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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1990
Avron I Bryan, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);
Michael R Cushman, Kingsport, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device for use in a system for providing on-line, real-time monitoring of the condition of a sensor immersed in a process solution, the sensor having a membrane, by periodically generating known changes in characteristics of the process solution adjacent the membrane, the device providing a fixed volume of the process solution adjacent the membrane, the fixed volume being independent of a flow rate of the process solution. The device include a shield of non-conductive material, and having a retracted position permitting flow of the process solution past membrane, and an extended position enclosing the membrane to provide a fixed, stationary volume of process solution adjacent said membrane. The shield is selectively moved from its retracted position to its extended position during monitoring of the condition of the sensor.