Published January 4, 2000 | Version v1
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Personal continuous air monitor

Creators

Description

This invention relates to a personal continuous air monitor capable of giving immediate warning of the presence of radioactivity. The monitor has a filter/detector head to be worn in the breathing zone of a user and it contains a filter mounted adjacent to radiation detectors, and a preamplifier. The filter/detector head is connected to a belt pack to be worn at the waist or on the back of a user. The belt pack contains a signal processor, batteries, a multichannel analyzer, a logic circuit, and an alarm. An air pump also is provided in the belt pack for pulling air through the filter/detector head by way of an air tube.d

Availability note (English)

Available from Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (US)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[10 p.]
IPC:
Int. Cl. G08B 17/10
IPC
Int. Cl. G08B 17/10
Patent number
US patent document 9-205,490

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
31024820
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; DESIGN; PERSONNEL MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORS
Descriptors DEC
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; MONITORS; RADIATION MONITORING

Optional Information

Notes
W-7405-ENG-36
Secondary number(s)
US patent application 9-205,490