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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2006
Applicant:

Russell Robert Graze, Jr., Dunlap, IL (US);

Inventor:

Russell Robert Graze, Jr., Dunlap, IL (US);

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A dilution device includes an inlet port and an outlet port. The dilution device also includes a first porous conduit defining an internal flow passage. The first porous conduit has a plurality of pores that communicate between an outside region external of the first porous conduit and the internal flow passage. The dilution device also includes a second porous conduit disposed around the first porous conduit. The second porous conduit defines a first chamber peripherally about the first porous conduit. The second porous conduit has a plurality of pores that communicate between an outside region external of the second pours conduit and the first chamber. The dilution device further includes a housing disposed around the second porous conduit. The housing defines a second chamber peripherally about the second porous conduit. The housing has an inlet port in communication with the second chamber. The first porous conduit includes a port at a first end of the first porous conduit in communication with the second chamber.


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