Patents by Inventor Barry L. Sharp

Barry L. Sharp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10285255
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a sample chamber 102 configured to accommodate a target 104 within an interior 106 thereof, a sample generator 108 configured to remove a portion of the target 104 (which may be subsequently captured as a sample) and an analysis system 110 configured to analyze a composition of the sample. A sample capture cell in the chamber proximate to the target has a capture cavity configured to receive target material, a first inlet configured to transmit a flow of a carrier gas from a first location adjacent to an exterior of the capture cell into a region of the capture cavity; and an outlet configured to receive carrier gas from another region of the capture cavity. The sample chamber 102 includes an injection nozzle 120 configured to introduce, into the interior 106, a fluid such as a carrier gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ELEMENTAL SCIENTIFIC LASERS, LLC
    Inventors: Barry L. Sharp, David N. Douglas, Amy J. Managh
  • Publication number: 20140224775
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a sample chamber 102 configured to accommodate a target 104 within an interior 106 thereof, a sample generator 108 configured to remove a portion of the target 104 (which may be subsequently captured as a sample) and an analysis system 110 configured to analyze a composition of the sample. A sample capture cell in the chamber proximate to the target has a capture cavity configured to receive target material, a first inlet configured to transmit a flow of a carrier gas from a first location adjacent to an exterior of the capture cell into a region of the capture cavity; and an outlet configured to receive carrier gas from another region of the capture cavity. The sample chamber 102 includes an injection nozzle 120 configured to introduce, into the interior 106, a fluid such as a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry L. Sharp, David N. Douglas, Amy J. Managh
  • Publication number: 20140227776
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a sample chamber 102 configured to accommodate a target 104 within an interior 106 thereof, a sample generator 108 configured to remove a portion of the target 104 (which may be subsequently captured as a sample) and an analysis system 110 configured to analyze a composition of the sample. A sample capture cell in the chamber proximate to the target has a capture cavity configured to receive target material, a first inlet configured to transmit a flow of a carrier gas from a first location adjacent to an exterior of the capture cell into a region of the capture cavity; and an outlet configured to receive carrier gas from another region of the capture cavity. The sample chamber 102 includes an injection nozzle 120 configured to introduce, into the interior 106, a fluid such as a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY L. SHARP, DAVID N. DOUGLAS, AMY J. MANAGH
  • Patent number: 4793556
    Abstract: A device for nebulization of fluid materials includes a nozzle(s) for an emergenece of gas from a high pressure supply (1). A conical guide wall (7) receives fluid materials from a tube (b 8). The angle of the guide wall is greater than the Prandtl-Mayer angle of the emergent gas stream (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventor: Barry L. Sharp