Turbidimeter cleaning
AssigneeHach Company
InventorsRichard Edward Leggett, Sebastiaan Cornelis Petrus de Heij, Vadim B. Malkov
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Abstract
An embodiment provides a method for cleaning a sample cell of a turbidimeter, including: introducing an apparatus comprising a cleaning component into the sample cell, wherein upon introduction of the apparatus into the sample cell a secondary flow path out of the sample cell is opened; engaging a functionality of the apparatus to clean the sample cell; and removing a plurality of particles from the sample cell via the secondary flow path. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims10
A cleaning device for cleaning a sample cell of a turbidimeter, comprising:
- a sample cell cleaning assembly comprising a cleaning component and a tube extending from a bottom tip of the cleaning assembly to a location outside the sample cell, wherein at least a portion of the cleaning component contacts an inner diameter along a longitudinal length of the sample cell;
- a movement device;
- a processor operatively coupled to the sample cell cleaning assembly and the movement device;
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- a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- move, using the movement device, the assembly into the sample cell, wherein upon introduction of the assembly into the sample cell the tube is opened on the assembly, thereby providing a secondary flow path from within the sample cell to a location outside the sample cell;
- engage, by moving the cleaning component using the movement device to move the assembly, a cleaning functionality of the assembly, once introduced into the sample cell and the cleaning component contacting the inner diameter of the sample cell, to clean the sample cell;
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- remove, using the tube, a plurality of particles from the sample cell via the secondary flow path, wherein the plurality of particles comprises residual particulate of a prior sample.
A cleaning device for cleaning a sample cell of a turbidimeter, comprising:
- a sample cell cleaning assembly comprising a cleaning component and a tube extending from a bottom tip of the cleaning assembly to a location outside the sample cell, wherein at least a portion of the cleaning component contacts an inner diameter along a longitudinal length of the sample cell;
- a movement device;
- a processor operatively coupled to the sample cell cleaning assembly and the movement device;
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- a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- move, using the movement device, the assembly comprising a cleaning component into the sample cell, wherein the assembly cleans the inner surface of the sample cell and wherein upon introduction of the assembly into the sample cell the tube is opened on the assembly, thereby providing a secondary flow path from within the sample cell to a location outside the sample cell;
- engage, by moving the cleaning component using the movement device to move the assembly, a cleaning functionality of the assembly, once introduced into the sample cell the cleaning component and contacting the inner diameter of the sample cell, to clean the sample cell, wherein the cleaning functionality is selected from the group consisting of:
- at least one wiper and at least one brush;
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- remove, using the tube, a plurality of particles from the sample cell via the secondary flow path utilizing a suction tube, wherein the plurality of particles comprises residual particulate of a prior sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.