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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyuki Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Kenshin Kitoh, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); B03C 3/017 (2006.01); B03C 3/41 (2006.01); B03C 3/47 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0656 (2013.01); B03C 3/017 (2013.01); B03C 3/41 (2013.01); B03C 3/47 (2013.01); B03C 2201/06 (2013.01); F01N 2560/05 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a particle counter and a method of counting a number of particles, the particle counter includes a casing made of a ceramic, an electric charge adder configured to add electric charges to particles in a measurement target gas supplied into the casing, a first electric charge collector configured to collect the electric charges added to the particles, and a number measuring unit configured to measure a number of the particles based on a quantity of the collected electric charges.