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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:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Waynle I. Sternberger, Highland, MD (US);
Stuart A. Goemmer, Bel Air, MD (US);
Alexander E. Dence, Panama City, FL (US);
Stanley G. Reach, Panama City, FL (US);
Cheryl S. Schein, Frederick, MD (US);
Micah A. Carlson, Baltimore, MD (US);
William R. Allmon, Yardley, PA (US);
Waynle I. Sternberger, Highland, MD (US);
Stuart A. Goemmer, Bel Air, MD (US);
Alexander E. Dence, Panama City, FL (US);
Stanley G. Reach, Panama City, FL (US);
Cheryl S. Schein, Frederick, MD (US);
Micah A. Carlson, Baltimore, MD (US);
William R. Allmon, Yardley, PA (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a material sampling interface that includes one or more inlet manifolds and one or more outlet manifolds and piping running to and from the manifolds. There are rungs connecting the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold. In addition, a bypass rung is positioned between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, with a bypass valve positioned on the bypass. Each of the rungs has piping connected to the inlet and outlet manifolds and a removable reservoir connected to the piping. The reservoir includes an internal removable sampler adapted to sample the material. There is an inlet valve connected to the piping between the reservoir and the inlet manifold and an outlet valve connected to the piping between the reservoir and the outlet manifold. The invention is capable of sampling any flowable material including fluids, gases, particles, etc.