Process and apparatus for evaluating the degree of vacuum in closed bodies with transparent walls
US7323881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M3/40
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is based on feeding the closed bodies to be evaluated to a station for the application of high voltage for the formation of the arc across the inner space of the body and capturing the arc formed by means of a CCD camera which will compare, adjustably, the luminous intensity of the arc created within the body subjected to checking with a threshold value determining whether the luminous intensity is above or below the threshold, which will be the rejection threshold, rejecting the bodies which do not comply with the predetermined threshold value, separating them from the whole of the accepted bodies.
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