US Patent 7576841 Photometric apparatus

A photometric apparatus which includes a cover that houses a UV light source and a photodetector, the cover hermetically sealing an entire light path extending from the light source to the photodetector therewithin; device for replacing an internal atmosphere of the cover with nitrogen gas; and a window plate unit which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a partition wall between a light source chamber and a spectral chamber located in a subsequent stage thereof. The window plate unit blocks gaseous communication between the light source chamber and the spectral chamber while allowing measurement light to be transmitted therethrough.