Spray data acquisition system
AssigneeImage Therm Engineering, Inc.
InventorDino J. Farina
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Abstract
A spray data acquisition system includes a pumping device responsive to an applied force to generate an aerosol spray plume along a spray axis. The system further includes a spray pump actuator that is capable of controlling the pumping force and the duration of the aerosol spray plume produced by the pumping device. The system also includes an illumination device that illuminates the aerosol spray plume along at least one first geometric plane that intersects the aerosol spray plume. The system further includes an imaging device that acquires data representative of an interaction between the illumination and the aerosol spray plume along at least one geometric plane.
Claims13
A spray data acquisition system comprising:
- a housing for supporting a pumping device whereby the pumping device is responsive to an applied force to generate an aerosol spray plume through an exit port thereon along a spray axis;
- a spray pump actuator, wherein the spray pump actuator is capable of controlling a pumping force and a duration of the aerosol spray plume of the pumping device;
- an illumination device for illuminating the aerosol spray plume along at least one geometric plane that intersects the aerosol spray plume;
- and,
- an imaging device for acquiring data representative of a first interaction between the illumination and the aerosol spray plume along the at least one geometric plane.
An apparatus for producing image data representative of at least one sequential set of images of a spray plume, each of the images being representative of a density characteristic of the spray plume (i) along a geometric plane that intersects the spray plume, and (ii) at a predetermined instant in time, comprising:
- an illuminator for providing an illumination of the spray plume along at least one geometric plane that intersects the spray plume;
- and,
- an imaging device for generating the image data representative of an interaction between the illumination and the spray plume along the at least one geometric plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.