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7610807 Level gage  
A wave guide probe for use with direct-read tank level gages to provide electric signal output is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a translucent tube, a wave guide probe, and an electronics...
7607347 Fluid level detector  
A fluid detector includes a piezoelectric element that outputs a first ultrasonic signal in response to an input electrical signal and a lens with an upper portion and a lower portion. A housing is...
7602671 Oil heating tank meter for monitoring a plurality of variables  
A method for measuring a distance of an object with a distance measuring unit, the method including: sending a first signal from the distance measuring unit toward the object; receiving a second...
7579564 Shear resistant bin level indicator  
A device for indicating a level of a bulk material in a bin. A motor imparts a swinging motion to a paddle located inside the bin. When the paddle engages the material, drag on the paddle causes a...
7578183 Acoustic volume indicator  
Acoustic volume indicators for determining liquid or gas volume within a container comprise a contactor to vibrate a container wall, a detector to receive vibration data from the container wall, a...
7571645 Fluid level measurement device  
The present invention relates to a device ( 10 ) for providing a gas composition compensated acoustic measurement of the level of a liquid ( 16 ) in a tank ( 18 ). The device comprises a transducer...
7562570 Ultrasonic oil/water tank level monitor having wireless transmission means  
An ultrasonic monitor to measure the level of a fluid (e.g., oil or water) within a storage tank. The ultrasonic monitor is surrounded by a gas-tight, explosion-proof casing that is coupled to the...
7552839 Fluid tank with clip-in provision for oil stick tube  
A fluid fill/storage/overflow reservoir/tank suitable for use with, for example, a liquid cooled engine, includes a clip-in provision for an oil stick tube that does not require removal of the oil...
7552634 Orientating device for a measuring instrument  
The invention relates to an orienting mechanism ( 20 ), with which, even in the case of unfavorable installation conditions at the container ( 10 ), a fill level measuring device ( 16 ) can be...
7530268 Device for determining and/or monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable of a medium in a container  
An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one physical or chemical, process variable of a medium and includes at least one mechanically oscillatable unit and at least one...
7523662 Process meter  
The process meter comprises a sensor that can be mounted in a wall of a vessel for holding or conveying a process medium, and a meter-electronics case mechanically coupled to the sensor. In...
7513152 Container arrangement with a level sensor, and a level sensor for a container arrangement  
The invention relates to a container arrangement with a level sensor, with a container ( 1 ), which can be filled with a medium a measuring hole ( 4 ) in the top wall ( 9 ) of the container...
7513151 Protection against the effects of condensate bridges  
Apparatus for measuring and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: an oscillatable unit; a driver/receiver unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to oscillate,...
7509868 Liquid detecting device, liquid container, and liquid refilling method  
A liquid container includes; a liquid containing portion for containing liquid therein; a unit case, including a liquid inlet communicating with the liquid containing portion, a liquid outlet for...
7503647 Liquid sensor and liquid container including the sensor  
The invention relates to a liquid sensor which can certainly judge the existence of liquid, and a liquid container including the sensor. The liquid sensor has: a vibration cavity forming base...
7481106 Non-invasive method for detecting and measuring filling material in vessels  
A non-invasive method for measuring the level of filling material in a vessel and for detecting the presence of the filling material in the vessel at a predetermined set point level is based on...
7481105 Tank system with fuel level gauge  
A fuel level gauge includes a measuring pipe configured as a riser pipe that has a fuel inlet opening at one end region defines a measuring distance. The fuel level gauge also includes a fuel level...
7472593 Fluid level regulator  
A biological specimen collection and transfer system, comprises a biological sample container configured for storing a biological fluid sample, and a fluid level regulator configured to determine a...
7467548 Radar level gauge system and coupling  
A radar level gauge system for measuring a filling level of a content contained in a tank is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter and a probe, configured to guide transmitted microwave...
7463021 Magnetostrictive sensitive element  
The invention relates to a sensor element and to a path sensor constructed therefrom. The optical waveguide accommodated inside a supporting body, for example, a tube has to be placed in a defined...
7458260 Fluid level detection using RF  
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to fluid level detection. In general, in some implementations, a fluid level detector includes a radio frequency transmitter, and a...
7444864 Liquid detecting device, liquid container and method of manufacturing liquid detecting device  
A liquid detecting device ( 1200 ) including: a unit base ( 1210 ), provided with a recessed portion ( 1211 ) on an upper face thereof and containing a first material; a sensor base ( 1220 ),...
7441454 Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the filling level of a product in a container  
The invention relates to a measuring device which determines the filling level by means of high-frequency measuring signals which are guided along a waveguide. The invention is based on the object...
7434462 Liquid consumption status detecting method, liquid container, and ink cartridge  
A method of detecting a consumption status of liquid contained in a liquid container, comprising steps of: preparing a detection device having a piezoelectric element and attaching the detection...
7434457 Fluid property sensors  
Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based fluid sensors adapted to measure physical properties of oilfield reservoir fluids under downhole conditions. Certain embodiments of the invention may...
7424824 Liquid sensing apparatus for a liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid consuming apparatus, and a liquid container in which the liquid sensing apparatus is built  
A liquid sensing apparatus includes a liquid sensing chamber 33 having a liquid inlet port that is in communication with an external liquid container in which a liquid is reserved, and a liquid...
7421895 Fluid level measuring system  
A fluid level measuring system comprising a fluid level sensor is disclosed. The fluid level sensor may comprise a top or bottom mounted transducer and limited openings to enable accurate...
7420877 Method for processing an echo profile  
In a method for processing an echo profile generated by a pulse-echo ranging system, the echo profile is compared with a time-varying threshold function to identify valid echoes in those portions...
7418860 Ultrasonic fluid level sensor  
A fluid level sensor for determining a fluid level within a container, includes a transducer for generating sonic or ultrasonic waves and a wave guide. The wave guide has a first end operatively...
7408501 Method employing the radar principle for measuring the fill level of a medium in a container  
A method for measuring the fill level of a medium in a container by applying the radar principle, whereby a measuring signal is generated and transmitted in the direction of the medium. A...
7392699 Apparatus for use in measuring fluid levels  
A device for use in measuring stratified fluid levels in a container is disclosed. The device has a microwave transceiver sensor head attached to a waveguide sensor rod which is enclosed by a gauge...
7391676 Ultrasonic distance sensors  
A lithographic apparatus comprises an illumination system, a support constructed to support a patterning device, and a projection system. In pixel grid imaging, a large number of small optical...
7383727 Liquid cotainer having a liquid consumption detecting device therein  
An ink cartridge serving as a liquid container, comprises a liquid sensor having a piezoelectric element which detects a consumption state of the liquid contained in the container, and a...
7363812 Radar level gauge with variable transmission power  
A pulsed radar level gauge, comprising a transmitter for generating and transmitting a signal in the form of a pulse train, means for receiving pulses reflected in said tank, and to form an...
7360417 Fluid level detector  
A fluid detector for determining a presence of a fluid within a container includes a piezoelectric element that outputs a first ultrasonic signal in response to an input electrical signal and a...
7334470 Digital interface and receiver for time-of-flight level measurement and pulse-echo ranging systems  
An digital interface and receiver for time-of-flight level measurement and pulse-echo ranging systems. The level measurement device comprises a controller, a transducer, a transmitter stage, an...
7325892 Ink remaining amount measuring device, ink-jet recorder comprising same, ink remaining amount measuring method, and ink cartridge  
An ink level detecting unit of an ink jet recording apparatus heightens ink detection accuracy and reliability. A piezoelectric element is provided in an ink tank, an excitation pulse generating...
7322667 Liquid detecting method and liquid detecting system  
A liquid detecting method of detecting liquid in a liquid container used on a liquid ejector by use of a liquid sensor. There are included a head cleaning step of performing a head cleaning...
7322233 Level meter with a waveguide and a wave adapter  
The invention relates to a level meter with a waveguide for guiding an electromagnetic wave, such that the waveguide is designed as a hollow conductor and has a forward terminal section; with a...
7319401 Radar level gauge system with variable alarm limits  
A radar level gauge system for determining the filling level of a filling material in a tank is disclosed. The system comprises a transmitter for transmitting measuring signals towards the surface...
7308825 Tank gauging system  
A tank gauging system for sensing product parameters of a product contained in a tank is disclosed. The system comprises a microwave-based level gauging unit and a temperature gauging unit. A...
7287425 Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring device  
The invention describes a method of altering the transmitted frequency used in an ultrasonic ranging system for liquid level measurement in a fuel tank. The frequency agility of the system is an...
7284425 Radar level gauge system  
A method and a system for radar-based gauging of a filling level of a filling material is disclosed, wherein the tank has at least one interfering structure. The method comprises: transmitting at a...
7272975 Ultrasonic beam shaping device  
An ultrasonic beam shaping device includes a plate-like beam shaping element formed of opaque material. The beam shaping element has first and second conical surfaces, with a common axis, formed as...
7270001 Ultrasonic measurement of the running time and quantity for detecting the concentration of particles in a flowing fluid  
A method for ultrasonic measurement of the running time and quantity of a flowing fluid is provided, in which the running time of an ultrasonic signal ( 70 ) is measured counter to and in a...
7260977 Self-diagnosis of a vibrating level gauge  
Described is a method for detecting and/or for monitoring the level of a medium stored in a vessel and in particular to a method for diagnosing the functionality of the electromechanical...
7255002 Tank seal for guided wave radar level measurement  
A microwave level gauge for measuring a level of a process material in a tank includes a ceramic seal and a microwave conductor. The ceramic seal is disposed adjacent to an opening in the tank and...
7249504 Level meter  
The invention relates to a level meter for metering the level of a filling substance in a container by means of electromagnetic signals that are guided into and out of the container along a...
7243539 Arrangement for measuring the level of contents in a container  
A continuous measurement of the level of contents in a container is effected by a level measuring device functioning in accordance with the transit time principle by means of waves transmitted from...
7239129 Sensor based on the travel time principle with a detector unit for mechanically elastic waves  
A position sensor based on the travel time principle of a mechanically elastic wave length having a wave guide, an electrical hollow return conductor, a detector coil attached to the wave guide and...