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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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