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Spectrometer having a mechanical shutter

US11054307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SPECTRO ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Heinz-Gerd Joosten · Kranenburg, DE
Wolfram Bohle · Kleve, DE
Rolf Friedrich Frueke · Kleve, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2020
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01J3/20
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A spectrometer may include a radiation source having a spark generator, an entrance slit, a dispersive element and a plurality of detectors, and a rotatable sector shutter having an axis of rotation and a trigger unit optically coupled to the sector diaphragm. The axis of rotation of the sector shutter is non-parallel to a connecting line between the source and the entrance slit.

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