Water-soluble oil property detection device

• US 4,857,829 A
• Filed: 04/04/1988
• Issued: 08/15/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aichi Steel Works Limited
• Original Assignee: Aichi Steel Works Limited
• Inventors: Sagae, Takashi, Kato, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harvey, Jack B.
• Application Number:
  US07/177,445
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 324/61 R, 324/65 R, 324/57 R, 73/61.1 R, 73/61 R, 73/64, 73/59
• US Class Current: 324/698
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/223 for determining moisture content, e.g. humidity rain detectors on vehicle windows B60S1/0825
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 27/22 Measuring resistance of fluids

Abstract

A device for detecting properties of electrically conductive water-soluble oil used in hydraulic pressure-operated devices. The water-soluble oil property detection device is characterized in that it comprises a pair of electrodes placed in a water-soluble oil, a capacitor which is connected in series with the electrodes and which forms a filter circuit with the resistance of the water-soluble oil between the electrodes, a high-frequency power source which has a high-frequency oscillator circuit and a power amplifier and which is connected to both ends of the capacitor and electrodes, and AC-DC converter circuit which detects a high-frequency voltage value occurring at both ends of said capacitor or the resistance between the electrodes and converts the value to a direct current voltage signal, and an indicator part which indicates the output of the converter circuit in correspondence to water-soluble oil property changes.

Claims

1. A device for detecting a lubricating and rust preventing property of water-soluble oil used in hydraulic pressure-operated devices, said device comprising:

a pair of electrodes placed in the water-soluble oil;

a capacitor connected in series between one end of said pair of electrodes and ground and forming a filter circuit with the resistance of said water-soluble oil between said pair of electrodes;

a high-frequency power source including a high-frequency oscillator circuit and a power amplifier and which is connected across the series combination of said capacitor and pair of electrodes;

an AC-DC converter circuit for detecting a high-frequency voltage value occurring across said capacitor and for converting said value to a direct current voltage signal; and

an indicator for indicating the output of said converter circuit in correspondence to changes in said property of said water-soluble oil,

said high-frequency power source generating a high-frequency voltage of a frequency at which the voltage occurring across said capacitor is in a range of about one-fifth to four-fifths of the voltage generated by said high-frequency power source.

2. A device for detecting a lubricating and rust-preventing property of water-soluble oil as claimed in claim 1, said high-frequency power source generating a high-frequency voltage of a frequency at which the voltage occurring across said capacitor is about half of the voltage generated by said high-frequency power source.

3. A device for detecting a lubricating and rust-preventing property of water-soluble oil as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the electrodes making up said pair has a diameter of about 20 mm and is separated from the other electrode by an electrode gap having a width in the range from about 1 mm to about 1.5 mm, wherein said capacitor has a capacitance in the range from about 0.05 μ

F to about 0.2 μ

F, wherein said high-frequency power source generates a high-frequency voltage of a frequency in the range from about 10 kHz to about 100 kHz, and preferably from about 20 kHz to about 50 kHz, and wherein the voltage occurring across said capacitor is indicated by the indicator via the AC-DC converter circuit.

4. A device for detecting a lubricating and rust-preventing property of water-soluble oil as claimed in claim 1, wherein said indicator comprises a direct current voltmeter, the scale of said voltmeter including an acceptance zone determined by preset values of a certain range, and rejection zones at either end of the acceptance zone.

5. A device for detecting a lubricating and rust-preventing property of water-soluble oil used in hydraulic pressure-operated devices, said device comprising:

a pair of electrodes placed in a water-soluble oil;

a capacitor which forms a filter circuit with the resistance of said water-soluble oil between said electrodes, said pair of electrodes being connected in series between one end of said capacitor and ground;

a high-frequency power source including a high-frequency oscillator circuit and a power amplifier and which is connected across the series combination of said capacitor and electrodes;

an AC-DC converter circuit which detects a high-frequency voltage value occurring across said electrodes and converts said voltage value to a direct current voltage signal; and

an indicator part which indicates the output of said converter circuit in correspondence to the water-soluble oil property changes, said high-frequency power source generating a high-frequency voltage of a frequency wherein the voltage occurring across said pair of electrodes is in a range of about one-fifth to about four-fifths of the voltage generated by said high-frequency power source.

6. A water-soluble oil property detection device as claimed in claim 5, said high-frequency power source generating a high-frequency voltage of a frequency wherein the voltage occurring across said pair of electrodes is about half of the voltage generated by said high-frequency power source.