Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Nippon Soken, Inc.

Hideharu Kato

Hajime Akado

Koji Numata

Yoshiyuki Kago

Masaei Nozawa

Fumio Asakura

Takahiro Shibakawa

A device for detecting a transmissivity of a substance utilizing a transmitted light value, which comprises a light emitting element and a photo detecting element. The light emitting element and the photo detecting element are spaced from each other at a predetermined distance so that a transmitted light value of a substance passing through the space is detected as an amount of light transmitted therethrough. The photo detecting element further comprises a photo oscillator circuit including the photo detecting element as one component thereof and outputs a signal having characteristics selected from a cycle and a frequency corresponding to the transmitted light value, and when the condition of a substance exceeds a predetermined reference level, such information is displayed at a display unit. Further, the device carries out a detecting and discriminating operation when a temperature of a substance is at a level lower than a maximum temperature at which each component of the detecting circuit will not work effectively. The device is also provided with a detecting unit in which the light emitting element and the photo detecting element are kept firmly in contact with each other, with a spacer placed therebetween, by an external force caused by a spring, to make the space provided therebetween constant regardless of any deformation of any component of the device caused by heat or aging.

Device for detecting a transmissivity of a substance

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Nukata, Japan

Hideharu Kato