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Liquid light tube end cap assembly

US4801187A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateApr 30, 1986
Grant dateJan 31, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2201/08
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved and unique liquid light tube (guide) end cap assembly particularly useful in a system for the clinical analysis of liquid biological samples for directing wavelengths of light is described. The assembly comprises a light guide having projecting at one end portion thereof a quartz member and a housing for containing the end portion of the light guide and the quartz member, thereby forming an aperture between the quartz member and the housing, the aperture having a depth of between about 0.002 and 0.007 inches.

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