On-site oil analyzer
June 3, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3526127 Basic sediment and water measurement Supervisory control system for remotely monitoring and controlling at least one operational device Intelligent chemistry management system Contained radiological analytical chemistry module Gas cylinder monitor and control system Chemical analyzer Process gas distribution system and method with supervisory control Process environment monitoring system Optical test system for a chemical analyzer InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 254039 filed on 06/03/1994US Classes:702/50, Fluid measurement (e.g., mass, pressure, viscosity)73/53.05, Lubricant testing73/61.41, Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture73/61.48, By optical irradiation73/61.71, For measuring solid components (e.g., particles)73/863.11, With heating or cooling250/301, METHODS OF DETERMINING OIL PRESENCE, CONTAMINATION OR CONCENTRATION250/339.12, Using sample absorption for chemical composition analysis340/631, Lubricant356/70, OIL TESTING (E.G., CONTAMINATION)356/72, WITH PLURAL DIVERSE TEST OR ART356/73, PLURAL TEST702/22Chemical analysisExaminersPrimary: Voeltz, Emanuel T.Assistant: Stamber, Eric W. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06G 007/57G05B 023/02 G01N 033/26 G01N 021/00 AbstractThe on-site analyzer (10) includes a housing (14). The housing (14) contains an infrared spectrometer (18) and an optical emission spectrometer (24) for testing a sample (12) of oil. A conduit (32) by operation of a pump (40) draws the sample (12) into the conduit (32), and controllably moves the sample (12) to an infrared spectrometer (18) for testing, and subsequently to an optical emission spectrometer (24) for testing. The pump (40) and spectrometers (18, 24) are controlled by a computer (50) for complete automation of testing. The computer (50) performs analysis and diagnosis of the test results from the spectrometers (18, 24) based on sets of known and standard information. The computer (50) may communicate with a central, remote computer (70). Remote computer (70) accumulates results from a plurality of on-site analyzers (10) to obtain trend and wear evaluations, and to update the standard information in each of the on-site analyzers (10).Field of SearchLubricantLIQUID ANALYSIS OR ANALYSIS OF THE SUSPENSION OF SOLIDS IN A LIQUID Lubricant testing By solid content Content or effect of a constituent of a liquid mixture Metallic particle constituent Liquid constituent of a liquid mixture Plural liquid constituent (e.g., multiphase liquid) By optical irradiation For measuring solid components (e.g., particles) With heating or cooling OIL TESTING (E.G., CONTAMINATION) WITH PLURAL DIVERSE TEST OR ART PLURAL TEST METHODS OF DETERMINING OIL PRESENCE, CONTAMINATION OR CONCENTRATION Using sample absorption for chemical composition analysis | |
