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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1987
Yasushi Zaitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A particle detecting device for detecting particles contained in a flowing sample fluid is provided which comprises a light beam irradiating mechanism for irradiating the sample fluid with a light beam, the light beam irradiating mechanism including a light beam deflecting portion for directing the light beam across the flow of the sample fluid and for causing the light beam to scan a predetermined irradiation region of the sample fluid, this scanning causing a portion of the light beam to be scattered by the particles in the irradiation region to produce scattered light; a light receiving mechanism for receiving the scattered light and for converting the scattered light to an electrical signal; and a signal processor coupled to the light receiving mechanism for processing the electric signal to obtain at least one of the number of particles in the sample fluid and a particle size distribution for the particles in the sample fluid. The electrical signal includes a series of pulse groups, each of the pulse groups comprising a plurality of pulses. Accordingly, the signal processor detects the peak value of the pulses of at least one of the pulse groups and/or detects the number of pulse groups.