Patents by Inventor WAYNE PERDUE

WAYNE PERDUE 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: 9410882
    Abstract: A turbidimeter for measuring a turbidity of a liquid sample in a sample cuvette includes a cuvette receiving device configured to position the sample cuvette in a defined cuvette position, a light source configured to generate a parallel light beam in the sample cuvette, an annular 45° collecting mirror configured to surround the sample cuvette, a scattering body arranged concentric to the annular 45° collecting mirror, a scattering light detector arranged to receive light scattered by the scattering body, and an annular 45° concentration mirror arranged coaxially to the annular 45° collecting mirror and optically opposite to the annular 45° collecting mirror. The annular 45° collecting mirror is arranged concentric to the light beam. The annular 45° concentration mirror is configured to surround the scattering body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HACH LANGE GMBH
    Inventors: Barbara Haase, Manfred Battefeld, Andreas Mitreiter, Michael Kussmann, Bas De Heij, Clemens Hanschke, Wayne Perdue
  • Publication number: 20160109365
    Abstract: A turbidimeter for measuring a turbidity of a liquid sample in a sample cuvette includes a cuvette receiving device configured to position the sample cuvette in a defined cuvette position, a light source configured to generate a parallel light beam in the sample cuvette, an annular 45° collecting mirror configured to surround the sample cuvette, a scattering body arranged concentric to the annular 45° collecting minor, a scattering light detector arranged to receive light scattered by the scattering body, and an annular 45° concentration minor arranged coaxially to the annular 45° collecting minor and optically opposite to the annular 45° collecting mirror. The annular 45° collecting minor is arranged concentric to the light beam. The annular 45° concentration minor is configured to surround the scattering body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: BARBARA HAASE, MANFRED BATTEFELD, ANDREAS MITREITER, MICHAEL KUSSMANN, BAS DE HEIJ, CLEMENS HANSCHKE, WAYNE PERDUE