Lubricant detector and measuring device
First Claim
1. In an apparatus for coating the surface of an article with a film of a liquid material which includes a chamber, a nozzle in said chamber for directing a flow of air containing particles of said liquid material onto the surface of the article and means for providing a flow of air containing said particles to the nozzle, the improvement comprising:
- a tube in said housing having one end adjacent said nozzle,a pump having its inlet end connected to the other end of said tube for removing from the housing a portion of the air containing the particles,means for diluting the air containing the particles with additional air, said means being connected to the outlet end of the pump, andmeans for counting the number of particles in the diluted mixture of air and particles.
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Abstract
A detector and measuring device for determining the presence and number of lubricant particles in a flow of air directed onto the surface of a disc to coat the disc with a thin layer of the lubricant. The detector includes means for removing a portion of the air containing the lubricant particles from the coating chamber, means for diluting the air containing the lubricant particles with additional clean air and means for passing diluted air through a particle counter which detects and counts the particles of lubricant.
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1. In an apparatus for coating the surface of an article with a film of a liquid material which includes a chamber, a nozzle in said chamber for directing a flow of air containing particles of said liquid material onto the surface of the article and means for providing a flow of air containing said particles to the nozzle, the improvement comprising:
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a tube in said housing having one end adjacent said nozzle, a pump having its inlet end connected to the other end of said tube for removing from the housing a portion of the air containing the particles, means for diluting the air containing the particles with additional air, said means being connected to the outlet end of the pump, and means for counting the number of particles in the diluted mixture of air and particles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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