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Apparatus for detecting the presence and the quality of a flame by detecting and analyzing electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths

US5317165A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1992
Grant dateMay 31, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23N2229/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus with an element for detecting and focusing the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the flame of a burner, and with an element formed by a light-conductive bundle of fiber optics for transmitting and separating the radiation of different wavelengths, which are received and analyzed by separate sensors.

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