US 12,462,710 B2
Sweating simulator
Jintu Fan, Hong Kong (CN); and Amir Shahzad, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/160,580.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245594 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G09B 23/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01G 17/04 (2006.01); G01N 11/04 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); G05D 27/02 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G01N 33/36 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/303 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01G 17/04 (2013.01); G01N 11/04 (2013.01); G05D 7/067 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); G05D 27/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/367 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sweating simulator comprising a foundation panel (14), a panel (1) mounted on said foundation panel, a temperature control panel (2) supported by said panel, a fixture for fixing a specimen at the temperature control panel (2), a container (7) for holding simulated sweat, a container (15) for collecting the simulated sweat, and a plurality of weighing scales for measuring masses of the simulated sweat supplied, evaporated and dripped from the specimen, respectively, wherein:
said container (15) is positioned under a bottom edge of the temperature control panel (2), said panel (1) and said temperature control panel (2) constitute a simulated sweating plane for simulating wetting properties and temperature of skin, an upper middle position of the temperature control panel (2) comprises a sweating zone (3), said sweating zone (3) comprises a plurality of sweating pores (4), and the temperature control panel (2) comprises a temperature sensor (8) and a heating element.