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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:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas H Smith, Los Altos, CA (US);
Charels R Connell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2504581 ; 2042 / ; 356344 ;
Abstract
A rotary scanning apparatus for scanning a plurality of separation lanes where the separation lanes are disposed in a nonplanar array. The scanning apparatus includes an optical detection system for detecting radiation emanating from the separation lanes, the optical detection system including collection optics for collecting and focusing the radiation, a detector for measuring the intensity of the radiation, and a rotary scanner for providing relative movement between the collection optics and the separation lanes.