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Tank-level gauge

  • US 5,020,367 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1990
  • Issued: 06/04/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tank-level gauge for use in indicating the level of liquid in a tank, comprising an outer tube having a lower end for extending into the tank and an upper end for protruding from the tank, a float encircling said outer tube, wherein a rising level of liquid in the tank would cause said float to rise, first magnet means in said float generally of ring shape and encircling said outer tube, a plurality of gauging rods disposed inside said outer tube and axially movable therein and each having lower and upper ends, second magnet means attached to the lower end of one of said gauging rods and being adapted to magnetically couple to said first magnet means, wherein a rising level of liquid in the tank would cause said one gauging rod to rise so as to be visible above the tank which will indicate the level of the liquid in the tank, third magnet means attached to the lower end of another of said gauging rods and being adapted to magnetically couple to said first magnet means, wherein a further increase in the level of liquid in the tank would cause said another gauging rod to rise so as to be visible above the tank which will indicate the level of the liquid in the tank, and means on said outer tube for defining a level above which said second magnet means cannot rise and below which said third magnet means cannot fall.

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