Lead curtain protective device for detecting device and ray shielding method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10739282-B2
Application number	US-201816168850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2018
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

A device comprises: at least two lead curtains; a supporting assembly comprising a working area and a standby area; a first transmission assembly to drive the lead curtains to move in a conveying channel; and a second transmission assembly to transfer the lead curtains between the standby area and the working area, wherein the second transmission assembly transfers the lead curtains from the standby area to the working area, so that the lead curtains fall into a starting point of the conveying channel and are located behind an article to be detected; the first transmission assembly drives the lead curtains to move with the article to be detected in front and drive the lead curtains to move from the starting point of the working area to a starting point of the standby area; and the second transmission assembly drives the lead curtains to enter and move in the standby area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lead curtain protective device for detecting device, comprising:
at least two lead curtains, for shielding X-rays in a conveying channel;
a supporting assembly, comprising a working area and a standby area, wherein the conveying channel is accommodated in the working area, and the standby area is adapted to store the lead curtains that are not used in the working area;
a first transmission assembly, for driving the lead curtains to move in the conveying channel; and
a second transmission assembly, for transferring the lead curtains between the standby area and the working area, wherein
the second transmission assembly is adapted to transfer the lead curtains from the standby area to the working area, so that the lead curtains fall into a starting point of the conveying channel and are located behind an article to be detected; the first transmission assembly is adapted to drive the lead curtains falling into the conveying channel to synchronously move with the article to be detected in front and drive the lead curtains to move from the starting point of the working area to a starting point of the standby area; and the second transmission assembly is further adapted to drive the lead curtains to enter the standby area and move in the standby area when the lead curtains arrive at the starting point of the standby area.

2. The lead curtain protective device of claim 1 , further comprising a guide assembly arranged on the supporting assembly, wherein the guide assembly is adapted to guide motion trajectories of the lead curtains in the working area and the standby area.

3. The lead curtain protective device of claim 1 , wherein the first transmission assembly comprises a first conveyor belt, first stops are arranged on the first conveyor belt along a circumference of the first conveyor belt, and the first conveyor belt is adapted to drive the lead curtains to move through the first stops.

4. The lead curtain protective device of claim 3 , wherein the first transmission assembly further comprises a first driving unit for continuously driving the first conveyor belt to rotate at a constant speed.

5. The lead curtain protective device of claim 4 , wherein the second transmission assembly comprises a second conveyor belt, second stops are arranged on the second conveyor belt along a circumference of the second conveyor belt, a number of the second stops corresponds to a number of the lead curtains that can be stored in the standby area, and the second conveyor belt is adapted to drive, through the second stops, the lead curtains to enter or leave the standby area or drive the lead curtains to move in the standby area.

6. The lead curtain protective device of claim 5 , wherein the second transmission assembly further comprises a second driving unit for intermittently driving the second conveyor belt to rotate, and wherein when the second driving unit drives the second conveyor belt to rotate once, each second stop moves forward by an interval between any two adjacent stops.

7. The lead curtain protective device of claim 6 , wherein the second driving unit is adapted to drive the second conveyor belt to rotate once in one of the following cases:
the article to be detected completely enters the conveying channel;
any of the lead curtains arrives at an ending point of the conveying channel and is about to enter the standby area from the working area; and
only one lead curtain is located in the conveying channel, and has arrived at the ending point of the conveying channel.

8. The lead curtain protective device of claim 1 , further comprising detecting assemblies, wherein the detecting assemblies comprise a first detecting assembly for detecting a relative position of the article to be detected and the conveying channel, and a second detecting assembly for detecting moving states and distribution conditions of the lead curtains.

9. An X-ray shielding method, comprising:
transferring, with a first transmission assembly, a lead curtain from a standby area to a working area, so that the lead curtain falls into a starting point of a conveying channel and is located behind an article to be detected;
driving, with a second transmission assembly, the lead curtain falling into the conveying channel to synchronously move with the article to be detected in front, and driving the lead curtain to move from the starting point of the conveying channel to a starting point of the standby area; and
transferring, with the first transmission assembly, the lead curtain arriving at the starting point of the standby area into the standby area, and driving the lead curtain to move in the standby area.

10. The X-ray shielding method of claim 9 , further comprising: detecting a relative position of the article to be detected and the conveying channel to control a time of transferring the lead curtain between the standby area and the working area.

11. The X-ray shielding method of claim 9 , wherein the lead curtain in the standby area is transferred to the working area in at least one of the following cases:
the article to be detected completely enters the conveying channel; and
only one lead curtain is located in the conveying channel, and has arrived at an ending point of the conveying channel.

12. The X-ray shielding method of claim 9 , wherein the transferring of the lead curtain in the standby area to the working area is stopped in at least one of the following cases:
a number of lead curtains in the conveying channel is greater than 2; and
a time from transferring a previous lead curtain from the standby area to the working area is less than a preset time interval.

13. The X-ray shielding method of claim 9 , wherein whenever one lead curtain is transferred from the standby area to the working area, a lead curtain behind the lead curtain in the standby area moves forward by a distance.

14. The X-ray shielding method of claim 13 , wherein after the lead curtain in the standby area and close to the working area is moved once but cannot be transferred to the working area, the lead curtain can be moved forward for multiple times so as to be transferred to the working area.

15. An X-ray shielding device, comprising:
means for transferring a lead curtain from a standby area to a working area, so that the lead curtain falls into a starting point of a conveying channel and is located behind an article to be detected;
means for driving the lead curtain falling into the conveying channel to synchronously move with the article to be detected in front, and driving the lead curtain to move from the starting point of the conveying channel to a starting point of the standby area; and
means for transferring the lead curtain arriving at the starting point of the standby area into the standby area, and driving the lead curtain to move in the standby area.

16. The X-ray shielding device of claim 15 , further comprising: means for detecting a relative position of the article to be detected and the conveying channel to control a time of transferring the lead curtain between the standby area and the working area.

17. The X-ray shielding device of claim 15 , wherein the lead curtain in the standby area is transferred to the working area in at least one of the following cases:
the article to be detected completely enters the conveying channel; and
only one lead curtain is located in the conveying channel, and has arrived at an ending point of the conveying channel.

18. The X-ray shielding device of claim 15 , wherein the transferring of the lead curtain in the standby area

Assignees

• Nuctech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Zhiqiang
• Zhang Li
• Hong Mingzhi
• Zhou Yong
• Liu Yihong

Classifications

• G21F1/08

  Metals; Alloys; Cermets, i.e. sintered mixtures of ceramics and metals · CPC title

• G01N23/10 Primary

  the material being confined in a container, e.g. in a luggage X-ray scanners · CPC title

• G21F3/00

  Shielding characterised by its physical form, e.g. granules, or shape of the material · CPC title

• G01V5/0016

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01V5/0008

  Physics · mapped topic