Patent ID: 8739609
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A viscometer apparatus comprising: a viscometer; said viscometer having a viscometer body, a sample cup, a bob operable to be positioned in said a sample cup, a bob shaft connecting said bob to said viscometer body; a heating unit having a heat jacket; said heat jacket defining a heating unit recess; said sample cup having a cup exterior wall surface; said heat jacket having a jacket interior wall surface; an annular space between said sample cup exterior wall surface and said heat jacket interior wall surface, wherein there is no direct physical contact between said sample cup exterior wall surface and said heat jacket interior wall surface; said heat jacket operable to emit radiant heat energy to said sample cup; and said jacket interior wall surface spaced from said cup exterior wall surface a distance in a range of 0.127 mm (0.0005) inches to 6.25 mm (0.25 inches).