Remote acoustical sensor
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1. APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREING OF THE LEVEL OF A LIQUID WITHIN A VESSEL COMPRISING (A) GENERATOR MEANS LOCATED UNDERNEATH SAID VESSEL FOR PRODUCING A SOUND PULSE THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID VESSEL INTO SAID LIQUID IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION;
- AND (B) REFLECTOR MEANS PARTIALY IMMERSED IN SAID LIQUID HAVING STEPPED, FLAT SURFACES FACING SID GENERATOR MEANS TO REFLECT A SERIES OF SAPCED SOUND PULSES FROM THE SUBMERGED SURFACES, THE NUMBER OF REFLECTED SOUND PULSES THEREBY INDICATING THE LEVEL OF SAID LIQUID WITHIN SAID VESSEL;
(C) SAID REFLECTOR MEANS CONSISTING OF A SHAFT HAVING SPIRALLY ARRANGED, WEDGE SHAPED STEPS TO FORM A COMPACT DEVICE OCCUPYING A MINIMUM OF SPACE WITHIN SAID VESSEL.
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1. APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREING OF THE LEVEL OF A LIQUID WITHIN A VESSEL COMPRISING (A) GENERATOR MEANS LOCATED UNDERNEATH SAID VESSEL FOR PRODUCING A SOUND PULSE THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID VESSEL INTO SAID LIQUID IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION;
- AND (B) REFLECTOR MEANS PARTIALY IMMERSED IN SAID LIQUID HAVING STEPPED, FLAT SURFACES FACING SID GENERATOR MEANS TO REFLECT A SERIES OF SAPCED SOUND PULSES FROM THE SUBMERGED SURFACES, THE NUMBER OF REFLECTED SOUND PULSES THEREBY INDICATING THE LEVEL OF SAID LIQUID WITHIN SAID VESSEL;
(C) SAID REFLECTOR MEANS CONSISTING OF A SHAFT HAVING SPIRALLY ARRANGED, WEDGE SHAPED STEPS TO FORM A COMPACT DEVICE OCCUPYING A MINIMUM OF SPACE WITHIN SAID VESSEL.
- AND (B) REFLECTOR MEANS PARTIALY IMMERSED IN SAID LIQUID HAVING STEPPED, FLAT SURFACES FACING SID GENERATOR MEANS TO REFLECT A SERIES OF SAPCED SOUND PULSES FROM THE SUBMERGED SURFACES, THE NUMBER OF REFLECTED SOUND PULSES THEREBY INDICATING THE LEVEL OF SAID LIQUID WITHIN SAID VESSEL;
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Current AssigneeDonald Gertz, Lawrence Altman
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Original AssigneeDonald Gertz, Lawrence Altman
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InventorsAltman, Lawrence, Gertz, Donald
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Application NumberUS04/331,634Time in Patent Office685 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current73/290.00VCPC Class CodesG01F 23/296 Acoustic wavesG21C 17/035 Moderator- or coolant-level...Y02E 30/30 Nuclear fission reactorsY10S 367/908 Material level detection, e...
