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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Michael Q. Thompson, Coatesville, PA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Q. Thompson, Coatesville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 30/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting a flow disruption within a gas chromatograph (GC) inlet. A controller controls an input flow of a gas entering a chamber of the GC inlet, and the output flow of gas leaving the chamber. A flow disruption is detected when at least one of the input and output flows deviates from a target value.