GB1589333A - Fluid-flow pollutant monitoring systems - Google Patents

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GB1589333A
GB1589333A GB5024277A GB5024277A GB1589333A GB 1589333 A GB1589333 A GB 1589333A GB 5024277 A GB5024277 A GB 5024277A GB 5024277 A GB5024277 A GB 5024277A GB 1589333 A GB1589333 A GB 1589333A
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    • G03G15/161Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern, e.g. magnetic transfer using at least one intermediate support with means for handling the intermediate support, e.g. heating, cleaning, coating with a transfer agent

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Abstract

In order to monitor a gas flow for particles present therein, e.g. toner particles, a probe (SO) is arranged in the gas flow. The probe (SO) consists of a transparent hollow body (GL), e.g. a small glass tube, of a light source (LQ), which is arranged in the hollow body (GL) and illuminates it on that side of the wall on which the gas flow impinges on the hollow body, and of a photodetector (FO) which is arranged in the hollow body and receives the light reflected on the wall side. The particles contained in the gas flow are deposited on the wall side, resulting in a change in intensity of the reflected light. The photodetector emits a corresponding signal which is analysed by a threshold-value circuit. <IMAGE>

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(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FLUID-FLOW POLLUTANT MONITORING SYSTEMS (71) We, SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, a German Company of Berlin and Munich, German Federal Republic, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: The invention relates to fluid flow pollutant monitoring systems.
There are many different applications in which it is necessary to establish whether a fluid flow, e.g. an air flow, contains any discrete particles. This can be the case when a gas flow is being filtered in order to eliminate particles from the flow of gas. In the path of the gas following the filter it is possible to arrange a monitoring device which serves to check whether the filter is still operating satisfactorily.
One typical application is in a nonmechanical printer operating in accordance with the electrostatic principle. In such a printer, a charge image of the characters which are to be printed is produced in known manner on an intermediate carrier, e.g. a selenium drum. The charge image is developed with the aid of toner and is transferred in a reproduction station to a paper web.
However, following the making of a reproduction, some residual toner remains on the intermediate carrier, and this needs to be removed from the intermediate carrier in a cleansing device. For this purpose it is possible, for example, to use a brush which strips the toner from the intermediate carrier. The efficiency of this cleansing brush can be improved by use of a suction system which sucks toner out of the brush container, the suction system consisting of a closed circuit in which the toner sucked out of the cleansing brush container is then removed from the gas flow, in this case a flow of air, employing a filter arranged in the pipeline provided for the gas flow.
It is necessary to ensure that this filter is operating satisfactorily, as if this is not so, there is no longer any safeguard that the intermediate carrier, thus the selenium drum, is being cleansed satisfactorily, and the defect which has occurred must be investigated. This makes it desirable to arrange in the flow path after the filter a device which checks whether the filtered gas flow contains particles. A cleansing device operating in accordance with the above described principle, but without such a monitoring device, is disclosed in the United States Patent Specification No. 3,190,198, for example.
One object of the present invention is to provide an improved device for monitoring fluid flow to detect any pollutant particles present therein.
The invention consists in a fluid flow pollutant monitoring system comprising a pipeline through which a fluid is flowing, a probe arranged to project into said pipeline, and having a light-permeable hollow body containing a light source positioned to illuminate that wall portion of the hollow body on which the said flow is incident, and also containing a light detector positioned within the hollow body to receive a component of any light reflected and/or scattered from this wall and so produce a signal proportional to the reflected and/or scattered light strength.
Advantageously the probe is arranged in a section of the pipeline where the internal wall surface or surfaces are blackened, so that any light which passes through the wall of the hollow body into the pipe becomes absorbed on a blackened surface and cannot be reflected back to reach the probe detector.
Preferably the probe is arranged in the pipeline at right angles to the direction of fluid flow.
As supply and signal conductors are required for the light source and the light detector and this must be conducted from the pipeline exterior to the interior of the probe advantageously at least one end of the probe projects from the pipeline, with an open end so that the required connection lines can be conducted without difficulty to the light source and the light detector.
The light source and the light detector may be arranged in a block, e.g. of hard rubber, the exact position of the light detect tor and of the light source relative to one another can be clearly determined. and furthermore the light source and the light detector can be easily exchanged. as it is then only necessary to remove one block from the hollow body or insert a replacc ment assembly thercin.
Expediently the light source is positioned at an angle to the light detector, and in this case the light detector is preferably arranged to be aligned with the flow and facing the oncoming fluid.
The signal from the light detector may be fed to a threshold value circuit, which analyses the signal from the light detector and emits an output signal when the signal from the light detector exceeds a specific threshold value. As the strength of the signal from the light detector is dependent upon how many particles in the gas flow become deposited upon the wall of the hollow body to form a light scattering or reflec tive coating thereon. the strength of the signal from the light detector is a measure of the number of particles still contained in the fluid flow. The threshold value circuit emits an output signal when the reflector formed by particle deposition on the probe wall reflects an excessive degree of light from the light source to the light detector.
The light source may consist of a GaAs luminescent diode. for example. The light detector may consist of a photo-transistor.
The hollow body may be a glass tube whose surface is bloomed.
lf the device is arranged at the rear of the filter in a cleansing device of an intermediate carrier in a non-mechanical printer. it is thus possible to automatically check whether the intermediate carrier is still being satisfactorily cleansed by the cleansing device.
The invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 schematically illustrates one exemplary embodiment of a probe arranged in a portion of a pipeline for fluid flow; and Figure 2 is a block schematic circuit diagram of a threshold value circuit suitable for the analysis of the signal from the light detector.
In Figure 1, only a portion of a pipeline LA for the gas flow in a non-mechanical printer is shown. Here gas is to flow in the direction indicated by arrows in the pipeline LA, which forms art of a suction system by which the gas how, e.g. air. is sucked through the pipeline LA in the indicated direction. The internal surface of the pipeline LA is blackened in the region of a probe SO, and the pipeline can have any required cross-section.
The probe SO for monitoring the gas flow in respect of pollutant particles present therein is arranged in the pipeline LA at right angles to the gas flow. The probe is constructed from a hollow body GL, a light source LO and a light detector FO.
The hollow body GL can consist, for example, of a glass tube, but can also be constructed from any light-permeable synthetic resin matcrial. The hollow body cL can be arranged in the pipeline LA in such manner that it partially projects from the pipeline LA, and its end within the pipeline LA is closed, whereas the external end is open, to permit conductors DL to reach the light source LQ and the light detector FO, as indicated schematically in the drawing.
The light source LO consists of a GaAs luminescent diode. and the light detector FO consists of a photo transistor in this embodiment. Both the light source LQ and the light detector FO are arranged in a block HB, consisting in this example of hard rub ber, and serving to establish the relative position of the light source LQ with respect to the light detector FO. The block HB can he removed from and replaced in the hollow body GL in simple fashion. Naturally, a block of other firm material can be used in place of hard rubber.
In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, the light detector FO is arranged to face the gas flow. The light source LO is arranged at an angle to the light detector FO, e.g. at 60".
The function of the device illustrated in Figure 1, is as follows: the light source LQ transmits light at an angle to the inner wall IW of the hollow body GL. On the inner wall IW of the hollow body GL, a small portion of the light is reflected and/or scatters, and some is incident on the perpendicularly arranged light detector FO. Since it has been assumed that no pollutant particles have yet been deposited on the probe SO, the signal emitted by the light detector is small. and is referred to as a dark signal. The major part of the transmitted light penetrates the light-permeable hollow body GL and is absorbed on the blackened pipeline surface in the vicinity of the probe SO.
If the gas flow containing particles, e.g.
toner particles which emanate from a cleansing device in a non-mechanical printer, now enters the pipeline LA, some become deposited on the outer wall AW of the hollow body GL on the portion facing the flow. The deposition of the particles on the outer wall AW of the hollow body GL produces a reflective and/or scattering effect to increase the level of radiation transmitted from the light source LQ to the light detector FO, and so produces a change in the signal emitted from the light detector FO. The signal which is now emitted can be referred to as a bright signal.
The signal from the light detector FO is fed to a threshold value circuit which is connected to the light detector FO via selected ones of the conductors DL. One exemplary embodiment of a threshold value circuit of this kind is illustrated in Figure 2. It contains an operational amplifier OP, whose input is connected to the light detector FO, in this case a photo-transistor FT. The collectoremitter path of the photo-transistor FT is arranged between an input 1 of the operational amplifier OP and an operating potential V2, e.g. O.V. The input 1 of the operational amplifier OP is further connected via a limiting resistor R2 and a setting resistor R3 to a further operating potential V1, e.g.
5V. The threshold of the threshold value circuit can be set with the aid of the variable resistor R3. The signal emitted from the photo-transistor FT is thus fed to the input 1 of the operational amplifier OP, and when this signal exceeds the threshold value of the operational amplifier OP, an output signal, serving as a fault indication signal, appears at the output 4 of the operational amplifier OP, across a load resistor R4.
Figure 2 also illustrates the circuit of the light source LQ, which is a luminescent diode connected between the operating potential V1 to the operating potential V2 via a further resistor Ri. The current flowing through the luminescent diode is established with the aid of the resistors R1.
Arrows arranged between the light source LQ and the photo-transistor FT indicate that light is passing from the light source LQ onto the photo-transistor FT.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:- 1. A fluid flow pollutant monitoring system comprising a pipeline through which a fluid is flowing, a probe arranged to project into said pipeline, and having a lightpermeable hollow body containing a light source positioned to illuminate that wall portion of the hollow body on which the said flow is incident, and also containing a light detector positioned within the hollow body to receive a component of any light reflected and/or scattered from this wall and so produce a signal proportional to the reflected and/or scattered light strength.
2. A system as claimed in Claim 1, in which the inner walls of said pipeline are blackened in the vicinity of the probe, and the probe is arranged in the pipeline at right angles to the direction of flow.
3. A system as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, in which at least at one end the hollow body projects from the pipeline to allow conductor connections to be made to the light source and the light detector.
4. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source is arranged at an angle to said wall side of the hollow body and the light detector is arranged at right angles to said wall.
5. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source and the light detector are arranged in a common block for insertion into the hollow body.
6. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light detector is connected to a threshold value circuit which emits an output signal when the signal from the light detector exceeds the threshold value.
7. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source consists of a GaAs luminescent diode.
8. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light detector consists of a photo-transistor.
9. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the hollow body is a glass tube.
10. A system as claimed in Claim 6, or any one of Claims 7 to 9 when dependent upon Claim 6, in which said threshold value circuit consists of an operational amplifier whose input is connected via a variable resistor chain to a first operating potential supply terminal and via the collector-emitter path of the photo-transistor to a second operating potential supply terminal.
11. A fluid flow pollutant monitoring system substantially as described with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
12. A non-mechanical printer having a monitoring system as claimed in any preceding Claim to detect toner residues in the air emanating from a filter arrangement arranged in a cleansing device for the intermediate carrier of the printer.
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    bright signal.
    The signal from the light detector FO is fed to a threshold value circuit which is connected to the light detector FO via selected ones of the conductors DL. One exemplary embodiment of a threshold value circuit of this kind is illustrated in Figure 2. It contains an operational amplifier OP, whose input is connected to the light detector FO, in this case a photo-transistor FT. The collectoremitter path of the photo-transistor FT is arranged between an input 1 of the operational amplifier OP and an operating potential V2, e.g. O.V. The input 1 of the operational amplifier OP is further connected via a limiting resistor R2 and a setting resistor R3 to a further operating potential V1, e.g.
    5V. The threshold of the threshold value circuit can be set with the aid of the variable resistor R3. The signal emitted from the photo-transistor FT is thus fed to the input 1 of the operational amplifier OP, and when this signal exceeds the threshold value of the operational amplifier OP, an output signal, serving as a fault indication signal, appears at the output 4 of the operational amplifier OP, across a load resistor R4.
    Figure 2 also illustrates the circuit of the light source LQ, which is a luminescent diode connected between the operating potential V1 to the operating potential V2 via a further resistor Ri. The current flowing through the luminescent diode is established with the aid of the resistors R1.
    Arrows arranged between the light source LQ and the photo-transistor FT indicate that light is passing from the light source LQ onto the photo-transistor FT.
    WHAT WE CLAIM IS:- 1. A fluid flow pollutant monitoring system comprising a pipeline through which a fluid is flowing, a probe arranged to project into said pipeline, and having a lightpermeable hollow body containing a light source positioned to illuminate that wall portion of the hollow body on which the said flow is incident, and also containing a light detector positioned within the hollow body to receive a component of any light reflected and/or scattered from this wall and so produce a signal proportional to the reflected and/or scattered light strength.
  2. 2. A system as claimed in Claim 1, in which the inner walls of said pipeline are blackened in the vicinity of the probe, and the probe is arranged in the pipeline at right angles to the direction of flow.
  3. 3. A system as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, in which at least at one end the hollow body projects from the pipeline to allow conductor connections to be made to the light source and the light detector.
  4. 4. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source is arranged at an angle to said wall side of the hollow body and the light detector is arranged at right angles to said wall.
  5. 5. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source and the light detector are arranged in a common block for insertion into the hollow body.
  6. 6. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light detector is connected to a threshold value circuit which emits an output signal when the signal from the light detector exceeds the threshold value.
  7. 7. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light source consists of a GaAs luminescent diode.
  8. 8. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the light detector consists of a photo-transistor.
  9. 9. A system as claimed in any preceding Claim, in which the hollow body is a glass tube.
  10. 10. A system as claimed in Claim 6, or any one of Claims 7 to 9 when dependent upon Claim 6, in which said threshold value circuit consists of an operational amplifier whose input is connected via a variable resistor chain to a first operating potential supply terminal and via the collector-emitter path of the photo-transistor to a second operating potential supply terminal.
  11. 11. A fluid flow pollutant monitoring system substantially as described with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
  12. 12. A non-mechanical printer having a monitoring system as claimed in any preceding Claim to detect toner residues in the air emanating from a filter arrangement arranged in a cleansing device for the intermediate carrier of the printer.
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