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Oil detector

US4137495A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1977
Grant dateJan 30, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention is concerned with an oil detector comprising a pair of electrodes having therebetween a capillary channel of such a size that water and oil will be held therein by surface tension, and means for electrically connecting the electrodes to a measuring circuit.

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