Apparatus for detection of phosphorus or sulfur containing vapors or aerosols

Claim 1

A HYDROGEN BURNER FOR PRODUCING A COLOR SPECTRUM FROM THE CHEMILUMINESCENT BURNING OF CONTAMINANT-BEARING VAPORS AND AEROSOLS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF METAL HAVING BORINGS THERETHROUGH FORMING A FIRST BURNER, A SECOND BURNER, A FLAME CHANNEL, AN IGNITION CHAMBER, AT LEAST ONE VIEWING PORT AND A WATER CHANNEL, SAID FIRST BURNER COMPRISING A TRANSVERSE CHANNEL NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID BLOCK HAVING A HYDROGEN INLET PORT AT ONE END THEREOF AND AN AIR INLET PORT AT THE OTHER END, A LONGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING WITH SAID INLET CHANNEL AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREFROM, AND A TRANSVERSE EXHAUST CHANNEL WHICH EXTENDS ORTHOGONALLY FROM SAID BURNING CHAMBER AND IS NARROW IN DIAMETER RELATIVE TO THE DIAMETERS OF SAID OF SAID INLET CHANNEL AND SAID BURNING CHAMBER, SAID SECOND BURNER COMPRISING A LOGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER AND A TRANSVERSE IGNITION CHAMBER, SAID BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING AT ONE END WITH SAID HYDROGEN INLET PORT AND END OF SAID FIRST-BURNER INLET CHANNEL AND CONNECTING NEAR ITS OTHER END WITH SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL AND FORMING A VIRTUAL EXTENSION THEREOF SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AT THE LEVEL OF SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL AND FORMING A VIRTUAL EXTENSION THEREOF TO AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BLOCK. SAID FLAME CHANNEL CONNECTING WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREFROM, THE DIAMETER OF SAID FLAME CHANNEL BEING NARROW

Claim 4

A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINANTBEARING AEROSOLS AND VAPORS BY MEANS OF THE COLOR SPECTRUM EMMITTED FROM THE CHEMILUMINESCENT BURNING THEREOF COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A HIGH-VELOCITY-FLAME HYDROGEN BURNER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF METAL HAVING BORINGS THERETHROUGH FORMING A FIRST BURNER, A FLAME CHANNEL, AND IGNITION CHAMBER, AT LEAST ONE VIEWING PORT AND A WATER CHANNEL, SAID FIRST BURNER COMPRISING A TRANSVERSE CHANNEL NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID BLOCK HAVING A HYDROGEN INLET PORT AT ONE END THEREOF AND AN AIR INLET PORT AT THE OTHER END, A LONGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING WITH SAID INLET CHANNEL AND EXTENDING DOWN-WARD THEREFROM, AND A TRANSVERSE EXHAUST CHANNEL WHICH EXTENDS ORTHOGONALLY FROM SAID BURNING CHAMBER AND IS NARROW IN DIAMETER RELATIVE TO THE DIAMETERS OF SAID INLET CHANNEL AND SAID BURNING CHAMBER, SAID SECOND BURNER COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER AND A TRANSVERSE IGNITION CHAMBER, SAID BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING AT ONE END WITH SAID HYDROGEN INLET PORT AND ONE END OF SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL, SAID IGNITION CHAMBER CONNECTING WITH SAID SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AT LEVEL OF SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL AND FORMING A VIRTUAL EXTENSION THEREOF TO AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BLOCK, SAID FLAME CHANNEL CONNECTING WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREFROM, THE DIAMETER OF SAID FLAME BEING NARROW RELATIVE TO THAT OF SSAID SECOND-BURNER BUT INCREASING IN DIAMETER AT ITS OTHER END EXHAUST PORT CONNECTING WITH AN OUTER SURFACE TO SAID BLOCK, THE DIAMETER OF THE FLAME CHANNEL BEING DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A HIGH-VELOCITY FLOW OF GAS THERETHROUGH, SAID VIEWING PORT COMPRISING AN UNDERCUT PORTION EXTENDING FROM A SURFACE OF SAID BLOCK TO SAID FLAME CHANNEL IN A LOCATION WHICH PERMITS THE CHEMILUMINESCENT COLOR SPECTRUM OF THE BURNING CONTAMINANT TO BE VIEWED BUT IS SUFFICIENTLY FAR FROM THE OXIDIZING PORTION OF THE FLAME IN SAID SECOND BURNER TO EXCLUDE THE LIGHT FORM THE OXIDIZING PORTION FROM VIEW, SAID WATER CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID BLOCK AND HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET PORT, A COVER FOR SAID VIEWING PORT COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT PANE AND HOLDING MEANS THEREOF, SAID HOLDING MEANS BEING SHAPED TO FIT INTO SAID VIEWING PORT AND TO BE HELD THEREIN SO THAT SAID FLAME CHANNEL CAN BE VIEWED THROUGH SAID PANE, AND AN IGNITION DEVICES SEATED IN SAID IGNITION CHAMBER FOR IGNITING THE GASES IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND BURNERS; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HYDROGEN INLET PORT FOR SUPPLYING HYDROGEN GAS THERETO; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID WATER INLET AND OUTLET PORTS FOR CIRCULATING WATER THROUGH SAID WATER CHANNEL; EXHAUST MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID EXHAUST PORT FOR PULLING AIR AND HYDROGEN GAS THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND BURNERS AND SAID FLAME CHANNEL; AND COLOR DETECTION MEANS ARRANGED TO VIEW THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM SAID VIEWING PORT, SAID DETECTION MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL OUTPUT PROPORTIONAL TO THE DIFFERENCE IN INTENSITY OF TWO COLORS.

Claim 5

A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF CONTAMINANTBEARING AEROSOLS AND VAPORS BY MEANS OF THE COLOR SPECTRUM EMMITTED FROM THE CHEMILUMINESCENT BURNING THEREOF COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A HIGH-VELOCITY-FLAME HYDROGEN BURNER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BLOCK OF METAL HAVING BORINGS THERETHROUGH FORMING A FIRST BURNER, A FLAME CHANNEL, AND IGNITION CHAMBER, AT LEAST ONE VIEWING PORT AND A WATER CHANNEL, SAID FIRST BURNER COMPRISING A TRANSVERSE CHANNEL NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID BLOCK HAVING A HYDROGEN INLET PORT AT ONE END THEREOF AND AN AIR INLET PORT AT THE OTHER END, A LONGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING WITH SAID INLET CHANNEL AND EXTENDING DOWN-WARD THEREFROM, AND A TRANSVERSE EXHAUST CHANNEL WHICH EXTENDS ORTHOGONALLY FROM SAID BURNING CHAMBER AND IS NARROW IN DIAMETER RELATIVE TO THE DIAMETERS OF SAID INLET CHANNEL AND SAID BURNING CHAMBER, SAID SECOND BURNER COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL BURNING CHAMBER AND A TRANSVERSE IGNITION CHAMBER, SAID BURNING CHAMBER CONNECTING AT ONE END WITH SAID HYDROGEN INLET PORT AND ONE END OF SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL, SAID IGNITION CHAMBER CONNECTING WITH SAID SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AT LEVEL OF SAID FIRST-BURNER EXHAUST CHANNEL AND FORMING A VIRTUAL EXTENSION THEREOF TO AN OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BLOCK, SAID FLAME CHANNEL CONNECTING WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND-BURNER CHAMBER AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREFROM, THE DIAMETER OF SAID FLAME BEING NARROW RELATIVE TO THAT OF SSAID SECOND-BURNER BUT INCREASING IN DIAMETER AT ITS OTHER END EXHAUST PORT CONNECTING WITH AN OUTER SURFACE TO SAID BLOCK, THE DIAMETER OF THE FLAME CHANNEL BEING DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A HIGH-VELOCITY FLOW OF GAS THERETHROUGH, SAID VIEWING PORT COMPRISING AN UNDERCUT PORTION EXTENDING FROM A SURFACE OF SAID BLOCK TO SAID FLAME CHANNEL IN A LOCATION WHICH PERMITS THE CHEMILUMINESCENT COLOR SPECTRUM OF THE BURNING CONTAMINANT TO BE VIEWED BUT IS SUFFICIENTLY FAR FROM THE OXIDIZING PORTION OF THE FLAME IN SAID SECOND BURNER TO EXCLUDE THE LIGHT FORM THE OXIDIZING PORTION FROM VIEW, SAID WATER CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID BLOCK AND HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET PORT, A COVER FOR SAID VIEWING PORT COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT PANE AND HOLDING MEANS THEREOF, SAID HOLDING MEANS BEING SHAPED TO FIT INTO SAID VIEWING PORT AND TO BE HELD THEREIN SO THAT SAID FLAME CHANNEL CAN BE VIEWED THROUGH SAID PANE, AND AN IGNITION DEVICES SEATED IN SAID IGNITION CHAMBER FOR IGNITING THE GASES IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND BURNERS; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HYDROGEN INLET PORT FOR SUPPLYING HYDROGEN GAS THERETO; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID WATER INLET AND OUTLET PORTS FOR CIRCULATING WATER THROUGH SAID WATER CHANNEL; EXHAUST MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID EXHAUST PORT FOR PULLING AIR AND HYDROGEN GAS THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND BURNERS AND SAID FLAME CHANNEL; AND COLOR DETECTION MEANS ARRANGED TO VIEW THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM SAID VIEWING PORT, SAID DETECTION MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL OUTPUT PROPORTIONAL TO THE DIFFERENCE IN INTENSITY OF TWO COLORS.