US 11,681,067 B2
Separation assembly for handheld metal detectors
James Eric Dietz, Lafayette, IN (US); Anthony David Hustedt, Chesapeake, VA (US); Michael Patrick Scott, Bethlehem, PA (US); Maria Nicole Carter, Oconomowoc, WI (US); and Blake Peter Wesling, Villa Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,717.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,378, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0206178 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G01V 3/15 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 3/15 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A separation assembly mounted to a handheld metal detector having a blade containing transmission and receiver components of the handheld metal detector, the separation assembly comprising:
at least a first separation member formed of a nonferromagnetic material, the first separation member being spaced a lateral separation distance from the blade of the handheld metal detector, wherein the first separation member is U-shaped comprising a center span that is parallel to the blade of the handheld metal detector and spaced the lateral separation distance from the blade by at least two legs.