Patent ID: 8971487
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G01V

Abstract:
1. A mobile scanning system for inspecting contents of an inspected container, the mobile scanning system comprising: a. a conveyance capable of road travel, the conveyance having a plurality of wheels; b. a plurality of detector plates disposed along an arcuate member coupled to the conveyance and disposed, during inspection operation, in a vertical plane; c. a source of penetrating radiation of peak energy of at least 1 MeV disposed so as to irradiate each of the detector plates from a single position; d. a first actuator for rotating the arcuate member about a horizontal pivot into a horizontal plane; and e. a second actuator for further rotating the arcuate member, once rotated into the horizontal plane, about a vertical pivot, such that the arcuate member is contained, for purposes of transport, entirely within a volume defined by a rectangular prism that does not extend horizontally outward from the conveyance beyond the plurality of wheels of the conveyance.