Patent ID: 8416091
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. A hand-held sniffing probe for detecting a leaking gas, said probe comprising: a handle-piece having a gas inlet opening; an illumination device to illuminate distal to and axially in front of the gas inlet opening to localize and illuminate a source of the leaking gas, said illumination device being provided at the handle-piece; and a ready-for-measurement switch provided at the handle-piece, said ready-for measurement switch configured such that it switches on the illumination device when the sniffing probe is ready for measurement and switches off the illumination device when the sniffing probe is not ready for measurement, said ready-for-measurement switch being controlled by a detection device, wherein the detection device comprises a control device that sends a ready-for-measurement signal to the ready-for-measurement switch; said handle-piece being connected to the detection device through a flexible connecting line.