing, the conveyor device located substantially in the bed assembly housing; andan analysis device for analyzing objects within the substantially enclosed area of the tunnel housing; andmeans for increasing portabillity comprising the top portion and side portions of the tunnel housing each have a thickness ranging from about 0.065 to about 0.5 inch.