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Liquid level gauge

US4550600A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1983
Grant dateNov 5, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 8, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/8342
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for determining the level of a liquid in a tank comprising a manually-operated spring-loaded piston in a piston chamber, wherein the chamber is connected to the tank and a gauge. Pressing the piston causes the gauge to reach the pressure at the bottom of the tank, which is calibrated to give the height or level of the liquid in the tank.

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