Global Patent Index - EP 1373841 A1

EP 1373841 A1 20040102 - DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PREDETERMINED FILLING LEVEL IN A CONTAINER

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PREDETERMINED FILLING LEVEL IN A CONTAINER

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR FESTSTELLUNG UND/ODER ÜBERWACHUNG EINES VORBESTIMMTEN FÜLLSTANDES IN EINEM BEHÄLTER

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF POUR LA DETERMINATION OU LA SURVEILLANCE D'UN NIVEAU DE REMPLISSAGE PREDEFINI DANS UN CONTENANT

Publication

EP 1373841 A1 20040102 (DE)

Application

EP 02753721 A 20020327

Priority

  • DE 10115558 A 20010328
  • DE 10153937 A 20011106
  • EP 0203443 W 20020327

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02077582A1] The invention relates to a device for determining and/or monitoring a predetermined filling level in a container, which can adapt as optimally as possible to any given application. Said device comprises the following: a mechanical oscillating body arranged at the height of the predetermined filling level, which has a membrane (3) and two oscillating rods (7) spaced from one another and formed thereon; an electromechanical transformer, which makes the oscillating body oscillate during operation in such a way that the oscillating rods (7) carry out oscillations perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a receiver and evaluation unit (13), which serves to determine and/or monitor on the basis of said oscillations whether or not the predetermined filling level has been reached. The oscillating rods (7) have a shape, whereby the mass moment of inertia of an amount of liquid moved by the oscillating rods when dipped into the liquid is 0.2 times as big or bigger than the moment of inertia of the oscillating rod (7).

IPC 1-7

G01F 23/296

IPC 8 full level

G01F 23/22 (2006.01); G01F 23/296 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01F 23/2967 (2013.01 - EP US); G01F 23/2968 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02077582A1

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02077582 A1 20021003; CN 1214237 C 20050810; CN 1494650 A 20040505; EP 1373841 A1 20040102; JP 2004530121 A 20040930; US 2004085212 A1 20040506; US 2006290524 A1 20061228; US 7102528 B2 20060905; US 7403127 B2 20080722

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0203443 W 20020327; CN 02805720 A 20020327; EP 02753721 A 20020327; JP 2002575588 A 20020327; US 47219803 A 20030929; US 51212006 A 20060830