Patent · US Expired

Method of sampling a container

US5265482A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1991
Grant dateNov 30, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/1032
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A container is scanned bottom-to-top and top-to-bottom with a capacitive sensor to detect liquid interfaces therein. The interfaces are coded, have their height stored and have their codes compared to determine the internal consistency. If consistent, the code and height information is used to sample a desired layer.

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