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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Avishai Nevel, Providence, RI (US);
Kendall W Gordon, Jr, North Kingston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Lawson-Hemphill, Inc., Central Falls, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503416 ; 250330 ; 25033912 ;
Abstract
A method of determining the presence of contaminants in cotton fibers, including the steps of heating the cotton fibers, and analyzing infrared emanations from the heated cotton to determine areas within the cotton with non-cotton infrared signatures as indicative of contaminants in the cotton.