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Device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable

US6954717B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO.KG · DE

Inventors

Matthias Boldt · Bad Kötzting, DE
Frank Erdmann · Waldkirch, DE
Klaus Pankratz · Kandern, DE
Bert Von Stein · Zell im Wiesental, DE
Dietmar Spanke · Steinen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2001
Grant date	Oct 11, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01D9/005
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable. The aim of the invention is to provide a cost-effective, user-friendly device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable. The inventive device comprises the following elements: a sensor, a measuring/regulating/control unit which pre-defines at least one event to be determined or monitored, and at least one memory unit which stores data according to the at least one pre-defined event. The sensor, the measuring/regulating/control unit and the memory unit form a compact unit or an independent field appliance.

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