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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Shang-jung Wu, Taoyuan, TW;
Zen-chyuan Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Shang-Jung Wu, Taoyuan, TW;
Zen-Chyuan Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Solteam Opto, Inc., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A turbidity sensor for sensing the turbidity of a fluid in a working chamber in a household appliance is disclosed to include a light-transmissive body shell defining therein an accommodation chamber and covered with a cover member, and a sensor module, which includes a circuit board mounted in the accommodation chamber inside the body shell, a holder block a set of light-transmitting devices and a set of light-receiving devices on the circuit board in a right angle relationship for emitting light onto the fluid and picking up reflected light from suspended particles/impurities in the fluid for determination of the turbidity of the fluid.