Inventors:
Thomas Wayne Schneider - Fairfax VA, US
James Pendell Jones - Baltimore MD, US
Wayne Armstrong - Placitas NM, US
Jeromy Rezac - Albuquerque NM, US
Claudia Randolph - Fairfax VA, US
Robert Almassy - Alexandria VA, US
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
G01J 3/44
US Classification:
356301, 356326, 73 232, 73 2801, 73 3107
Abstract:
An air sampler module is provided for use with a detection device that monitors liquids and/or solids on a surface using spectroscopy techniques. The air sampler module comprises a housing, an intake port for collecting air containing airborne threats to be analyzed by the detection device, and a port to permit communication of an optical transceiver of the detection device into the housing to permit analysis of the collected air. Thus, the capabilities of a spectroscopy detection system are expanded to include the ability to analyze airborne threats.