Title:
IMAGING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/087061
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An imaging apparatus 10 for generating an image of a subject including a scanning arrangement which includes an energy emitting source 20 and a detector 22 housed within a housing 12. The housing defines a scanning zone 24 in which the subject is operatively positioned for scanning. A displacing arrangement 36 which includes a U-shaped belt-and-pulley drive arrangement is configured to displace the scanning arrangement relative to the housing 12 in a scanning direction. The housing 12 has a first door and second door defining a substantially linear pathway through the scanning zone. A motor 38 and horizontal drive belts 40 are disposed below the scanning zone and are not displaced relative to the housing in the scanning direction in which the energy emitting source and detector are displaced during scanning such that the displacing arrangement does not restrict or impede movement of the subject through the scanning zone.
Inventors:
BEUKES SALOMO (ZA)
VAN WYK PETRUS (ZA)
VAN WYK PETRUS (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2018/058486
Publication Date:
August 01, 2019
Filing Date:
October 30, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THINK TANK COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ZA)
International Classes:
G01B5/08; E06B5/10; G01N23/203
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2011115927A2 | 2011-09-22 |
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FOURIE, Wynand, Christoffel, Hendrik (ZA)
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