End-of-service indicator including porous waveguide for respirator cartridge
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Apr 23, 2002
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Mar 26, 1999
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Nov 21, 1997
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An end-of-service indicator for use with a respirator cartridge, the end-of-service indicator having an optical waveguide having two extremities, one of the extremities being connected to a light source, the other of the extremities being connected to a detector which measures the intensity of light guided and transmitted by the fiber. An alarm is connected to the detector and is triggered when the intensity of light measured by the detector is below a predetermined level. An important aspect of the end-of-service indicator is that at least a portion of the optical fiber is porous. In use, the end-of-service indicator is placed inside a respirator cartridge having a gas/vapor sorbent, so that when the respirator cartridge is used in a toxic environment, the gas/vapor sorbent and the porous glass gradually become saturated. This porous glass will absorb the gas/vapor in the same fashion as the sorbent used in the respirator cartridge, thereby lowering the guiding and transmission properties of the optical fiber which loses the necessary conditions to guide light.
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