Cleaning and transporting device for a radioactive source

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR HOLDING A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE AND ADAPTED FOR MANUAL TRANSPORT COMPRISING A SHIELDED CONTAINER, A WELL FOR RECEIVING THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE FORMED IN AND OPEN TO ONE SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER, A SHIELDED COVER CLOSING SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID WELL AND MOVABLY ATTACHED TO SAID CONTAINER, SAID COVER HAVING AN ANGULAR PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO CONNECTING BORE PORTIONS DISPOSED OBLIQUELY TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID BORE PORTIONS ENDING IN SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID COVER ABOVE SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID WALL, THE OTHER OF SAID BORE PORTIONS EXTENDING TO SAID WELL AND HAVING ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS INTERSECT WITH A LATERAL WALL SURFACE OF SAID WELL, MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID WELL AND INHERENTLY RESPONSIVE TO A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE TO DETECT AND VISUALLY INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE LATTER WHEN DISPOSED IN SAID WELL, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PHOSPHOR MOUNTED ON SAID LATERAL WALL SURFACE OF SAID WELL AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OTHER BORE PORTION, SAID PHOSPHOR BEING CAUSED TO LUMINESCE BY THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE WHEN PRESENT IN SAID WELL, MEANS IN SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE TO TRANSMIT LIGHT FROM THE IRRADIATED PHOSPHOR TO THE OUTER END OF SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE, A TRANSPARENT SHIELDING CLOSURE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGE TO TRANSMIT THERETHROUGH ANY LIGHT IN SAID PASSAGE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE IN SAID WELL.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR HOLDING A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE AND ADAPTED FOR MANUAL TRANSPORT COMPRISING A SHIELDED CONTAINER, A WELL FOR RECEIVING THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE FORMED IN AND OPEN TO ONE SIDE OF SAID CONTAINER, A SHIELDED COVER CLOSING SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID WELL AND MOVABLY ATTACHED TO SAID CONTAINER, SAID COVER HAVING AN ANGULAR PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO CONNECTING BORE PORTIONS DISPOSED OBLIQUELY TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID BORE PORTIONS ENDING IN SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID COVER ABOVE SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID WALL, THE OTHER OF SAID BORE PORTIONS EXTENDING TO SAID WELL AND HAVING ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS INTERSECT WITH A LATERAL WALL SURFACE OF SAID WELL, MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID WELL AND INHERENTLY RESPONSIVE TO A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE TO DETECT AND VISUALLY INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE LATTER WHEN DISPOSED IN SAID WELL, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PHOSPHOR MOUNTED ON SAID LATERAL WALL SURFACE OF SAID WELL AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OTHER BORE PORTION, SAID PHOSPHOR BEING CAUSED TO LUMINESCE BY THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE WHEN PRESENT IN SAID WELL, MEANS IN SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE TO TRANSMIT LIGHT FROM THE IRRADIATED PHOSPHOR TO THE OUTER END OF SAID ANGULAR PASSAGE, A TRANSPARENT SHIELDING CLOSURE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OUTER END OF SAID PASSAGE TO TRANSMIT THERETHROUGH ANY LIGHT IN SAID PASSAGE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE IN SAID WELL.