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7609074 Electronic moisture tester  
The moisture content of a foodstuff or other solid matter is determined by reducing the matter to a paste, packing the paste into a vessel equipped with multiple pairs of plate electrodes and one...
7603886 Breath alcohol-measuring device with piezo drive  
A breath alcohol-measuring device for breathing gas sampling has a mouthpiece ( 2 ), for receiving the exhaled breathing air ( 1 ) of a test subject, provided with a first flow diaphragm ( 3 ). A...
7591169 Measuring instrument for gravimetric moisture determination  
A measuring instrument for gravimetric moisture determination of a sample includes a radiator, a weighing cell, and a sample receiver which can be connected to the weighing cell. The sample...
7584652 Methods of rapidly simulating in-service warp distortion of a wood product and/or rapidly estimating shrinkage properties using electromagnetic energy  
Methods are provided for rapidly simulating “in-service” warp distortion of a wood product. Methods are also provided for rapidly estimating shrinkage properties of a wood product by using...
7581876 Dual energy source loss-on-drying instrument  
An instrument and associated method are disclosed for the loss-on-drying determination of the volatile content of a wide variety of samples. The instrument includes a cavity in which a sample for...
7571637 Design structure for an on-chip real-time moisture sensor for and method of detecting moisture ingress in an integrated circuit chip  
A design structure for an on-chip real-time moisture detection circuitry for monitoring ingress of moisture into an integrated circuit chip during the operational lifetime of the chip. The moisture...
7567183 Printable sensors for plastic glazing  
A system for sensing environmental conditions on a window assembly. The system includes a transparent panel and a sensor integrated onto the panel. The sensor being configured to sense...
7562832 Two-conductor moisture activated switch  
An absolute moisture sensor is coupled to a controller circuit with the combination being integrated into a single device as a moisture-activated switch. The resultant switch is coupled in series...
7553450 Irreversible humidity exposure dose indicator device  
An irreversible humidity exposure dose indicator device, including a housing sealed at a first end thereof and adapted at a second end thereof to admit ambient gas ingress into an interior volume...
7552624 Method and structures for detecting moisture in electroluminescence display devices  
A method for detecting moisture in a display device having at least one display element includes incorporating at least one moisture detector in a predetermined location of the display device, the...
7516651 Method and apparatus to determine moisture content in solid insulation  
Disclosed herein is a method that relates to determining water content of a solid insulation at a specific location within a transformer. The method comprising, determining a temperature of the...
7475495 Dryness sensor for clothes dryer  
The current invention relates to a clothes dryer having a dryness sensing device and method of use comprising at least two electrically conductive sensor bars placed closely together but not...
7458265 Piezoelectric cantilever sensors  
A piezoelectric cantilever with a non-piezoelectric, or piezoelectric tip useful as mass and viscosity sensors. The change in the cantilever mass can be accurately quantified by monitoring a...
7448258 High throughput screening for moisture barrier characteristics of materials  
A method of developing a new coating having a desired performance characteristic with regard to a property of a coating is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing an array of...
7441443 Drying balance  
A drying balance ( 1 ) including a pan ( 3 ) that rests on a weighing system ( 2 ) as well as a heat source ( 5 ) for heating and drying a sample ( 4 ) on the pan. A sensor ( 11 ) measures the...
7437957 Porous medium tensiometer  
A porous medium tensiometer has a filling mechanism which allows to fill a fluid chamber and simultaneously withdraw gas contained in the fluid chamber. A self-priming tensiometer includes a porous...
7424821 Characterization of porous media  
Porous filter media and methods for characterizing, selecting and using such media based on their dynamic wettability are disclosed. The dynamic wettability of a medium is a measure of how quickly...
7421887 Moisture detection and control using sensor feedback  
A method for moisture detection and removal is provided. The method involves providing discrete feedback as an indication of current moisture accumulation on a surface of a perforated plane,...
7407625 Volume-differential water assay system using hydrophilic gel  
Systems and methods for measuring the moisture and sediment content of a petroleum sample. In one embodiment, a sample to be tested is collected in a field bottle. The sample from the field bottle...
7401501 Method and apparatus for determining liquid absorption of aggregate  
A method of determining liquid absorption of an aggregate comprises providing a shaker apparatus, a vacuum source and a container; placing a sample of the aggregate in the container; adding liquid...
7373805 Apparatus for directing particles in a fluid  
There is disclosed apparatus for directing particles entrained in a fluid, comprising a chamber having a first wall, including means for generating a sound wave having a frequency v, and a second,...
7370531 Detection circuits, detection method and systems of measuring physical quantities  
A detection circuit 30 has a unit 30 a for inputting a signal to be detected by synchronized wave detection, a unit 30 b for inputting a standard signal for the signal to be detected and a...
7354768 Volume-differential assay using hydrophilic gel  
Systems and methods for measuring the moisture and sediment content of a petroleum sample. In one embodiment, a sample to be tested is collected in a field bottle. The sample from the field bottle...
7345491 Clothes dryer moisture sensing circuit  
A moisture sensing circuit for a clothes dryer in which clothes tumble during drying has a pair of spaced apart electrode sensors for sensing the electrical resistance of the clothes when the...
7337580 Weight change indicating apparatus  
An apparatus for use under an object utilizes a weighing mechanism and an adjustable indicating system for monitoring weight change. The apparatus may be particularly adapted for monitoring soil...
7325444 Methods and systems for determining moisture transfer characteristics of welding materials  
Systems and methods are presented for determining a transfer characteristic of welding electrodes, flux, or other welding consumable, or materials used in producing welding consumables, in which an...
7324904 Methods for determining dimensional stability of wood products utilizing single and multiple sensor groups  
Systems and methods are provided for detecting the potential of a wood sample, such as a board, to stay on grade, i.e., resist warp, after it is put into service and/or its moisture has...
7320244 Fitness for use of fiberglass insulation  
A method for determining the water resistance of glass fiber based insulation to wetting by water is disclosed. The method generally comprise the steps of placing a sample of insulation into...
7311816 Device for determining the residual liquid content of solids cakes in centrifuges  
A device for determining the residual liquid content of solids cakes in a centrifuge basket. The device includes two electrodes protruding through a wall of the basket and into the solids cake; a...
7310995 Method and device for determination of moisture content and solid state phase of solids using moisture sorption gravimetry and near infrared or Raman spectroscopy  
A method and apparatus for measuring isotherms and determining solid state phase changes comprising a humidity generator having a temperature controlled internal chamber, a microbalance mounted...
7296461 Temperature compensated windshield moisture detector  
A moisture detection system includes an electrical conductor disposed on a surface of a substrate, an oscillator for outputting an oscillator signal at a predetermined amplitude and a predetermined...
7287417 Device for determining the wetting of a wall by a liquid  
Ultrasonic waves passing through guides ( 5, 6 ) are emitted towards a target ( 2 ) immersed in a liquid in order to infer the wetting of this target from certain features of the received signal....
7272896 Data transfer between moisture sensors  
A method of monitoring electrical component moisture exposure includes calculating a remaining floor life value for a group of electrical component containers and a first container, based on an...
7266996 Percolation testing apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method which accurately quantifies the percolation rate of soils, or other materials. This invention unlike prior arts measures the time elapsed for water to drop in a percolation...
7263875 Multi-layer windshield moisture detector  
A moisture detection system includes a moisture detector having a first electrical conductor, a first substrate having the first electrical conductor disposed on one surface thereof, a spacing...
7258129 Moisture sensor and control system for sprinklers and method therefor  
A landscaping watering system has a probe for monitoring a moisture content of an area. A control unit is coupled to the probe for sending an activation signal to activate a flow of water when a...
7249493 Method and apparatus for measuring relative humidity of a mixture  
A method and apparatus for measuring relative humidity of a mixture that provides a quick response time for thermal lag while affording protection to fragile sensors. In one aspect, the invention...
7231815 Relative humidity probe for concrete  
A probe for determining the relative humidity and temperature of a substance such as a concrete floor. The probe is adapted to be inserted into a hole in the substance being tested. The probe has a...
7231814 Moisture measuring device and method  
The invention relates to a measuring device for the measurement of properties of a material to be measured, in particular of the moisture content of agricultural harvested products such as hay,...
7222519 Soil moisture content measurement system and method  
The invention provides a soil moisture content measurement system comprising a porous plate arranged to support a soil sample; a hanging water tube extending downwardly from the porous plate, the...
7219534 Method and apparatus for determining transpiration characteristics of a permeable membrane  
A system and method for measuring the transpirational characteristics of a permeable polymeric membrane, particularly polymeric membranes used for bandages. The polymeric membrane is placed against...
7208962 Device and method for detecting the environment change of windshield  
A device and method for detecting environmental change of automobile windshield includes a plane capacitor having two electrodes disposed on a common plane on the inner surface of the windshield,...
7204130 Windshield moisture detector  
A moisture detector can include a first elongated conductor disposed on a substrate. The first conductor can define a zigzag path between the opposite ends thereof. A second conductor can also be...
7190176 Analysis of variable-depth sample using a sweeping microwave signal  
An apparatus and method for analysing an amount of at least one component in a sample ( 21 ) by measuring a microwave signal ( 13 ) that has passed at least partially through the sample ( 21 ), the...
7189575 Method and device for determining the swelling behavior of polymer gels under pressure  
Disclosed is a method for determining the swellability and the swelling kinetics of superabsorbent material ( 9 ) such as polymer gels, for example, which comprises introducing a defined volume of...
7178391 Insertion tube methods and apparatus  
A drill string comprises a first drill string member having a male end; and a second drill string member having a female end configured to be joined to the male end of the first drill string...
7174774 Method and apparatus of detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles  
A method and apparatus for detecting pooling of fluid in disposable or non-disposable absorbent articles is provided. The apparatus includes an object that has at least one surface area onto which...
7171844 Apparatus and method for measuring the mass of a substance  
An apparatus for measuring the mass of a substance includes a sensor having a membrane layer, the membrane for receiving the substance thereon, an oscillator device for driving the membrane at a...
7150184 Density independent moisture analyzer  
Systems and methods for the on-site determination of water content in crude oil. The water content of crude oil is determined by mixing a sample of the crude oil with a fixed amount of molecular...
7143646 Sensor  
The invention relates to a sensor, with a sensor housing ( 8 ) whose through-hole is intended for a connecting cable ( 1 ) that is attached to the sensor ( 11, 12 ), such that the connecting cable...