Automated cascade impactor
US8627731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/0261
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated cascade impactor is disclosed and comprises a vertical array of a plurality of impactor stages, and a vertical array of isolation stages, wherein the vertical array of the isolation stages comprises pairs of isolation stages between which impactor plates, removed from respective ones of the impactor stages are effectively sandwiched between each pair of isolation stages. Still further, each compactor stage is likewise sandwiched between and upper and a lower pair of the isolation stages.
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