发明名称 |
RADIOACTIVE AREAL DENSITY DETECTOR WITH SCINTILLATING RECEIVER |
摘要 |
RADIOACTIVE AREAL DENSITY DETECTOR WITH SCINTILLATING RECEIVER Apparatus for continuously determining the areal density along a length of a material includes a radioactive source and a scintillating receiver. In a first embodiment, the invention measures the thickness of a traveling web simultaneously at multiple points across its full width. The apparatus includes a radioactive source which extends across one side of the web. A detector array, on the opposite side of the web, detects the emission from the source through the web. The array includes scintillating fibers and multi- or single-anode photomultipliers which may be connected by a scintillating or non-scintillating fiber optic elements to the photomultiplier. In a second embodiment, the invention continuously detects the fill level of a plurality of containers as they are conveyed between the receiver and detector. A scintillating fiber receiver may have its fibers arranged either vertically or horizontally. When arranged horizontally, the fibers may be grouped and conduct photons to single anodes of a multi-anode photomultiplier tube to provide direct physical measurement of the fill level. Still another receiver includes a plastic scintillator sheet directly coupled to a photomultiplier tube.
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申请公布号 |
CA2083533(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1992.08.26 |
申请号 |
CA19922083533 |
申请日期 |
1992.02.24 |
申请人 |
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY |
发明人 |
LEAHEY, HARRY S.;BINNS, ROBERT W.;EPSTEIN, JOHN W.;KLARMANN, JOSEPH;DAVIS, MICHAEL J. |
分类号 |
G01B15/02;G01F23/288;G01G9/00;G01G17/02;G01N23/16;(IPC1-7):G01N23/16 |
主分类号 |
G01B15/02 |
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