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Test piece analyzing apparatus having an excessive portion removal

US6337490B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1999
Grant dateJan 8, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/00128
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test piece analyzing apparatus is provided which includes a releasably fixed absorbent member, a horizontally reciprocative pinching mechanism for simultaneously transferring a plurality of test pieces in a transfer direction, and an optical analyzing assembly provided with a primary illuminator and a secondary illuminator. The second illuminator serves to illuminate the bottom surface of the test piece.

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