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Null type gas analyzer

Assignee: Beckman Coulter Inc
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Filing: 1959-08-24
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Granted: 1962-03-20
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Expires: 1979-08-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Malbone W Greene
  • 👤 Jan W Haagen-Smit

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 06:45
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/72; G01N27/74

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 139 words
IN A NULL TYPE INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF A PARTICULAR GAS PRESENT IN A GAS MIXTURE WHEREIN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TEST BODY IS DEFELECTED FROM A NULL POSITION WHEN THE PARTICULAR GAS IS PRESENT AND IS RESTORED TO THE NULL POSITION BY AN ELECTROSTATIC FORCE, WITH THE RESTORING FORCE BEING FUNCTION OF THE QUANTITY OF THE PARTICULAR GAS PRESENT, THE COMBINATION OF: A HOUSING; A TEST BODY HAVING A GOLD SURFACE; SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID TEST BODY IN SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS; ELECTRODE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRIC FIELD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROSTATIC FORCE ON SAID TEST BODY, SAID ELECTRODE MEANS HAVING GOLD SURFACES; AND MEANS FOR DETECTING ROTATION OF SAID TEST BODY AND VARYING THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN SAID TEST BODY AND ELECTRODE MEANS TO OPPOSE SAID ROTATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 139 words
IN A NULL TYPE INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF A PARTICULAR GAS PRESENT IN A GAS MIXTURE WHEREIN A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TEST BODY IS DEFELECTED FROM A NULL POSITION WHEN THE PARTICULAR GAS IS PRESENT AND IS RESTORED TO THE NULL POSITION BY AN ELECTROSTATIC FORCE, WITH THE RESTORING FORCE BEING FUNCTION OF THE QUANTITY OF THE PARTICULAR GAS PRESENT, THE COMBINATION OF: A HOUSING; A TEST BODY HAVING A GOLD SURFACE; SUSPENSION MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID TEST BODY IN SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS; ELECTRODE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRIC FIELD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROSTATIC FORCE ON SAID TEST BODY, SAID ELECTRODE MEANS HAVING GOLD SURFACES; AND MEANS FOR DETECTING ROTATION OF SAID TEST BODY AND VARYING THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL BETWEEN SAID TEST BODY AND ELECTRODE MEANS TO OPPOSE SAID ROTATION.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1965-03-19 1965-09-18 1966-03-20 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1969-03-19 1969-09-18 1970-03-20 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1973-03-19 1973-09-18 1974-03-20 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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