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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:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis D Colligan, Waterbury, CT (US);
Lloyd S Brown, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 407 ;
Abstract
A hydrocarbon leak detector apparatus detects defectively sealed packages by monitoring for the presence of a volatile hydrocarbonaceous substance that leaks from defective packages. The apparatus includes one or more sealable chambers, a vacuum generator pump, a hydrocarbon detector and conduit means for delivering air from the chamber(s) to the hydrocarbon detector.