On-site analyzer
CA 2340097 C · Owner: Top Source Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Coates, John; Rosenbaum, Neil; Abuneaj, Yosef
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An apparatus (10) for analyzing lubricant oils and functional fluids includes an optical emission spectrometer (OES) (26) having a substantially continuously valued wavelength versus intensity output (140). The OES (26) analyzes light captured from a spark emission stand (58) through which the fluid sample is flowed. An expert system (160-172) operates according to a set of Rules, and generates diagnostic text (174) for an operator based on the information about the fluid sample provided by the OES (26) and other measurement devices. The apparatus (10) is reduced in size weight and cost.
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- Filed August 12, 1999 and granted October 25, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 12, 2021.
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