APPARATUS FOR THE MULTI-LATERAL X-RAY TESTING OF AUTOMOTIVE TIRES

An apparatus for the multi-lateral X-ray testing of rotatably supported automotive tires during their rotation comprising an omni-directional X-ray tube located within the space encircled by the tire adjacent its opened inner side, the radiation emanating from said tube transilluminating the side walls and the tire tread from inward outwardly, further comprising receiving means defined by three linear diode arrangements of light-sensitive diodes which are approximately located parallel to the diameter or the axis of said tire, respectively, scanning means being associated with the diode arrangements scanning the diodes with a predetermined scanning frequency, the output signals of the diodes being transmitted to a storage means and finally comprising image reproduction means consisting of individual picture elements for the generation of an image line per scanning sequence for the diode arrangement.