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Method for detecting and localizing leaks and suitable device for carrying out the method

US7156976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 2002
Grant dateJan 2, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M3/226
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting leaks in the wall of a test object, container or similar, by measuring and evaluating changes that occur in a partial gas pressure. The invention aims to simplify the detection of leaks. To this end, changes that occur in partial pressures of oxygen are detected and evaluated using an oxygen sensor (4).

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