Apparatus for monitoring specific substances in a fluid
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Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring specific substances in a fluid is provided. The apparatus of the present invention includes a housing, a tray, transmission means, a cylindrical transparent reservoir, a cylindrical holder having a plurality of hollow frames around the surrounding thereof each of which holding a test paper, and an optical scanning assembly. The tray is disposed in the housing and rotated by the transmission means. The cylindrical transparent reservoir contains a fluid sample to be analyzed and is held on the tray so as to synchronously rotate with the tray. The cylindrical holder is disposed in the cylindrical transparent reservoir. The optical scanning assembly is fastened beside the cylindrical transparent reservoir for capturing an image of a pattern displayed on each test paper in response to at least one specific substance in the fluid sample upon rotating the cylindrical transparent reservoir and converting the image into electronic signals. Thereby, the specific substances in the fluid sample are analyzed and identified via the image information captured from each test paper.
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33 Claims
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19. A method for obtaining an image of a test paper, comprising:
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disposing a test paper in a cylindrical holder, said cylindrical holder comprising at least one frame adapted to hold the test paper;
disposing the cylindrical holder in a tray disposed in a housing;
activating a transmission assembly disposed in said housing, wherein said transmission assembly, when activated, is adapted to rotate said tray; and
activating an optical scanning assembly disposed in said housing to capture an image of said test paper. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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holding, by at least one frame of a plurality of frames of a holder, a test paper having a pattern;
rotating said holder;
capturing an image of said test paper by an optical scanning assembly. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for holding a test paper having a pattern;
means for rotating said test paper;
means for capturing an image of said test paper. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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