US 12,461,082 B2
Fuse for detecting failure of gas trap
Jesse Colin Manley, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/111,382.
Application 17/111,382 is a division of application No. 15/312,498, granted, now 10,883,973, previously published as PCT/US2015/018707, filed on Mar. 4, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/002,386, filed on May 23, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088491 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/0052 (2013.01) [G01N 27/12 (2013.01); G01N 27/125 (2013.01); G01N 31/005 (2013.01); G01N 33/1846 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a total organic carbon (TOC) analyzer having an exhaust that outputs gaseous analysis byproducts;
a pair of electrodes;
a connecting member comprising conducting material providing an electrical connection between the pair of electrodes and positioned to contact the gaseous analysis byproducts, the connecting member reactive with one of more of the gaseous analysis byproducts such that reaction of one or more of the gaseous analysis byproducts with the connecting member breaks the electrical connection between the pair of electrodes; and
a controller connected to at least one of the pair of electrodes and configured to generate a gas warning output and/or shut down the TOC analyzer in response to determining that the electrical connection between the pair of electrodes is broken.