PH-METER CAPABLE OF MEASURING CONDUCTIVITY AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN SIMULTANEOUSLY

• US 20130141123A1
• Filed: 02/07/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AZ Instrument Corp.
• Original Assignee: AZ Instrument Corp.
• Inventors: CHENG, Chen-Heng
• Application Number:
  US13/367,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20130141123A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/724
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/4166 measuring a particular property of an electrolyte

Abstract

A pH-meter capable of measuring conductivity and dissolved oxygen at the same time is composed of a gauge and three probes. Three power sources and three measuring circuits are mounted to the gauge. The detectors of the probes include a pH detector, a conductivity detector and a dissolved oxygen detector. Each of the probes is independently connected with the gauge via a transmission cable to be independently supplied with electricity and the signals of two probes are independently transmitted by electric insulation. Thus, the detecting elements can measure the pH value, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen at the same time with interference with one another.

Claims

1. A pH-meter capable of measuring conductivity and dissolved oxygen simultaneously, comprising:

a gauge having a housing, to which a main circuit, a first measuring circuit, a second measuring circuit, at least one electric insulator, a user interface, a first power source, and a second power source are mounted thereof, the main circuit, the first measuring circuit, and the user interface being electrically connected with the first power source, the second measuring circuit being electrically connected with the second power source, the electric insulator being mounted between the second measuring circuit and the main circuit, signals between the second measuring circuit and the main circuit being transmitted via the electric insulator;

a first probe having a first shell, a first transmission cable, and a first detecting element, the first shell being connected with the housing of the gauge via the first transmission cable, the first detecting element being electrically connected with the first measuring circuit of the gauge; and

a second probe having a second shell, a second transmission cable, and a second detecting element, the second shell being connected with the housing of the gauge via the second transmission cable, the second detecting element being electrically connected with the second measuring circuit of the gauge;

wherein the first and second detecting elements are a set of a conductivity detector and a pH detector, or a set of a dissolved oxygen detector and a pH detector.

2. The pH-meter as defined in claim 1 further comprising a third probe having a third shell, a third transmission cable, and a third detecting element, the third shell being connected with the housing of the gauge via the third transmission cable, the gauge having a third measuring circuit and a third power source, the third measuring circuit being electrically connected with the third detecting element and the third power source, the at least one electric insulator being two in number, one of the electric insulators being mounted between the second measuring circuit and the main circuit and the other being mounted between the third measuring circuit and the main circuit, the first, second, and third detecting elements are a set of a pH detector, a conductivity detector and a dissolved oxygen detector.

3. The pH-meter as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one electric insulator is a photo coupler.