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Device for dispensing a liquid

US10161781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Frank Müller · Birkenfeld, DE
Thomas Baumgartner · Derendingen, CH
Ralf Bernhard · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2016
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F13/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a vertically arranged, translucent pipe for guiding the liquid, wherein the pipe has an upper section and a lower section, wherein an inner diameter of the upper section is greater than an inner diameter of the lower section, at least two light barriers for detecting a rise in the liquid over two defined levels in the pipe, wherein a first light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the upper section of the pipe, and wherein a second light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the lower section of the pipe.

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