Radiant energy – Radiant energy generation and sources – With container for radioactive source and radiation...
Patent
1979-06-21
1982-02-02
Zugel, Francis K.
Radiant energy
Radiant energy generation and sources
With container for radioactive source and radiation...
250496, 292333, 74527, 70157, 70174, 70181, G21F 502, G05G 506, E05B 5502, E05B 6320
Patent
active
043141579
ABSTRACT:
A safety lock for securing a radiation source in a radiography exposure device is disclosed. The safety lock prevents the inadvertent extension of the radiation source from the exposure device. The exposure devices are used extensively in industry for nondestructive testing of metal materials for defect. Unnecessary exposure of the radiographer or operator occurs not infrequently due to operator's error in believing that the radiation source is secured in the exposure device when, in fact, it is not. The present invention solves this problem of unnecessary exposure by releasingly trapping the radiation source in the shield of the radiography exposure device each time the source is retracted therein so that it is not inadvertently extended therefrom without the operator resetting the safety lock, thereby releasing the radiation source. Further, the safety lock includes an indicator which indicates when the source is trapped in the exposure device and also when it is untrapped. The safety lock is so designed that it does not prevent the return of the source to the trapped, shielded position in the exposure device. Further the safety lock includes a key means for locking the radiation source in the trapped position. The key means cannot be actuated until said radiation source is in said trapped position to further insure the safety lock cannot be inadvertently locked with the source untrapped and thus still extendable from the exposure device.
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Industrial Nuclear Company, Inc.
Pietruszka Carl F.
Zugel Francis K.
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