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Explosion-proof device

US8528401B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Schulze · Reichenbach, DE
Uwe Wegemann · Sprockhövel, DE
Peter Angerstein · Oberhausen, DE
Juergen Lehmkuhl · Dinslaken, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2011
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F15/14
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An explosion-proof device with a pressure-proof capsule (2), an electronic mechanism (3) and a signal receiver (4), wherein the electronic mechanism (3) is designed intrinsically safe, the pressure-proof capsule (2) has a radiolucent process window (5) and the signal receiver (4) is arranged inside of the pressure-proof capsule (2). An explosion-proof device that can be flexibly used and is economical is implemented in that the electronic device (3) is arranged within the pressure-proof capsule (2) and the signal receiver (4) is designed to be intrinsically safe.

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