Apparatus for detecting and reporting liquids
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1. An apparatus for detecting and reporting the presence of liquid on a surface, comprising:
- a detector unit that rests on said surface, with said detector unit including at least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes for conductively detecting said liquid, with said detector unit resting on said surface via said electrodes, and with said detector unit further including a sensor means that is directed toward said surface and serves for optically detecting said liquid; and
an operations unit, with said detector unit and said operations unit being electrically interconnected.
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An apparatus for detecting and reporting the presence of liquid on a surface has a detector unit that rests on the surface with the detector unit including at least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes for conductively detecting the liquid, with the detector unit resting on the surface via the electrodes, and with the detector unit further including a sensor that is directed toward the surface and serves for optically detecting the liquid. The apparatus also comprises an operations unit, with the detector unit and the operations unit being electrically interconnected.
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1. An apparatus for detecting and reporting the presence of liquid on a surface, comprising:
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a detector unit that rests on said surface, with said detector unit including at least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes for conductively detecting said liquid, with said detector unit resting on said surface via said electrodes, and with said detector unit further including a sensor means that is directed toward said surface and serves for optically detecting said liquid; and an operations unit, with said detector unit and said operations unit being electrically interconnected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. An apparatus according to claim in which at least an optically active surface of said sensor means is disposed between said electrodes.
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