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Liquid level gauge illuminating system

US4217778A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1978
Grant dateAug 19, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 23, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A Blackburn-type liquid level gauge which is observed by a TV camera has its frontal display structure illuminated in an area where light is not being transmitted through the gauge by light which is refracted away from the TV camera and reflected back onto the face of the display.

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