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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Applicant:
Marco Brandestini, Schwerzenbach, CH;
Inventor:
Marco Brandestini, Schwerzenbach, CH;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 3/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The apparatus comprises an actuator () that can be pushed from an extended position to a depressed position. When doing so, the actuator () first releases an impact body () to impinge against the sample (), and then a catcher () to be moved to the released impact body () for bringing it back. The passage of the impact body () is detected by a reed switch (), which wakes up the processing circuitry and switches the same between two modes of operation. In the first mode, the circuitry displays a device status, and in the second mode a measuring result.