Method and device for testing liquids
First Claim
1. A device for testing a liquid for aiding in the detection of a substance in the liquid, comprising a pair of liquid-absorbent bodies one of which is a test body and the other of which is a reference body, said bodies being made of materials which have substantially identical characteristics with respect to the liquid to be tested for reacting therewith to be colored identically thereby and to have the same light-reflecting properties except that the material of said test body differs from that of said reference body in that the material of said test body is capable of giving a color indication of said substance, and means connected with said bodies for facilitating the dipping thereof into and the removal thereof from a liquid which is to be tested, whereby after thus removing the bodies from the liquid a comparison of the colors thereof will provide the desired information.
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Abstract
A method and device for testing a liquid such as urine for obtaining at least qualitative, but also quantitative, if desired, information in connection with a substance which may be present in the liquid. A reference body and at least one test body are dipped into and removed from the liquid which is to be tested, a suitable means being connected with the bodies to facilitate the dipping thereof into and the removal thereof from the liquid. The test body is capable of giving a color indication in connection with the substance while the reference body has characteristics substantially identical with those of the test cody except that the reference body is incapable of giving a color indication in connection with the substance. Thus, after removal of the bodies from the liquid the reflectivities thereof may be compared so as to give at least a qualitative, but also a quantitative, if desired, indication of the substance in connection with the liquid which is tested.
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- 1. A device for testing a liquid for aiding in the detection of a substance in the liquid, comprising a pair of liquid-absorbent bodies one of which is a test body and the other of which is a reference body, said bodies being made of materials which have substantially identical characteristics with respect to the liquid to be tested for reacting therewith to be colored identically thereby and to have the same light-reflecting properties except that the material of said test body differs from that of said reference body in that the material of said test body is capable of giving a color indication of said substance, and means connected with said bodies for facilitating the dipping thereof into and the removal thereof from a liquid which is to be tested, whereby after thus removing the bodies from the liquid a comparison of the colors thereof will provide the desired information.
- 9. A method of testing a liquid such as urine, comprising steps of dipping into and removing from the liquid, in any sequence, a pair of liquid-absorbent bodies one of which is a test body for giving a color indication in connection with a substance in the liquid and the other of which is a reference body which has characteristics substantially identical with that of said test body except that said reference body is incapable of giving a color indication of the presence of said substance, and then determining a color difference, if any, between said bodies.
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