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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:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Gordon Ridgeway, Quakertown, PA (US);
Richard Vincent Pearce, Kempton, PA (US);
Peter James Maroulis, Mertztown, PA (US);
Seksan Dheandhanoo, Quakertown, PA (US);
Suhas Narayan Ketkar, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73-106 ; 137-7 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for generating a low concentration calibration gas mixture containing percent, ppm, ppb or ppt amounts of a desired analyte from a high concentration gas mixture and a high purity diluent using a series of source gas containing vessels and a series of parallel gas or chemical conduits controlled by mass flow controllers in a purged enclosure with conduits to purge gas conduits of residual gases or corrosive gases.