The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 09, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1983
Lewis Erwin, Winchester, MA (US);
Jeffrey L Dohner, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for measuring particle agglomeration or dispersion in fluid mixtures, such as polymer melts, resides in a piezoelectric transducer, a spherical fused quartz lens, and a fluid housing. A repetitive, broadband, ultrasonic wave is produced by the transducer and is sent into the lens, which also serves to isolate the transducer from the mixture. The ultrasonic wave meets a spherical dimple at the end of the lens which focuses a portion of it into a diffraction limited spot or 'interrogation zone'. Since the intensity of the wave is large in the interrogation zone, small changes in the impedance of the fluid in this zone, caused by passing agglomerates, will cause large fluctuations in the intensity of the back scattered wave, which is monitored by the transducer between pulses and displayed by associated electronic elements.