Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With sample excitation
Patent
1980-07-17
1982-03-16
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
With sample excitation
250458, 356244, G01N 2164
Patent
active
043198422
ABSTRACT:
The photometer is adapted for sensing radiation emitted by a chemical sample held in a cuvette received in a first compartment and includes a highly sensitive photomultiplier in a second compartment adjacent the first compartment for detecting fluorescent radiation emitted by the chemical sample and passing through an opening between the compartments. A mechanical protector assembly is provided for protecting the photomultiplier from ambient light and includes a movable light shield movable between a first position blocking the opening and a second position not blocking the opening. A knob is provided for moving the light shield to the first position to protect the photomultiplier from light entering from the first compartment when the first compartment is opened for insertion or removal of a cuvette, and for moving the light shield to the second position not blocking the opening to permit radiation emitted by the chemical sample to impinge upon the photomultiplier in the second compartment. The photometer also includes a mechanical interlocking assembly for ensuring that the first compartment cannot be opened unless the light shield is in the first position to prevent ambient light from entering the second compartment from the first compartment and reaching the photomultiplier.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4213703 (1980-07-01), Haunold et al.
patent: 4291230 (1981-09-01), Heiss
Priarone Paolo
St. John Peter A.
Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc.
Benziger Robert A.
Evans F. L.
Flattery Paul C.
Vigil Thomas R.
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