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Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the filling level of a product in a container

US7441454B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Inc. · DE

Inventors

Ralf Reimelt · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Herbert Schroth · Schopfheim, DE
Armin Wendler · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2006
Grant date	Oct 28, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F23/284
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a measuring device which determines the filling level by means of high-frequency measuring signals which are guided along a waveguide. The invention is based on the object of optimizing the waveguide. According to a preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention, the waveguide is a wire cable which comprises a plurality of individual wires of a predetermined diameter which are twisted together.

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