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Title: Illumination box and camera system

Abstract

A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. San Ramon, CA
  2. Modesto, CA
  3. Oakley, CA
  4. La Honda, CA
  5. Livermore, CA
  6. Oakland, CA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874752
Patent Number(s):
US 6454939
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
illumination; box; camera; hand; portable; field-deployable; thin-layer; chromatography; tlc; unit; battery-operated; data; acquisition; plates; contain; miniaturized; features; permit; samples; processed; efficiently; solvent; tank; holder; variety; tool; chambers; storing; pipettes; processing; plate; positioned; collapsible; ccd; optically; aligned; optimal; pixel; resolution; images; improved; chamber; chemical; prevents; overflow; ccd camera; /210/356/422/

Citation Formats

Haas, Jeffrey S, Kelly, Fredrick R, Bushman, John F, Wiefel, Michael H, Jensen, Wayne A, and Klunder, Gregory L. Illumination box and camera system. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Haas, Jeffrey S, Kelly, Fredrick R, Bushman, John F, Wiefel, Michael H, Jensen, Wayne A, & Klunder, Gregory L. Illumination box and camera system. United States.
Haas, Jeffrey S, Kelly, Fredrick R, Bushman, John F, Wiefel, Michael H, Jensen, Wayne A, and Klunder, Gregory L. 2002. "Illumination box and camera system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874752.
@article{osti_874752,
title = {Illumination box and camera system},
author = {Haas, Jeffrey S and Kelly, Fredrick R and Bushman, John F and Wiefel, Michael H and Jensen, Wayne A and Klunder, Gregory L},
abstractNote = {A hand portable, field-deployable thin-layer chromatography (TLC) unit and a hand portable, battery-operated unit for development, illumination, and data acquisition of the TLC plates contain many miniaturized features that permit a large number of samples to be processed efficiently. The TLC unit includes a solvent tank, a holder for TLC plates, and a variety of tool chambers for storing TLC plates, solvent, and pipettes. After processing in the TLC unit, a TLC plate is positioned in a collapsible illumination box, where the box and a CCD camera are optically aligned for optimal pixel resolution of the CCD images of the TLC plate. The TLC system includes an improved development chamber for chemical development of TLC plates that prevents solvent overflow.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/874752}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
}