Electricity: measuring and testing – Conductor identification or location – Inaccessible
Patent
1986-07-09
1988-11-01
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Conductor identification or location
Inaccessible
324 61QS, 324714, 340684, G01R 2726
Patent
active
047822821
ABSTRACT:
A sensor apparatus for detecting a flow of material along a given path of travel by detecting a change in the dielectric properties of a portion of the path of travel as the material passes therethrough comprises one or more conductive, plate-like electrodes disposed adjacent the path of travel and generally defining a capacitor having the adjacent portion of the path of travel as a dielectric portion, such that the passage of material to be detected changes the dielectric constant, thereby changing the capacitance. A sensor circuit comprises a tuned circuit having the sensor electrode or electrodes being coupled in circuit therewith. The sensing circuit further comprises an oscillator circuit driving the tuned circuit at a predetermined frequency selected near the resonant frequency of the tuned circuit in the absence of material to be detected. The sensing circuit further includes an AM demodulator circuit coupled to the tuned circuit for developing a sensor circuit signal at a substantially constant level in the absence of material to be detected and a measurable change in signal level when the material to be detected is present.
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Dickey-john Corporation
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Mueller Robert W.
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