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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roland Gevaud, Pringy, FR;
Gilles Baret, Annecy, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel CIT, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 ;
Abstract
A leak detector including at least one analysis unit connected to the inlet of a first secondary pump, a pre-evacuation set connected to an inlet coupling, the inlet of said pre-evacuation set further being connected to the outlet of said first secondary pump via a pipe provided with a first valve, wherein said pre-evacuation set comprises a second secondary pump and a mechanical primary pump connected together in series, and wherein a pipe provided with a second valve connects an intermediate point of said first secondary pump to the inlet of said second secondary pump.