Armature

US11585461B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Arne Kleinpeter · Neustadt an der Weinstraße, DE
• Jens Bindrich · Klingenberg, DE
• Angela Eubisch · Chemnitz, DE
• Melanie Ullrich · Gerlingen, DE
• Jörg Uhle · Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE
• Carsten Schippan · Grimma, DE
• Thomas Pfauch · Leipzig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16K37/005
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an armature for receiving a sensor for measuring a medium in a container. The armature includes a hollow cylindrical housing designed to connect the armature to the container at least sectionally in the container. The housing includes first and second openings through which medium flows in or out; a service chamber formed in the interior of the housing between the first and second openings; a rotationally movable closing element in the housing, which, in a first position, opens the first and second openings to the medium and, in a second position, blocks a flow through the first and second openings; a sensor holder; and the sensor arranged on or in the sensor holder. The sensor holder is designed such that the sensitive element is arranged in the service chamber in the measuring/service position.