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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. 16, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter R Hogg, South Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter Electronics, Inc., Hialeah, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356343 ; 250574 ; 350167 ; 350169 ;
Abstract
Measurement of the energy and direction of radiation, typically scattered light, produced by particles passing through an optical sensing zone is improved in focusing of the scattered light and flexibility in the choice of focal length for positioning of photoresponsive devices. The improvement is obtained by collimating the collected scattered light entering a deviating device, typically a fresnel prism, and then focusing the emerging separate, independent beams for measurement. Collimation can be obtained using optical elements including lens systems or reflective systems such as those employing parabolic reflection.