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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Applicants:
James Douglas Kendall, Ajax, CA;
John Henry Cole, Kitchener, CA;
Adam Joseph Bucek, Princeton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kendall Technology Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2014.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2013.01); G01J 3/0218 (2013.01); G01J 3/0272 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/314 (2013.01); G01N 21/3151 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3148 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gold detection apparatus capable of detecting gold in field mineral samples such as rock or soil with little or no preparation. Light in red, green and violet wavelengths is directed at a surface of a mineral sample and the reflected light intensity is measured by an array of sensors or photosites. Based on the characteristic reflectance properties of gold, the reflected light intensity in each wavelength is used to determine the presence of gold particles and the gold concentration of the mineral sample.