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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Endress+hauser Conducta Gmbh+co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/292 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/2921 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a vertically arranged, translucent pipe for guiding the liquid, wherein the pipe has an upper section and a lower section, wherein an inner diameter of the upper section is greater than an inner diameter of the lower section, at least two light barriers for detecting a rise in the liquid over two defined levels in the pipe, wherein a first light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the upper section of the pipe, and wherein a second light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the lower section of the pipe.