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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Leco Corporation, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Inventors:

Peter M. Willis, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Bradley R. Rush, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Leco Corporation, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 31/12 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/2247 (2013.01); G01N 31/12 (2013.01); G01N 35/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotary dosing device for use in analytical instrumentation quickly transfers a sequence of precise molar quantities of gas from a primary stream into a secondary stream. The device has a rotating chamber with dosing ports that cycle through three states: fill, equilibrate, and transfer. The device cycles in an overlapping manner such that as one dose volume fills with gas from the primary stream, another equilibrates at a known pressure and temperature, and another transfers its contents to the secondary stream. The device initiates its operation so that the first transfer in a sequence is a properly filled and equilibrated dose from the primary stream. Rather than cycling a single dose volume through the three states multiple times, the overlapping operation of the rotary doser enables multiple precise molar quantities of gas to be transferred in one-third the time.


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