Sniffer leak detector with multi-stage membrane pump

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PATENT NO 9810597
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15021054

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A sniffer leak detector includes a mass spectrometer for analyzing hydrogen or helium, a turbomolecular pump which is connected with said mass spectrometer and whose outlet is connected with a prevacuum pump, and a sniffer probe which includes a plurality of intake lines and is connected with said inlet of said turbomolecular pump, wherein a vacuum pump includes at least three stages whose inlet stage defines said prevacuum pump and is connected with said outlet of said turbomolecular pump via a blocked throttle, wherein, between adjacent stages of said vacuum pump, an intermediate inlet each is provided, wherein each intermediate inlet is connected with a different intake line of said sniffer probe and at least one of the intake lines as a suction line is connected with said inlet of said turbomolecular pump for obtaining different gas flows.

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INFICON GMBHBONNER STRASSE 498 KÖLN 50968

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Bruhns, Hjalmar Bonn, DE 10 35
Hilgers, Heike Bergisch Gladbach, DE 3 7
Rolff, Norbert Kerpen, DE 22 111
Wetzig, Daniel Cologne, DE 54 239

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