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Device and apparatus for detecting and measuring by echography particles settling in a fluid

US5125264A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 1991
Grant dateJun 30, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S15/18
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The device chiefly includes a thermostatically controlled measuring cell (1) with which is associated a transmitting-receiving ultrasonic probe (2). The cell consists of a cavity (10) divided half way up by a thin plate (11). The upper chamber above the plate is designed to receive a suspension (13) of particles while the probe is located in the lower chamber below the plate. The upper face (14) of the probe is separated from the plate.

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