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A compact air sampling impactor assembly has an inlet nozzle overlying an impaction plate that is mounted on a flat housing that defines an interior chamber covered by a filter. An air flow outlet tube leading from the chamber is connected to an air pump and a flow is established through the nozzle

A compact air sampling impactor assembly has an inlet nozzle overlying an impaction plate that is mounted on a flat housing that defines an interior chamber covered by a filter. An air flow outlet tube leading from the chamber is connected to an air pump and a flow is established through the nozzle so the air impinges on the impaction plate to leave particles thereon and the flow then passes through the filter to the chamber and then out the air outlet. The size is kept small for personal use. Cascade impactors can be made using additional flow paths defining covers in association with the basic impactor plate and filter-carrying housing.

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An impactor comprising an impaction plate and filter unit including an impactor housing having oppositely facing first and second sides bounded by an outer wall, said impactor housing having an exterior surface on the first side thereof, an impaction plate mounted on said exterior surface of said im

An impactor comprising an impaction plate and filter unit including an impactor housing having oppositely facing first and second sides bounded by an outer wall, said impactor housing having an exterior surface on the first side thereof, an impaction plate mounted on said exterior surface of said impactor housing, a chamber defined by a recess in said impactor housing which opens to the second side of the impactor housing and which faces in opposite direction from said impaction plate, filter means for covering said opening, means defining an air outlet from said chamber for connection to an air flow producing means for creating an air flow through said air outlet and through said opening, and outer housing means supported relative to and surrounding said impactor housing and defining a second chamber around said impactor housing, said outer housing means having an inlet nozzle opening therethrough aligned with said impaction plate so that when flow is created through said air outlet, air flows inwardly through the nozzle of the outer housing means and impinges against the impaction plate and flows around said impaction plate to reverse flow direction and flow through said filter and out through said air outlet.