Patent ID: 8074492

Claim:
A method for detecting a leak gas in a flushing device, comprising the steps: arranging the flushing device on a component to be tested, generating a pre-determined main flow of a flushing gas, dividing the main flow in a dividing device into a system flow, which is fed into the flushing device, and a partial flow, setting a pre-determined volume flow rate for the partial flow by providing a pre-determined flow resistance in a partial flow line of the dividing device, said pre-determined flow resistance being provided by adjusting at least one variable selected from the group consisting of a diameter of the partial flow line, a length of the partial flow line, and an adjustable variable of a partial flow adjusting device in the partial flow line, passing the flushing gas through the flushing device, and detecting of the leak gas in the flushing gas which emerges from the flushing device with a detector device.