Apparatus for the determination of the fill state of material in a container
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the determination of the fill state of material in a container comprising:
- a signal generating/transmitting unit which generates high-frequency signals with a predetermined transmission repetition frequency (f1) and transmits them in the direction of a surface of the material so that the high-frequency signals are reflected at the surface of the material, a receiving unit which receives reflected signals, a time-delay circuit which transforms the high-frequency signals into low-frequency signals, the time-delay circuit including a first circuit element having a first time constant (T1) driven by input pulses synchronized with the transmission repetition frequency (f1) and which generates a non-linear output signal, a second circuit element having a second time constant (T2) greater than the first time constant (T1) driven by pulses with a frequency (f2) which is less than the transmission repetition frequency (f1) and which generates a non-linear output signal, and a third circuit element which detects in each period of the transmission repetition frequency (f1) an intersection of the output signal of the first circuit element and the output signal of the second circuit element and generates an output signal, and an evaluating unit which determines the fill state of the material in the container from the output signal of the third circuit element.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for the determination of the fill state of solid or liquid material in a container with a signal-generating/transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a time-delay circuit which transforms the high-frequency signals into low-frequency signals, and an evaluating unit. The invention includes a time-delay circuit having a first circuit element with a time constant r1 driven by input pulses in synchronization with the transmission repetition frequency (f1) and which generates a non-linear output signal, a second circuit element with a time constant (
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1. An apparatus for the determination of the fill state of material in a container comprising:
- a signal generating/transmitting unit which generates high-frequency signals with a predetermined transmission repetition frequency (f1) and transmits them in the direction of a surface of the material so that the high-frequency signals are reflected at the surface of the material, a receiving unit which receives reflected signals, a time-delay circuit which transforms the high-frequency signals into low-frequency signals, the time-delay circuit including a first circuit element having a first time constant (
T 1) driven by input pulses synchronized with the transmission repetition frequency (f1) and which generates a non-linear output signal, a second circuit element having a second time constant (T 2) greater than the first time constant (T 1) driven by pulses with a frequency (f2) which is less than the transmission repetition frequency (f1) and which generates a non-linear output signal, and a third circuit element which detects in each period of the transmission repetition frequency (f1) an intersection of the output signal of the first circuit element and the output signal of the second circuit element and generates an output signal, and an evaluating unit which determines the fill state of the material in the container from the output signal of the third circuit element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- a signal generating/transmitting unit which generates high-frequency signals with a predetermined transmission repetition frequency (f1) and transmits them in the direction of a surface of the material so that the high-frequency signals are reflected at the surface of the material, a receiving unit which receives reflected signals, a time-delay circuit which transforms the high-frequency signals into low-frequency signals, the time-delay circuit including a first circuit element having a first time constant (
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