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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. 16, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Mountain, Harriman, TN (US);
Mong Ching Lin, Knoxville, TN (US);
A Andrew Carey, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Assignee:
CSI Technology, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356335 ; 356330 ; 356335 ; 356337 ;
Abstract
Solid particles combined with a water contaminated oil sample are counted by an optical particle counter. The contaminated oil sample is mixed at a substantially 1:1 ratio with a water masking solvent comprising about one part isopropanol and about three parts toluene. The oil and solvent mixture is passed through a transparent viewing volume between a light source and a light detector for detection and counting of oil suspended solid particles.