Dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Float-level indicators
Patent
1996-06-27
2000-01-11
Jacyna, J. Casimer
Dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Float-level indicators
222 67, 141 96, 141351, 340619, 340624, 396578, 396626, G03D 306
Patent
active
06012606&
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for is disclosed for detecting low liquid level in a bottom-draining container (12), the apparatus including a spout (14, 48) extended outwardly from the container, the spout having a central bore (18) through which liquid can drain from a bottom of the container; at least one guide member (26, 56, 62) positioned in the spout; at least one float (38) mounted for movement in the spout along the guide member, the float being buoyant in a liquid to be drained from the container; a source (42) for directing a beam of radiation into the spout along a path intersected by the float when a liquid drains to a preselected level within the spout; and a device (44, 46) for detecting when the float intersects the beam. The guide member may be omitted in one embodiment.
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Harris Clark Eugene
Stell Dennis Robert
Eastman Kodak Company
Jacyna J. Casimer
Novais David A.
Pincelli Frank
Stewart Gordon M.
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