795 results about "Leak detector" patented technology

An elongated, flexible, flat conductive tape can be applied to any surface to be monitored for water or other liquid leaks, and electrically connected to any suitable type of conventional electrically operated leak detector. A pair of parallel spaced conductors is disposed on one side of the tape that run longitudinally along the length thereof. The conductors are spaced from one another by a small distance to insure that only a small quantity of water or other conductive liquid is necessary to bridge the gap between the conductors, and create an electrical short circuit or substantial impedance reduction between the two. In addition, the conductors are preferably as flat as possible to insure that liquid can freely flow transversely across them without being impeded thereby. Both of these features insure that the detector tape can sense even very small quantities of liquid, thereby generating an early warning of a leak condition before extensive damage results. A liquid responsive visible indication is also provided on the tape to identify the location along the tape where water or other leaking liquid has come in contact therewith, and eliminates the need for using an expensive sensing device to locate the source of a leak.

One of the most significant safety concerns in the automation of extracorporeal blood treatments such as dialysis is the risk of blood leakage. Such systems draw blood at such a high rate that a loss of integrity in the blood circuit can be catastrophic. The most reliable leak detection method known is the detection of infiltrated air in the blood line, but this only works in blood lines under negative pressure. According to the invention, a leak detector for return lines is provided by periodically generating a negative pressure, which may be brief or at a 50% duty cycle, in the blood return line to draw air into it and thereby reveal the leaks using an air sensor. Although the return line is ordinarily under positive pressure, during the negative pressure cycle, the blood return line draws air through any leaks or disconnects. If air is detected, the system is shut down and an alarm generated.

Improved mold manifold and hot runner nozzle using thin film elements include at least one active or passive thin film element disposed along a melt channel between the manifold inlet and the hot runner nozzle. Preferably, the thin film element may comprise a thin film heater in direct contact with the molten resin and position to aid in the heat and flow management of the resin within the melt channel. Thin film temperature sensors, pressure sensors, and leak detectors may also be provided in the vicinity of the melt channel to enhance process control in the injection molding machine.

A leak detection system is described for detecting a leak through a closed valve disposed between an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe of an industrial process. An insertable plate is coupled to the valve in the pipe in-line with the fluid flow. A sensor couples to the flow and provides a signature output. A leak detector is coupled to the sensor and adapted to detect a leak through the valve based upon the signature output.

A leak detector for detecting and locating leaks in a water supply pipe of plastics, the leak detector comprising a first sensor at a first position arranged to detect a leak signal travelling along a pipe, a second sensor arranged to detect a leak signal travelling along the pipe at a second position spaced from the first position, and a processing device adapted to receive the signals from the first sensor and the second sensor. The processing device may be adapted to determine the velocity of the signals from characteristics of the leak signals. The processing device is adapted to use the velocity and distance between the first sensor and the second sensor to determine the location of a leak. The characteristics may be the relationship between the phase and frequency of the leak signals.

A leak detection system includes a trace gas leak detector having a wireless base unit, and a handheld wireless remote unit to generate an alphanumeric display of leak rate measured by the leak detector, in response to leak detector information received by wireless link from the leak detector. The remote unit may include a wireless transceiver to communicate with the wireless base unit of the leak detector, a display unit and a controller, responsive to the received leak detector information, to generate the display on the display unit. The remote unit may be configured to control the leak detector and may be configured to display a leak detector operating mode.

The invention discloses a pipe leakage detecting system, comprising a controller and a pipe leak detector, wherein, the controller processes and store data in the pipe leak detector through a wireless technology; the pipe leak detector also comprises a sensor, an amplifier, an analog-digital conversion module, a main processor, a GPS clock synchronization control module, a wireless communication module and a power supply module, wherein, the sensor is arranged on a pipe to be detected; the amplifier is connected with the sensor; the analog-digital conversion module is connected with the amplifier; the main processor is connected with the analog-digital conversion module; the GPS clock synchronization control module is connected with the main processor; the wireless communication module is connected with the main processor; and the power supply module is connected with the main processor. In the invention, sensors are arranged on the outer wall of the pipe at intervals and receive sound waves produced by leakage points on the pipe under the condition that GPS time service error is less than 200nS, thereby realizing high sensitive detection of the pipe leakage and high precise positioning of leakage sources. In addition, the pipe leakage detecting system is characterized by low cost, small volume, light weight, being portable and convenient operation.

Improved mold manifold and hot runner nozzle using thin film elements include at least one active or passive thin film element disposed along a melt channel between the manifold inlet and the hot runner nozzle. Preferably, the thin film element may comprise a thin film heater in direct contact with the molten resin and position to aid in the heat and flow management of the resin within the melt channel. Thin film temperature sensors, pressure sensors, and leak detectors may also be provided in the vicinity of the melt channel to enhance process control in the injection molding machine.

A leak detector sequentially emits pulse signals toward a human body at a position at which a needle is inserted, detects pulse signals reflected inside of the human body, and measures a time interval between the emission and the detection for each of the pulse signals. Then, the leak detector calculates the difference between the measured interval and a predetermined time interval, and generates a leak warning for notification when the difference exceeds an acceptable range. Since a swelling on the surface of the human body causes a path of the pulse signal to extend, the leak detector can detect, based on the extended signal path, that the needle has come off a blood vessel.

The invention discloses a device and a method for detecting the leak rate of an O type rubber sealing ring used for spaceflight, which belong to the technical field of the detection of spaceflight components. The device comprises gas storage equipment, an inflation valve, a first pre-pumping valve, a second pre-pumping valve, a leak detection tooling, a leak marking valve, a standard leak, a vacuum gauge, a deflation valve, a leak detection valve, a leak detector, a forestage angle valve, a prepump, a molecular pump, an ultrahigh vacuum gate valve and a vacuum booster pump. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly, pumping the pressure of a detection chamber and a dummy module below the air pressure of 10Pa, then pumping the detection chamber to a lower pressure by the molecular pump, forming a pressure difference between the detection chamber of the leak detection tooling and the dummy module and afterwards introducing high-purity gas with a standard atmosphere pressure into the dummy module. If a leak exists in a rubber sealing ring to be detected, the high-purity gas can enter the detection chamber by the sealing ring under the action of the pressure difference, and the leak rate of the sealing ring can be accurately calculated by the magnitude of the change of the output indication of the leak detector. The invention has the advantages of high detection sensitivity, high detection efficiency, reliable result and the like.

The present invention generally relates to procedures and apparatus for monitoring incoming signals to detect the presence of selected target signals contained within the universe of signals received. More particularly, the present invention is directed to monitoring audio signals to detect selected ultrasonic and sonic signals in an ambient environment. Thus, the present invention is even more specifically directed to leak detectors and bearing wear indicators and methods for detecting sound signals which either travel in the air or are present in solids.

A covering member having a valve encloses a flexible hose to form a double pipe. Gas supply pipe fittings are attached to respective ends of the double pipe to form a hermetic space between the flexible hose and covering member. The covering member also has a pressure-measuring device to which a decision unit equipped with an alarm device is connected. The same gas or liquid as the one flowing through the flexible hose is introduced to the hermetic space from the valve provided in the covering member, and sealed in the hermetic space by closing the valve. The pressure in the hermetic space is set so as to be higher than the pressure produced in the flexible hose when the gas or liquid is flowing. The pressure-measuring device measures the pressure in the hermetic space while the gas or liquid flows in the flexible hose, and the decision unit compares the measured value with a reference value. As a result, if the value measured by the pressure-measuring device is lower than the reference value, the decision unit decides that a breakage has occurred and then the alarm device activates an alarm.

Leak detector using infrared for identifying the presence and concentration of a selected gas. For detection, radiation from an infrared emitter penetrates the sample, which is analyzed spectrally, and results in a wave length-specific signal being generated at the output. By controlling the optical filter, the radiation is controlled at a selected wavelength, to ensure coverage of all selected compounds. For refrigerants, the selected wavelength can be between approximately 8 to approximately 10 microns. This wavelength obscures other signals, thus minimizing false alarms. The leak detector has a faster time with no adverse impacts on the accuracy of the compound being detected. To further minimize false alarms and to ensure that the emitter does not come in contact with the gas, an additional filter can be used. For refrigerant compounds, the filter can block out signals below approximately 6 microns. For detecting refrigerants, two filters can be used.

A vehicle is mounted with a drive device provided with a plurality of rotating electrical machines, and a drive unit driving the plurality of rotating electrical machines. A drive control device for the vehicle includes an electrical leak detector detecting electrical leak in the drive device, and a control device. The control device identifies an electrical leak location by receiving a result of the detection made by the electrical leak detector, and determines which rotating electrical machine out of the plurality of rotating electrical machines is allowed to operate when the vehicle is driven next time, in accordance with the electrical leak location, while the vehicle is stopped.

A pilot operated shutoff valve system with leak detector for automatically shutting off a water supply to appliances such as a clothes washing machine, dishwashing machine, sink, toilet, or refrigerator equipped with an ice maker, comprising a sealing member movable within said valve body between an open position wherein the sealing member does not block main fluid flow, and a closed position wherein the sealing member blocks main fluid flow.

A blood leak detector is disclosed having a light source projecting a beam along an optical path, wherein the beam has a wavelength in a range of about 800 to 930 nm; a light detector receiving the beam through an aperture having a diameter in a range of 30 to 60 thousands of an inch; and a housing to receive a tubular liquid passage between the light source and light detector, the housing having a slot transverse to the optical path to receive the tubular liquid passage and the slot has a width narrower than the tubular liquid passage when uncompressed.

A leak detector for an insulated duct carrying pressurized hot air comprises a cover secured over a circumferential cut in the insulation of the duct, or over a joint connecting duct sections, thereby creating a reservoir of hot air which has leaked from the duct or joint, a manifold block defining a conduit therein in communication with the hot air reservoir and a cap for securing heat sensitive wires to manifold at the end of the conduit such that the hot air from the hot air reservoir impinges directly on the heat sensitive wires. The leak detector includes flow control mechanisms in the body of the manifold block, to prevent false alarms arising from nominal leakage resulting from ordinary operation of the duct system.

The invention relates to a detection method and a device thereof, in particular to a leak detection method for a shell-and-tube heat exchanger and a device thereof. The detection device comprises a helium mass spectrometer leak detector and a vacuum pump, and is characterized in that an air inlet tube is arranged on an air intake hood which is hermetically connected with one end of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger, an exhaust hood is hermetically arranged on the other end of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger and is equipped with an exhaust tube on the exhaust hood, a vacuum pump clearance tube is arranged on the outer shell of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger, and an air inlet of the helium mass spectrometer leak detector is communicated with the outlet of the vacuum pump. The detection device can lock the leak situations of all the detected shells and tubes in the air intake hood and the exhaust hood which are respectively arranged on the shell-and-tube heat exchanger at one time, and can accurately determine the leaking shells and tubes by replacing hoods of different specifications, thus greatly enhancing the detection efficiency and lightening the labor intensity. Meanwhile, the helium mass spectrometer leak detector is used, thus enhancing the detection precision of the device and eliminates the external interference.

The present invention provides a medical device having an elongate body, which includes an injection lumen, an exhaust lumen, and a guidewire lumen. The medical device further includes a first pliable element defining a cooling chamber, and a second pliable element at least partially enclosing the first pliable element, defining a junction between the first and second pliable element. Moreover, a first leak detector is provided in fluid communication with the cooling chamber, while a second leak detector is in fluid communication with the junction. In addition, the medical device may be in communication with a control console, a fluid supply, or a vacuum source.

A leak detector apparatus for a pressurized cylinder having a cylinder of a radius (r) with a slidable piston in the cylinder with a gas filled chamber positioned between a cylinder end and the piston face. The length (L) of the chamber is calculated according to load changes on the piston where the volume (Vc) of the chamber changes. The pressure and temperature of the chamber are measured as well as the length. These values are inputted to a processor to solve the ideal gas law equation PV=nRT where a change in n for a change in length indicates a leak.

According to the invention, the presence of leaks is tested by placing the heat exchanger under test in a leakproof test chamber, by connecting the heat exchanger to a pressurization device that establishes an appropriate air pressure inside the internal cavity of the heat exchanger, by establishing a vacuum around the heat exchanger in the leakproof test chamber by means of a pump system, and by detecting the presence of helium around the heat exchanger in the leakproof test chamber by means of a helium leak detector. Testing is performed by using the helium which is naturally present in the air. This improves the availability of the machine and the reliability of the leak test, while also eliminating constraints and costs associated with using a tracer gas.

The invention discloses a device and a method for detecting a whole satellite leak rate of a satellite. The device comprises a leak-detecting gas collection tank, a calibration device, a gas charging and discharging device, a circulating fan and a helium mass spectrometer leak detector, wherein the satellite is arranged inside the leak-detecting gas collection tank; the leak-detecting gas collection tank is respectively connected with the calibration device and the gas charging and discharging device through manual fine-tuning vacuum valves; the helium mass spectrometer leak detector is connected to the leak-detecting gas collection tank; and the circulating fan is arranged in the leak-detecting gas collection tank. The whole satellite leak rate of the satellite can be acquired through calibration, residual helium clearing, accumulating data acquisition and data processing. By the device and the method, the whole satellite leak rate of the satellite can be obtained, the requirement of satellite in-orbit operation reliability on the whole satellite leak rate is met, and the advantages of improving the reliability of detecting data, shortening the time for detecting the satellite leak rate, reducing test cost and the like are acquired.

A blood leak detector is disclosed having a light source projecting a beam along an optical path, wherein the beam has a wavelength in a range of about 800 nm to 930 nm; a light detector receiving the beam; a housing with a slot to receive a transparent tube between the light source and light detector and aligned with the optical path.

A water treatment tank for use with water purification apparatus including an ultra-violet lamp within an encapsulating sleeve onto which incoming water is directed to provide a thin laminar flow about the bulb. The lower compartment has cooling coils about the walls for cooling the water therein relative to the water in the upper compartment. A surrounding sleeve may be located intermediate the encapsulating sleeve and an outer vessel in the tank. A leak detector is located in the encapsulating sleeve. The leak detector and outer vessel are believed to provide safety to users in the event of internal breakage in the tank. A reflective surface is also utilized to direct UV light into portions of the faucets formerly obscured from UV treatment. The faucets preferably provide self-sanitizing capability and an information center selectively displays time until next service, cost savings over bottled water and information related to the dispenser.

This invention provides a leakage test method and a device including: marking a basic tendency of an underground line to be tested, injecting a tracer gas in a certain pressure composition of 5% hydrogen and 95% nitrogen to the line, testing the H2 signal along the tendency of the pipeline with a H2-sensitive probe of a movable hydrogen leak detector, converting the test signal to an electric signal then converting it to a digital signal by A / D conversion, memorizing and analyzing the continuously tested digital signals to judge the leakage orientation based on the change trend weak or strong of the test signal and judging the accurate position of the leak point by comparing with the maximum value of the memory and an indicator displays the maximum value of the concentration of the tested hydrogen and indicates the location of the direction and leakage definitely. Advantage: direct indication, accurate location to reduce work intensity of test.

A suction pump introduces negative pressure into a reference-pressure-detecting portion. A driving voltage V of the suction pump is adjusted in such a manner that pressure Pr in the reference-pressure-detecting portion is within a target pressure range. When the pressure Pr is brought into the target pressure range, the driving voltage V of the suction pump is stored as a first driving voltage V1 and the pressure Pr is stored as a reference pressure Pr. When pressure detection and leak detection process are conducted, the suction pump is driven at the first driving voltage V1 to introduce the negative pressure. The computer compares the pressure Pr with a leak determination value to determine whether a leak exists.

A fueling environment distributes fuel from a fuel supply to fuel dispensers in a daisy chain arrangement with a double-walled piping system. Fuel leaks that occur within the double-walled piping system are returned to the underground storage tank or a sump proximate the submersible turbine pump by the outer wall of the double-walled piping. This preserves the fuel for later use and helps reduce the risk of environmental contamination. Leak detectors may also be positioned in to fuel dispensers detect leaks and provide alarms for the operator, and help pinpoint leak detection that has occurred in the piping system proximate to a particular fuel dispenser or in between two consecutive fuel dispensers.