Device for detecting air in fluid conducting tubing
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1. A device for detecting the presence of air in translucent or transparent tubing, comprising:
- a body having a tubing accommodating passage providing accommodation for said tubing;
a light energy transmitter for light transmitting light energy towards said tubing;
a light energy receiver for receiving light energy transmitted by said transmitter and modified by changes in the constituency of fluid passing through said tubing; and
an optical spacer having a circular cross-section and occupying space between said light energy transmitter and said tubing and said tubing and said light energy receiver in said tubing accommodating passage,wherein said light energy transmitter and said light energy receiver are located in passages extending through said body and opening into said tubing accommodating passage.
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Abstract
A device for detecting air in large bore thin walled transparent tubing, including a body providing accommodation for the tubing; an LED in a passage body for transmitting light energy towards the tubing; a phototransistor mounted in an orthogonally extending passage for receiving light transmitted by LED and modified by changes in the constituency of fluid passing through tubing; and an optical spacer in the form of a slotted collar of material optically matched to the material of tubing occupying space between LED and the tubing and phototransistor.
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1. A device for detecting the presence of air in translucent or transparent tubing, comprising:
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a body having a tubing accommodating passage providing accommodation for said tubing; a light energy transmitter for light transmitting light energy towards said tubing; a light energy receiver for receiving light energy transmitted by said transmitter and modified by changes in the constituency of fluid passing through said tubing; and an optical spacer having a circular cross-section and occupying space between said light energy transmitter and said tubing and said tubing and said light energy receiver in said tubing accommodating passage, wherein said light energy transmitter and said light energy receiver are located in passages extending through said body and opening into said tubing accommodating passage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device for detecting the presence of air in translucent or transparent tubing, comprising:
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a body providing accommodation for said tubing; a light energy transmitter for light transmitting light energy towards said tubing; a light energy receiver for receiving light energy transmitted by said transmitter and modified by changes in the constituency of fluid passing through said tubing; and an optical spacer occupying space between said light energy transmitter and said tubing and said tubing and said light energy receiver, comprising a cylindrical element having a dielectric constant greater than that of air, said element having a tubing passage extending along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical element and in which said tubing is disposed in intimate contact with said cylindrical element. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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