Patent ID: 9116067
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a seal for a leak, the seal having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of: providing a marker strip; and positioning the marker strip juxtaposed the second side of the seal; providing an aerosol can having a propellant and a liquid therein such that the liquid is sprayed out of a nozzle of the can as a tracer mist under the force of the propellant whenever a trigger of the can is activated; providing a nozzle tube and positioning the nozzle tube within the nozzle of the can; and positioning the nozzle tube adjacent the first side of the seal and activating the trigger in order to discharge the tracer mist out of the nozzle through the nozzle tube at the first side of the seal; observing any changes in the marker strip and determining if a leak in the seal is present based on the observed any changes.