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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Moxtek, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Floyd Jones, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Daniel N. Paas, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Brad Harris, Farmington, UT (US);
Assignee:
Moxtek, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/223 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/223 (2013.01); G01N 2223/0766 (2013.01); G01N 2223/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention includes various electronic devices for avoiding or minimizing XRF analyzer user fatigue. In one embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a finger sensor for activating an XRF analysis. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a finger tap switch for activating the XRF analysis. In another embodiment, the XRF analyzer can include a microphone for activating the XRF analysis by receipt of a verbal command. Additional benefits of some embodiments include improving XRF analysis safety and avoiding XRF analyzer theft.