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Hermetically sealed package tester

CA 1282460 C · Owner: Hawes, Anthony D.M. · Inventors: Vinton, Melvin; Hawes, Anthony D.M.

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A method and apparatus for testing flexible sealed packages of the type wherein the package is at least partially made of a flexible, electrically conductive foil or metallic laminate wherein the capacitance between the flexible conductive foil or metallic laminate of the package and a fixed electrode is measured when the package is subjected externally to a partial vacuum. The apparatus includes an evacuable chamber adapted to support a package under test therewithin so that at least part of the flexible foil or metallic laminate portion of the package lies opposite said fixed electrode and a means for monitoring the capacitance between the electrode and that part of the foil or metallic …

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  • Granted April 2, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 2, 2008.
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FiledAugust 28, 1987
GrantedApril 2, 1991
Term endedApril 2, 2008
Patent numberCA 1282460 C
Classification (IPC)G01M3/18 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedAug 28, 1987Patent grantedApril 2, 1991Term endedApril 2, 2008

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