FIG. 1 is a front, top, left isometric view of a tunnel scanner showing the new design, shown, illustratively with a checkstand;
FIG. 2 is a front, top, left isometric view of the tummel scanner;
FIG. 3 is a front side elevation view thereof, the rear side elevation view being a duplicate;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3 taken along line 4-4;
FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view being a duplicate; and,
FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.
The broken line showing of a conveyor in FIG. 1 is to depict environmental context only and is not claimed. The bottom view is not claimed, and is therefore omitted.
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