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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:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Champetier, Torrance, CA (US);
Richard L Graff, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374 14 ; 73 23 ; 73 25 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (10) for identifying molecular contamination in an environment includes a pair of crystals (12, 14) supported within supports (16, 18, 20) which are cantilevered to a base (44) by standoffs (36). Base is housed within an enclosure (56) which opens through an opening (54) to an environment to be tested. Contaminants from the environment are deposited on sensing crystal (12) which, after a build up of the contaminants thereon, is heated by a heater. Through a thermo-gravimetric analysis, the points at which contaminants on crystal (12) sublime provide a means for identifying the contaminants.