Optics: measuring and testing – With plural diverse test or art
Patent
1975-04-30
1977-03-29
McGraw, Vincent P.
Optics: measuring and testing
With plural diverse test or art
324 71CP, G01N 2100, G01N 2700
Patent
active
040146111
ABSTRACT:
An aperture module for obtaining signals from microscopic particles suspended in a fluid which passes through a scanning aperture. A module housing including an aperture holder is mounted on a vessel or bath containing a body of the particulate liquid suspension to be tested. The aperture holder with aperture formed therein extends into the vessel to permit passage of the suspension through the aperture to an outlet chamber or passageway immediately behind the aperture. An inlet chamber or passageway in the module is connected to a source of clean electrolyte and in fluid communication with the outlet passageway. The outlet passageway is connected to a waste collecting container. A vacuum is applied to the collecting container to cause the clean electrolyte to be drawn through the inlet passageway and wash behind the aperture simultaneously with passage of the suspension through the aperture. A restriction in the path of flow of the clean electrolyte immediately behind the aperture causes the flow velocity thereof to increase behind the aperture and ensure that the zone behind the aperture continuously is washed or swept and that particles which have been tested or sensed are carried away from the aperture so that proper signals from the particles in the suspension are obtained.
In a modified form of the aperture module a nozzle member is positioned between the bath and the aperture to form a sheath flow of electrolyte surrounding the particulate suspension to carry the suspension directly into and through the aperture into the passageway behind the aperture.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3746976 (1973-07-01), Hogg
patent: 3810010 (1974-05-01), Thom
patent: 3902115 (1975-08-01), Hogg et al.
Godin Thomas J.
Simpson Ronald O.
Coulter Electronics Inc.
McGraw Vincent P.
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