US 11,724,845 B2
Apparatus for X ray irradiation
Peter Baker, San Diego, CA (US); Frédéric Stichelbaut, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE); Christophe Malice, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE); Dominique Vincent, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE); Candice Nagel, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE); and Frédéric Dessy, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Assigned to Ion Beam Applications, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Filed by Ion Beam Applications, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,504.
Claims priority of application No. 20209438 (EP), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163464 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 55/16 (2006.01); G21K 5/04 (2006.01); G21K 5/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 55/16 (2013.01) [G21K 5/04 (2013.01); G21K 5/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/082 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for irradiating goods with X-rays, comprising:
a first source of X-rays configured for emitting X-rays along a first irradiation volume centered on a longitudinal axis (X), and
a conveyor configured for driving goods so as to expose a first portion of the goods through the first irradiation volume, the goods forming target products, each target product being inscribed within a prismatic volume defined by a base plane and a height (h), wherein during driving the base plane extends along the longitudinal axis (X) and a transverse axis (Y) normal to the longitudinal axis (X), and the height (h) extends along a vertical axis (Z) normal to the base plane (X, Y),
wherein the conveyor is configured for driving the target products through the irradiation volume, vertically along the vertical axis (Z) and
wherein a scanning ratio (w1/wx) of a target product width (w1) to an irradiation span (wx), both measured along the transverse axis (Y) is from 30% to 65%, and wherein a value of the irradiation span (wx) is controlled at least partly by a scan horn.