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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventor:
Peter Schade, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/05 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); G01N 21/3577 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/05 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G01N 21/3577 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for examination of a free-flowing sample, comprising: a measuring chamber for receiving the sample, the measuring chamber having at least a portion which is transmissive to light of a spectral range; a casing configured to at least partially enclose the measuring chamber, the casing having at least of portion of its inner surface with a reflectivity in the spectral range; a light source for applying light of the spectral range to the measuring chamber; and a sensor for detecting light of the light source reflected by the sample.