Patent ID: 8950934
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring the flash point of liquids and solids in a measurement chamber comprising a measurement basin and a lid to form the chamber; means for heating the liquid and/or the solid in the measurement basin; an electrical igniter having a spark gap; temperature sensors; a pressure measuring apparatus; a press-on device for tightly connecting the measurement basin and the lid; a control device in order to control the heating means, the igniter and the press-on device and to collect the measured values of the temperature sensors and of the pressure measuring apparatus, said control device comprising a computer as an embedded system; an interface device for connecting the computer to the heating means, the igniter, the press-on device, the temperature sensors and the pressure measuring apparatus; and a common housing wherein the measurement chamber and the control device are arranged in the common housing and the computer has components sensitive to electromagnetic fields arranged inside a region protected or shielded against electromagnetic fields and other components of the computer are arranged outside the region.