Measuring apparatus and method for determining a dielectric property, in particular moisture and/or density, in a product
US7679377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/3412
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The application concerns a measuring apparatus for determining a dielectric property, in particular the moisture and/or density, of a product, in particular tobacco, Cotton or some other fibrous product, having a measuring capacitor, a device for generating a high-frequency field in the measuring capacitor, which is influenced by a product which is arranged in a measuring volume of the measuring apparatus, and having a circuit device which includes the measuring capacitor and which is designed to determine suitable measurable variables of the high-frequency field influenced by the product, and is distinquished in that the circuit device is substantially non-resonant at the measuring frequency of the high-frequency field that is used, and measurement is based on the propagation of a travelling high-frequency wave in the measuring capacitor, and the circuit device is designed to determine two mutually independent measurable variables which are dependent on the amplitude and phase of the high-frequency wave influenced by the product. The application further concerns a corresponding measuring method.
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