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Liquid level controller

  • US 3,131,335 A
  • Filed: 11/10/1960
  • Issued: 04/28/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A SYSTEM FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE SWITCH OF A RELAY IN RESPONSE TO VARIATIONS BETWEEN A PREDETERMINED UPPER LEVEL AND A PREDETERMINED LOWER LEVEL OF AN ELECTROLYTE TEMPORARILY STORED IN A VESSEL, COMPRISING:

  • A FIRST CONTACT SUPPORTED IN THE VESSEL AT SAID PREDETERMINED UPPER LEVEL AND CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE COIL OF THE RELAY, A PNP-TYPE TRANSISTOR HAVING ITS COLLECTOR CONNECTED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID RELAY COIL, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A POSITIVE D.C. CURRENT TO THE EMITTER OF SAID TRANSISTOR, A SECOND CONTACT SUPPORTED IN THE VESSEL AT SAID PREDETERMINED LOWER LEVEL AND CONNECTED TO THE BASE OF SAID TRANSISTOR FOR PLACING A NEGATIVE BIAS ON SAID BASE AND RENDERING SAID TRANSISTOR CONDUCTIVE WHEN BOTH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTACTS ARE IMMERSED IN THE ELECTROLYTE TO IN TURN CLOSE SAID RELAY, A THIRD CON-

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