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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:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maureen B Nunn, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162274 ; 162199 ;
Abstract
A method of detecting microbiological fouling of felts used in paper making machines is described. A felt suspected of containing microbiological deposits is contacted with iodonitrotetrazolium and then examined for a predetermined color change confirming the presence of bacteria on the felt. The felt assumes a red color in the presence of at least one million colony forming units of bacteria per gram of dry felt within thirty minutes after the iodonitrotetrazolium has contacted the felt.