Aerosol inlet flow modulator
US8281809B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 12, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/87539
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flow modulator to control the flow of an aerosol to an aerosol detection and/or monitoring system and other aerosol flow systems includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a diverging section of the chamber beneath the inlet that has a flow divider at the center to divide the aerosol into fractions, a recirculation section in which the divided aerosol fractions are recombined, and a converging section that channels the recombined aerosol fractions to the outlet of the chamber.
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