Alignment tool for open-path gas detectors
US12372508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2021/3513
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An alignment tool for use in connection with an open path gas detection system, which includes an interface including one or more connectors, includes an optical system having a scope and an attachment system operatively connected to the optical system. The attachment system includes a body including one or more cooperating connectors. The body is rotatable about an axis thereof in a first direction to bring the one or more cooperating connectors into connection with the one or more connectors. The attachment system further includes one or more locking elements which engage the one or more connectors after a predetermined amount of rotation of the body in the first direction to form a state of locked engagement. A release member is in rotatable connection with the body in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to cause the one or more locking elements to disengage from the one or more connectors of the interface so that the body can be rotated in the second direction to remove the attachment system from connection with the interface.
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