MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517054284 A) filed by Smiths Detection-Watford Limited, Hempstead, U.K., on June 5, for 'detector inlet apparatus and method.'
Inventor(s) include Atkinson, Jonathan Richard; and Irwin, Ben.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An inlet apparatus for a detection system, and a method for controlling power consumption in a detection system, are provided. An inlet apparatus comprises an inlet (102) for receiving a flow of air (108) to be tested, the inlet comprising a heater (106) configured to heat the flow of air to vaporise an aerosol carried by the air for sampling by the analytical apparatus (120). A flow provider (114) is configured to draw the flow of air through the inlet past the heater for sampling by the analytical apparatus, and a controller (104) is configured to control operation of the heater and the flow provider to reduce a flow rate of the air past the heater to reduce cooling of the heater before increasing power to the heater to vaporise aerosols, and to control the flow provider to provide aerosols vaporised by the heater for sampling by the analytical apparatus."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 28, 2023, under International application No.PCT/GB2023/053080.
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