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Air sampling method and apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-01-29
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1985-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Sanders Merwyn

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 11:43
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N35/00; G01N35/00584; G01N35/00722; G01N35/00732; B; B01; B01L; B01L3/00; B01L3/54; B01L3/545; B01L3/5453; G01N1/00; G01N1/02; G01N1/22; G01N1/2202; G01N1/2205; G01N1/2214; G01N15/00; G01N15/06; G01N15/0606; G01N15/0618; G01N1/28; G01N1/40; G01N1/4077; G01N2001/4088

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 153 words
A METHOD FOR CORRELATING THE COLLECTION OF SAMPLES COLLECTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES ON SEPARATE FILTER PAPERS WITH THE DISPLAY OF DATA DERIVED FROM THE AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF SUCH SAMPLES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) MOUNTING EACH OF SAID FILTER PAPER WITHIN AN APERTURE IN A CORRESPONDING DATA PROCESSING CARD; (B) PRECODING SAID CARDS WITH INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE TIME AND PLACE OF SAMPLING; (C) MOUNTING SAID CARDS WITHIN HOLDERS TO MAINTAIN SAID FILTER PAPER IN A TAUT CONDITION; (D) DRAWING GASEOUS SAMPLES THROUGH SAID FILTER PAPERS TO COLLECT A SEPARATE PARTICULATE MATTER SAMPLE IN EACH CARD APERTURE; (E) MOVING SAID CARDS FROM THEIR HOLDERS TO AN AUTOMATIC ANALYZER FOR ANALYSIS; (F) KEYPUNCHING SAID CARDS TO INDICATE THE RESULTS OF SAID ANALYSIS; (G) DUPLICATING SAID CARDS IN UNCONTAMINATED FORM; AND (H) TABULATING SAID UNCONTAMINATED CARDS IN A COMPUTER TO PROVIDE THEREFROM A DISPLAY OF CORRELATED SAMPLE LOCATIONS, TIMES, AND ANALYSIS OF PARTICULATE MATTER.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 153 words
A METHOD FOR CORRELATING THE COLLECTION OF SAMPLES COLLECTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES ON SEPARATE FILTER PAPERS WITH THE DISPLAY OF DATA DERIVED FROM THE AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF SUCH SAMPLES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) MOUNTING EACH OF SAID FILTER PAPER WITHIN AN APERTURE IN A CORRESPONDING DATA PROCESSING CARD; (B) PRECODING SAID CARDS WITH INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE TIME AND PLACE OF SAMPLING; (C) MOUNTING SAID CARDS WITHIN HOLDERS TO MAINTAIN SAID FILTER PAPER IN A TAUT CONDITION; (D) DRAWING GASEOUS SAMPLES THROUGH SAID FILTER PAPERS TO COLLECT A SEPARATE PARTICULATE MATTER SAMPLE IN EACH CARD APERTURE; (E) MOVING SAID CARDS FROM THEIR HOLDERS TO AN AUTOMATIC ANALYZER FOR ANALYSIS; (F) KEYPUNCHING SAID CARDS TO INDICATE THE RESULTS OF SAID ANALYSIS; (G) DUPLICATING SAID CARDS IN UNCONTAMINATED FORM; AND (H) TABULATING SAID UNCONTAMINATED CARDS IN A COMPUTER TO PROVIDE THEREFROM A DISPLAY OF CORRELATED SAMPLE LOCATIONS, TIMES, AND ANALYSIS OF PARTICULATE MATTER.

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