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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Johan Hendrikus Verheijen, Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Abstract
A photometric measuring system comprising a holder (,) provided with at least one liquid storage chamber (,) having an open upper end (,) for holding liquid (,) to be measured; at least one light generator (,) for generating an incoming light beam (,) towards the liquid storage chamber, so that at least a portion of the incoming light beam (,) enters the liquid storage chamber (,) though the open upper end (,); and at least one light detector (,) for detecting, during operation, at least a portion of the light (,) which has interacted with the liquid present in the liquid storage chamber (,), wherein, at least a portion of the inner walls of the storage chamber has been provided with a reflective surface (,), so that at least a portion of the light which has entered the storage chamber to interact with the liquid in the storage chamber will be reflected towards the open upper end and will leave the storage chamber through the open upper end; and wherein the light detector detects at least a portion of said light which has left the storage chamber through the open upper end.